Agile Methods in Air Force Sustainment: Status and Outlook

October 2014 • Technical Note

Colleen Regan, Mary Ann Lapham, Eileen Wrubel, Stephen Beck, Michael S. Bandor

This paper examines using Agile techniques in the software sustainment arena—specifically Air Force programs. The intended audience is the staff of DoD programs and related personnel who intend to use Agile methods during software sustainment.

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Software Engineering Institute

CMU/SEI Report Number

CMU/SEI-2014-TN-009

DOI (Digital Object Identifier):

10.1184/R1/6571859.v1

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Abstract

This paper examines using Agile techniques in the software sustainment arena—specifically Air Force programs. The Software Engineering Institute has researched the viability of Agile software development methods within Department of Defense programs and barriers to the adoption of those methods for several years. How software sustainers leverage Agile methods and avoid barriers to using Agile methods are addressed in this paper. In addition, the potential use of a construct called DevOps, a blending of development and operations, is discussed.

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SEI

Regan, Colleen; Lapham, Mary Ann; Wrubel, Eileen; Beck, Stephen; & Bandor, Michael. Agile Methods in Air Force Sustainment: Status and Outlook. CMU/SEI-2014-TN-009. Software Engineering Institute, Carnegie Mellon University. 2014. http://resources.sei.cmu.edu/library/asset-view.cfm?AssetID=312754

IEEE

Regan. Colleen, Lapham. Mary Ann, Wrubel. Eileen, Beck. Stephen, and Bandor. Michael, "Agile Methods in Air Force Sustainment: Status and Outlook," Software Engineering Institute, Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, Technical Note CMU/SEI-2014-TN-009, 2014. http://resources.sei.cmu.edu/library/asset-view.cfm?AssetID=312754

APA

Regan, Colleen., Lapham, Mary Ann., Wrubel, Eileen., Beck, Stephen., & Bandor, Michael. (2014). Agile Methods in Air Force Sustainment: Status and Outlook (CMU/SEI-2014-TN-009). Retrieved March 21, 2023, from the Software Engineering Institute, Carnegie Mellon University website: http://resources.sei.cmu.edu/library/asset-view.cfm?AssetID=312754

CHI

Colleen Regan, Mary Ann Lapham, Eileen Wrubel, Stephen Beck, & Michael Bandor. Agile Methods in Air Force Sustainment: Status and Outlook (CMU/SEI-2014-TN-009). Pittsburgh, PA: Software Engineering Institute, Carnegie Mellon University, 2014. http://resources.sei.cmu.edu/library/asset-view.cfm?AssetID=312754

MLA

Regan, Colleen., Lapham, Mary Ann., Wrubel, Eileen., Beck, Stephen., & Bandor, Michael. 2014. Agile Methods in Air Force Sustainment: Status and Outlook (Technical Report CMU/SEI-2014-TN-009). Pittsburgh: Software Engineering Institute, Carnegie Mellon University. http://resources.sei.cmu.edu/library/asset-view.cfm?AssetID=312754

BibTex

@techreport{ReganAgileMethods2014,
title={Agile Methods in Air Force Sustainment: Status and Outlook},
author={Colleen Regan and Mary Ann Lapham and Eileen Wrubel and Stephen Beck and Michael Bandor},
year={2014},
number={CMU/SEI-2014-TN-009},
institution={Software Engineering Institute, Carnegie Mellon University},
address={Pittsburgh, PA},
url={http://resources.sei.cmu.edu/library/asset-view.cfm?AssetID=312754} }

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