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March 10, 2020 By cs

Agencies struggle with DevOps procurement

DevOps remains a “small pilot effort on a handful of applications” at many federal agencies, in part, because it requires accepting greater ambiguity in the procurement process, according to a new white paper.
Click on the image above to download the DevOps white paper.

ACT-IAC defines DevOps as an organizational philosophy where practices like the agile software development methodology are combined with tools to rapidly deliver IT apps and services.

ACT-IAC’s DevOps Working Group released a white paper last week compiled from survey results and hundreds of conversations with government officials. The paper includes case studies from agencies six agencies: the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office, U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services, IRS, National Museum of African American History and Culture, National Park Service, and National Science Foundation.

DevOps has agencies seek potential solutions earlier in the development process than traditional procurement, when specific requirements aren’t known, which makes evaluating contracts more challenging, according to the paper.

Keep reading this article at: https://www.fedscoop.com/agencies-devops-procurement-challenges/

Filed Under: Government Contracting News Tagged With: acquisition planning, acquisition workforce, ACT-IAC, agile, DevOps, IT, requirements definition, software acquisition, software development, technology

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