GAO Agile Assessment Guide: Best Practices for Adoption and Implementation

Excerpt:  “Agile is an approach to software development in which software is developed incrementally and is continuously evaluated for functionality, quality, and customer satisfaction. Agile can reduce the risks of funding a program that fails or produces outdated technology. This updated guide presents federal auditors and others with best practices to assess the adoption and use of Agile processes in federal agencies and elsewhere. The federal government spends at least $100 billion annually on IT investments and has struggled with the management of IT acquisition and operations. This remains on our High Risk List.”