2.6: Best Practices

Share Best Practices.

Other Information:

The CIO/CAO Councils should share best practices as well. RFPs should be structured to promote agile development, with requirements for this established in OMB policy or eventually a FAR provision. Mechanisms must be developed within agencies to allow for the necessary greater interaction in the incremental model between the agencies and individual vendors, including small business. One focus area should be achieving the right balance between COTS and customization in agile acquisition. Customization may be vital for certain mission critical requirements, but agencies should avoid tailoring to provide capabilities of only marginal value. Existing vendor/government agreements may already include the products or features necessary to enable an agency to move quickly and avoid adding more complexity to a program.

Stakeholder(s):

• CIO Council


• CAO Council

Indicator(s):

Indicator:1

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