posted on 2022-01-07, 19:28authored byMary Ann Lapham, Peter CapellPeter Capell, Keith KorzecKeith Korzec, Lari Ann Rosser, Steven Martin, Thomas E. Friend, Greg Howard, Michael Ryan, John H. Norton
Increasing budget constraints and emphasis on fielding capability faster
have led the U.S. Department of Defense (DoD) and other federal
entities to pursue the benefits of Agile software development—reduced
cycle times, flexibility to adapt to changing conditions and user needs—
that software development practitioners have achieved in the commercial
market.
This report is written by the National Defense Industrial Association’s
System Engineering Agile Working Group to provide information on
request-for-proposal (RFP) patterns and techniques for successful Agile
contracting that can and have been used for contracts seeking to employ
Agile methods. This report is intended to support the writers of RFPs in
bringing Agile concepts into programs at the earliest possible time,
providing examples of the kinds of language that will affect the
foundations of contracts on which programs rely.
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