Scaling Agile Methods for Department of Defense Programs

December 2016 • Technical Note

Will Hayes, Mary Ann Lapham, Suzanne Miller, Eileen Wrubel, Peter Capell

This report discusses methods for scaling Agile processes to larger software development programs in the Department of Defense.

Publisher:

Software Engineering Institute

CMU/SEI Report Number

CMU/SEI-2016-TN-005

DOI (Digital Object Identifier):

10.1184/R1/6583595.v1

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Abstract

Most introductory discussions of Agile software development have focused on team management concepts and the implications of the Agile Manifesto for a single, small team. The focus now includes scaling these concepts for a variety of applications. The context in which Agile methods are employed drives important choices for how the work is done. Published frameworks and commercial training available in the market offer a variety of solutions for scaling Agile. This report addresses what is meant by scaling, contextual drivers for implementation choices, and the frameworks available for use today.

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Hayes, William; Lapham, Mary Ann; Miller, Suzanne; Wrubel, Eileen; & Capell, Peter. Scaling Agile Methods for Department of Defense Programs. CMU/SEI-2016-TN-005. Software Engineering Institute, Carnegie Mellon University. 2016. http://resources.sei.cmu.edu/library/asset-view.cfm?AssetID=484635

IEEE

Hayes. William, Lapham. Mary Ann, Miller. Suzanne, Wrubel. Eileen, and Capell. Peter, "Scaling Agile Methods for Department of Defense Programs," Software Engineering Institute, Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, Technical Note CMU/SEI-2016-TN-005, 2016. http://resources.sei.cmu.edu/library/asset-view.cfm?AssetID=484635

APA

Hayes, William., Lapham, Mary Ann., Miller, Suzanne., Wrubel, Eileen., & Capell, Peter. (2016). Scaling Agile Methods for Department of Defense Programs (CMU/SEI-2016-TN-005). Retrieved May 30, 2023, from the Software Engineering Institute, Carnegie Mellon University website: http://resources.sei.cmu.edu/library/asset-view.cfm?AssetID=484635

CHI

William Hayes, Mary Ann Lapham, Suzanne Miller, Eileen Wrubel, & Peter Capell. Scaling Agile Methods for Department of Defense Programs (CMU/SEI-2016-TN-005). Pittsburgh, PA: Software Engineering Institute, Carnegie Mellon University, 2016. http://resources.sei.cmu.edu/library/asset-view.cfm?AssetID=484635

MLA

Hayes, William., Lapham, Mary Ann., Miller, Suzanne., Wrubel, Eileen., & Capell, Peter. 2016. Scaling Agile Methods for Department of Defense Programs (Technical Report CMU/SEI-2016-TN-005). Pittsburgh: Software Engineering Institute, Carnegie Mellon University. http://resources.sei.cmu.edu/library/asset-view.cfm?AssetID=484635

BibTex

@techreport{HayesScalingAgile2016,
title={Scaling Agile Methods for Department of Defense Programs},
author={William Hayes and Mary Ann Lapham and Suzanne Miller and Eileen Wrubel and Peter Capell},
year={2016},
number={CMU/SEI-2016-TN-005},
institution={Software Engineering Institute, Carnegie Mellon University},
address={Pittsburgh, PA},
url={http://resources.sei.cmu.edu/library/asset-view.cfm?AssetID=484635} }

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