Blog Posts
Incorporating Agile Principles into Independent Verification and Validation
This post discusses how Agile principles can work with independent verification and validation processes.
• By Justin Smith
In Agile
The Seven Virtues of Reconciling Agile and Earned Value Management (EVM)
This post discusses the interactions between Agile software development and earned value management (EVM).
• By Stephen Wilson, Patrick R. Place, Keith Korzec
In Agile
Saying Why: Persona-Based Metrics With User Stories
This post discusses how to reframe metrics as user stories to improve their relevance and utility.
• By Will Hayes, Patrick R. Place
In Agile
Operator-Feedback Sessions in a Government Setting: The Good and Not-So-Good Parts
This post covers good and not-so-good practices and outcomes in operator-feedback sessions in government environments.
• By Michael Szegedy, Timothy A. Chick
In Agile
Agile Metrics: Assessing Progress to Plans
The role of metrics in a government program’s assessment of progress in an iterative, incremental delivery of a system.
• By Will Hayes, Patrick R. Place, Keith Korzec
In Agile
Considerations for Operator-Feedback Sessions in Government Settings
This post describes a design approach that considers operator feedback and effectively leverages feedback sessions.
• By Michael Szegedy, Timothy A. Chick
In Agile
Show Me Agility: Agile Strategy Execution
This SEI Blog post discusses the use of data and the concept of Agile strategy as a role-based enterprise capability for effective execution.
• By Linda Parker Gates
In Agile
Mission-Based Prioritization: A New Method to Sequence Features, Capabilities, and Epics
Learn a new method to prioritize an Agile backlog using mission-based parameters in this informative SEI Blog post.
• By Keith Korzec
In Agile
The Latest Work from the SEI: Microservices, Ransomware, and Agile in Government
As part of an ongoing effort to keep you informed about our latest work, this blog post summarizes some recently published SEI reports, podcasts, conference papers....
• By Douglas Schmidt (Vanderbilt University)
In Agile
3 Metrics to Incentive the Right Behavior in Agile Development
The use of incentives to elicit certain behaviors in agile software development can often result in unintended consequences....
• By Patrick R. Place
In Agile