Open Access Government: ‘Governments must adopt an agile mindset towards security’
An agile approach can greatly improve the security of government IT systems, as well as the cultural mindsets about security-related activities.
WATCH: Modernizing legacy IT systems, one chunk at a time
Robert L. Read, former Presidential Innovation Fellow and co-founder of 18F, explains that the key to transforming legacy government systems is the "strangler pattern" -- breaking the work into modules and re-writing them one at a time.
18F co-founder Robert L. Read to speak at Agile Government Sacramento
18F co-founder and former Presidential Innovation Fellow Robert L. Read will speak on agile in large legacy environments on June 12, 2017, 6:00-9:00 p.m., in Sacramento.
Applying agile to the modernizing of legacy federal systems
Legacy government systems can be modernized if the work is broken into isolated chunks and then financed using an agile share-in-savings model.
Finding the balance in Human Centered Design vs. Agile Development
Should developers be involved in a project from the beginning, producing working software from the get-go for users to test? Or should projects begin with a discovery phase in which designers work with users to interpret needs before developers start?
Watch AGL Live: How 18F used agile to simplify everyday acquisitions for gov
Raphy Villas of 18F and John Felleman of GSA discuss how they used agile methods to produce a tool that worked for users by iterating frequently and listening to feedback.
AGL Live: Watch ‘Agile for the Government Project Manager’
Project managers in government can learn the basics of agile in just a few weeks using our free online course, which is introduced in this webinar along with tips from the course creators.
Got Agile Aspirations? Just Start Doing It.
Agile methods can appear risky to government managers, but in reality Agile reduces risk and opens great opportunities for serving the public more efficiently.
AGL Live: Better, Faster Security in Agile Government
Join our live discussion and ask questions as our panelists share how Agile-thinking practitioners are working to make compliance and security a smooth and successful part of the Agile process.
AGL Live: Human-Centered Design and Agile Government
Thought-provoking discussion of human-centered design, with panelists Jesse Taggert of 18F and Jason Stoner of MetroStar Systems.