Hr 2647, National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2010, Sec. 804. Hr 2647, National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2010, Sec

HR 2647, National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2010, Sec. 804.

• HR 2647, National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2010, Sec. 804.

• “The Secretary of Defense shall develop and implement a new acquisition process for information technology systems. The acquisition process developed and implemented pursuant to this subsection shall, to the extent determined appropriate by the Secretary —

• . . . be based on the recommendations in chapter 6 of the March 2009 report of the Defense Science Board Task Force on Department of Defense Policies and Procedures for the Acquisition of Information Technology; and

• . . . be designed to include —

• early and continual involvement of the user;
• multiple, rapidly executed increments or releases of capability;
• early, successive prototyping to support an evolutionary approach; and
• a modular, open-systems approach.”

Additional capability provided:

• Additional capability provided:

• Group to Project association provides quick access to project space
• See all recent activity – group, project, members
• Master Calendar features
• Group polling and idea forum

• Examples

• Virtual CCB (Moderated Group – membership must be requested and approved)
• Use polls or the idea forum for virtual voting
• Manage membership and visibility of content (group members only or ‘public’)
• Customer/User Group or Forum (Open Group – membership does not require approval)
• Give YOUR customers/users a voice where they can provide feedback
• Poll your users
• Provide your customers/users a means to share experiences and lessons learned

Additional capability provided:

• Additional capability provided:

• A more holistic view of development activity across multiple related projects
• Group to Projects association provides quick access to projects
• See all recent activity within a single view – group, ALL projects, members
• Draw in a more diverse group of stakeholders who need to see the big picture (management, leadership, policy makers, budget analysts)
• Master Calendar, Group polling and idea forum
• Document/Wiki – Publish info that applies to the set of projects (avoid posting in multiple places)
• Discussions – Bring discussions to a higher level

• Examples

• Groups built around a Mission Area – CBRN, C2
• Groups built around a Technology – Sharepoint, SOA
• Groups built around a program/project office with multiple efforts/projects

Capability provided:

• Capability provided:

• Forum for users not necessarily working on software development
• A means to share ideas, experiences, and knowledge to solve a problem or address a challenge
• Collaborative workspace with all available Community tools to include group blogs, discussions, wiki, documents and polls.

• Examples

• Use a Group for requirements gathering or concept definition – grow your group into a software development project hosted on SoftwareForge
• Groups built around topics of interest to the IT Acquisition Community – Agile Development, Cloud Computing, Collaboration Patterns

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