Exactly what Agile software development means and how it should be implemented came under unusual scrutiny in government circles recently as two federal agencies squabbled about delays in a project. A ...

Calvin Hennick is a freelance journalist who specializes in business and technology writing. He is a contributor to the CDW family of technology magazines. Historically, agencies have sometimes ...

The Veterans Affairs Department and Government Accountability Office are fighting over an IT development process omission that could have broader implications. GAO Veterans Affairs In the report, GAO ...

ZDNET's key takeaways Pressure grows for software better aligned with business.Agile techniques have been stagnant for a ...

FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. (Feb. 24, 2012) -- The Army is working diligently toward fundamentally changing the acquisition system, making it faster and better aligned to warfighter needs. Using what ...

This month we have been looking at Information Agility, describing it as a way of not just managing our information, but also of managing it such a way so as to be able to respond to rapid changes ...

The abundance of data now at the fingertips of companies allows them to test the effectiveness of everything they do. It’s no longer enough to think consumers liked a campaign or application; we can ...

Before devops, development teams often implemented security practices in the final stages of an application release process, usually as a required step by a change advisory board (CAB). Because ...

The Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) has modified contracts governing the supply of its £2bn Universal Credit system by adding clauses encouraging suppliers to use agile methods in its ...