1. AGILE AND FEDERAL GOVERNANCE

2. Background 3. CONTRACTS 4. The FAR and Agile are not in conflict Biggest issue is in the interpretation of the FAR image from http://saltytom.deviantart.com/art/The-Hippie-and-the-Soldier-108661881 5. Time and Materials Cost Plus Fixed Price 6. Fixed Price and Waterfall 1. Delivered on time and working as expected 2. Delivered on time with issues 3. Cannot deliver on time, need to extend 7. Fixed Price and Agile/Scrum 1. Delivered on time and working as expected 2. The highest valued stories are delivered by the requested date and working as expected 8. Missed Deadline? 0 200 400 600 800 1000 1200 1400 Work Remaining Project Due Date 9. Fixed Date / Fixed Scope Outcomes of Fixed Date / Fixed Scope projects: o Waterfall 1. Delivered on time and working as expected 2. Delivered on time with issues 3. Cannot deliver on time, need to extend o Scrum 1. Delivered on time and working as expected 2. The highest valued stories are delivered by the requested date and working as expected Do not sacrifice quality to meet dates 10. Agile and Federal Contracts Agile Projects Iteration 1 Iteration 2 Iteration 3 .. BPA / IDIQ Task Order 1 Task Order 2 Task Order 3 .. 11. Educate and empower the CO / COTR 12. EARNED VALUE MANAGEMENT 13. Agile and EVM EVM is not inherently anti-Agile Problems o Phase based on a waterfall SDLC o Baselining o Measurement of value 14. Agile and EVM Req Design Dev Release QA EVM Timeline Development Development EVM Timeline From this to this Requirements To this.Sprint 1 Sprint 2 Sprint 3 Sprint N EVM Timeline 15. Upcoming Events 10/10 - ADAPT Breakfast Meeting Lowering Contracting Barriers to Agile Methods in Government o http://www.afei.org/events/4A20/Pages/default.as px 11/20 11/22 - ADAPT / SEI Agile for Government Summit Incremental, Modular, Scalable and Agile o http://www.afei.org/events/4A01/Pages/default.as px 16. Upcoming Training 10/21 10/22 Certified ScrumMaster (CSM) 10/24 10/25 Certified Scrum Product Owner (CSPO) 11/14 Agile Business Intelligence and Data Warehouse 11/18 11/19 Certified ScrumMaster (CSM) 12/16 12/17 Certified ScrumMaster (CSM) 12/19 12/20 Certified Scrum Product Owner (CSPO) 1/22 1/24 Certified Scrum Developer (CSD) See http://excella.eventbrite.com/ for details and registration. Contact richard.cheng@excella.com for discount codes. 17. Contact Information Richard K Cheng richard.cheng@excella.com 703-967-8620 http://www.excella.com Twitter: @RichardKCheng