DOD to consider agile software updates after critical GAO findings

By Tony Bertuca / July 20, 2023 at 4:49 PM
The Defense Department has told the Government Accountability Office it will consider tailoring some of its acquisition pathways to account for "agile" software development after a GAO report found that DOD lacks policy guidance in that area. The report, done at the behest of Congress , found that although DOD has included software in one of the six acquisition pathways it established in 2020, the department has not incorporated agile software development principles. Agile development is intended to deliver working...

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