Linda Parker Gates
Software Engineering Institute
Linda Parker Gates specializes in strategic planning, performance excellence, and change management. In addition to supporting numerous government agencies in developing and adopting improvement strategies, Gates leads the Software Acquisition Pathways initiative in the SEI Software Solutions Division. Gates is the author of the SEI technical report, Strategic Planning with Critical Success Factors and Future Scenarios: An Integrated Strategic Planning Framework and a multi-part SEI blog series on strategic planning and agility. Gates joined the SEI in 1989. Gates spent two years at the Software Productivity Consortium in Herndon, Virginia in 1994–95 before rejoining the SEI in 1996. Gates is a senior examiner for the Malcolm Baldrige National Quality Award. Gates has served on the Baldrige Board of Examiners since 2011. Gates also serves as co-chair for the Government Community of Practice for the Association for Strategic Planning.
Publications by Linda Parker Gates
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Securing Open Source Software in the DoD
January 26, 2023 • Podcast
Scott HissamLinda Parker Gates
Scott Hissam talks with Linda Parker Gates about the use of free and open-source software (FOSS) in the DoD, building on insights that surfaced in a recent workshop held for producers and consumers of FOSS for DoD systems.
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Developing Models to Support DoD Technical Reviews
April 26, 2022 • Webinar
Julie B. CohenRobert WojcikLinda Parker Gates
In this webcast, Julie Cohen, Rob Wojcik and Linda Parker Gates discuss guidelines that contractors can use to develop models to support System Engineering Technical Reviews.
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Acquisition Disasters? Ideas For Reducing Acquisition Risk
March 03, 2022 • Webinar
Alfred SchenkerLinda Parker Gates
In this webcast, Fred Schenker and Linda Parker Gates discuss the status quo, alternative approaches, and how the community of Cyber Physical System acquirers and suppliers can improve.
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Agile Strategic Planning: Concepts and Methods for Success
September 09, 2021 • Podcast
Linda Parker GatesSuzanne Miller
Linda Parker Gates, initiative lead, Software Acquisition Pathways, and Suzanne Miller, principal researcher in the SEI's Software Solutions Division, discuss the principles of Agile strategic planning and methods for success.
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FedCLASS: A Case Study of Agile and Lean Practices in the Federal Government
October 05, 2018 • Special Report
Nanette BrownJeff DavenportLinda Parker Gates
This study reports the successes and challenges of using Agile and Lean methods and cloud-based technologies in a government software development environment.
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Using Defined Processes as a Context for Resilience Measures
December 01, 2011 • Technical Note
Julia H. AllenPamela D. CurtisLinda Parker Gates
In this report, the authors describe how implementation-level processes can provide context for identifying and defining measures of operational resilience.
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Strategic Planning with Critical Success Factors and Future Scenarios: An Integrated Strategic Planning Framework
November 01, 2010 • Technical Report
Linda Parker Gates
This report explores the value of enhancing typical strategic planning techniques with the CSF method and scenario planning.
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How to Use the Software Process Framework
October 01, 1997 • Special Report
Linda Gates
This 1997 report is intended to provide guidance on how to use the SPF for reviewing, analyzing, and designing software process documents that are consistent with the CMM for Software, Version 1.1.
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A Software Process Framework for the SEI Capability Maturity Model Repeatable Level
June 01, 1993 • Special Report
Timothy G. OlsonLinda Parker GatesJulia L. Mullaney
This 1993 document describes a Software Process Framework (SPF) based on the Software Engineering Institute's (SEI) Capability Maturity Model (CMM).
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