What doesn’t work as well in this model is holding teams strictly accountable to the tried-and-true measures of “cost, schedule, and performance.” Teams should create vision and connected product plans, but if we encourage them to adjust those plans over time in response to their progress and shifting stakeholder needs so that they ultimately hit that ever shifting “true north,” then we cannot also hold them strictly accountable to a detailed schedule that they set out well in advance.
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The VA Lighthouse Developer Experience program establishes a CIO and CISO-approved ongoing authorization to operate, accelerating software development and enabling teams to ship authorized software 80% faster than average at VA.
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VA’s API Platform: Seamless and Secure Access to VA Data for Veterans, Their Families, and Advocates
Learn about the creation of the VA Lighthouse Program, how VA develops Lighthouse APIs, how developers can access and use, and how VA is keeping up digitally.
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When you think about the structure of most product and development teams within the commercial space, they act as a single team. We also must do this in the federal environment, even though a lot of our work is outsourced.
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Learn how VA is leading changes in the Federal workplace to improve recruitment, development, and retention of a “tomorrow-ready” cyber workforce.
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Eleven Office of Information and Technology leaders were recognized on the 2023 FedHealthIT100 and Federal 100 lists for driving mission-oriented, strategic IT programs and teams.
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Join the AFCEA Greater Monmouth Chapter to hear from Veterans Affairs Office of the CTO about how a mature agile delivery organization can use contracts to enhance delivery.
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