4. The FAR and Agile are not in conflict
Biggest issue is in the interpretation of the FAR
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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
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 …..
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
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• 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
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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