Agile is an approach to project management that centers around incremental and iterative steps to completing projects. The incremental parts of a project are carried out in short-term development cycles. The approach prioritizes quick delivery, adapting to change, and collaboration rather than top-down management and following a set plan.

The Federal Government has fully embraced Agile as an effective software development methodology.

• The U.S. Digital Services supports the transformation by providing a Digital Services Playbook with one of the key tenets being to build the service using agile and iterative practices.
• The TechFAR handbook and the GAO Agile Assessment Guide provide best practices for Agile adoption and implementation. 

This shift ensures mission critical capabilities are delivered rapidly and will enable programs to adapt quickly to changing requirements as technology evolves. However, many government agencies are behind in adopting acquisition processes and contracts that will allow pure Agile, which becomes a challenge for their contracting partners (“contractors”) to adopt Agile. 

This 3-part complimentary webinar series is designed to teach participants about the following:

1. How to transition to Agile;
2. Agile planning processes and artifacts; and
3. Project controls for Agile projects

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