Product and project management

A Federal Guide to De-risk Government Technology Projects

A Federal Guide to De-risk Government Technology Projects—Written for cross-functional teams delivering IT services to their users, the Federal Field Guide to De-risk Government Technology offers guidance to federal agencies on how to structure software development teams, write contracts, and oversee agile software activities to reduce risks and improve outcomes for end-users. — via 18F

Sep 09, 2020

Presidential Innovation Fellows

How Serving in Government Made Me a Better Designer and Product Manager

Working in U.S. government sharpened all of my product skills. Here are four practices that techies in any sector can use to build empathetic, effective products.

Clarice Chan

Sep 08, 2020

A remote event covering user experience (UX) methods, service design, and managing UX in the government.

Hosted by Digital.gov and the UX Community of Practice

Andrew Do

Angela Y. Smithers

Anthony J Schulzetenberg

Brooke Dine

Caroline Kyungae Smith

Katherine B Nammacher

Margo Kabel

Maya Rhodan

Sarah Rigdon

An Introduction to cloud.gov for Product Managers

Essential information that government product managers should know about cloud.gov.

Kara Reinsel

Jul 21, 2020

Transform Federal Business Operations: Join the RPA Community of Practice

Federal employees interested in robotic process automation should join the RPA Community of Practice as their agencies commence their RPA programs.

Jim Geoghegan

Jul 10, 2020

10x project teams will demonstrate their work to date and provide brief overviews of each project. We hope that these talks will highlight some of the most interesting work happening in government today and inspire others to submit ideas to 10x.

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Hosted by Digital.gov and the 10x

Highlights from the Air Force Materiel Command & 18F partnership and the importance of organizational structure, roles of the core team, and user outreach for military and government DevOps.

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Hosted by Digital.gov and the DevOps Community of Practice

Major Taylor M. Wilson

Lessons learned in the areas of people, processes, and tools from early efforts in the Air Force’s journey to a multi-cloud environment.

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Hosted by Digital.gov and the DevOps Community of Practice

Lt. Col. Theodore J. Erickson

We will define product management, discuss how it’s used in the government context through a case study, and arm listeners with practices to use and evangelize product thinking.

Hosted by Digital.gov and the 18F Product Chapter

For those seeking ways to internally re-skill their workforce for digital transformation, a look at mythology reveals a recurring theme where those answering the call are involved in an iterative cycle of ’leveling-up’, a theme that may help change-agents set conditions for successful retention and growth of organic digital talent.

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Hosted by Digital.gov and the DevOps Community of Practice

Brian Fox

Major Jeremy F. Thomas

Acquisition

Experimenting with the Micro-Purchase Threshold

Through the use of an open-source procurement process, we created an experiment others can replicate to encourage Agile thinking.

Omid Ghaffari-Tabrizi

Apr 24, 2020

How We Work

Strengthen Your Organization’s Vision Through Collaboration

Inclusive visioning helps accelerate successful outcomes. To help agencies innovate from within, bring people together to make big IT Modernization strategies come to fruition.

Nina Bianchi

Apr 22, 2020

In this webinar, we will answer commonly asked questions about cloud.gov and explain how using cloud.gov enables development teams to deploy applications quickly and securely.

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Hosted by Digital.gov and the Cloud.gov

Kara Reinsel

Join us as we meet with Land Information New Zealand (LINZ) who is utilizing an agile approach to assist in further updating their topographical information and data.

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Hosted by Digital.gov and the DevOps Community of Practice

Brian Fox

Continuous Learning for Product Managers

As product managers, we never stop learning because products never stop evolving and changing. You need to quickly get up to speed on a product’s technical implementation, design, user research, and business needs. — via 18F

Mar 24, 2020

UX

Call for Participation: Government UX Summit 2020

We’re looking for speakers to share their experiences as UX practitioners in government.

Jean Fox

Feb 27, 2020

Even with a design system, you still need a designer

The U.S. Web Design System gives flexibility to teams to build the right solution for users, but there are still plenty of design decisions that teams need to make to be successful. In short, you’ll still need a designer. — via 18F

Feb 13, 2020

This Week's IDEA

Adopting the USWDS, One Step at a Time

The U.S. Web Design System is key to new website standards

Dan Williams

Jeremy Zilar

Ammie Farraj Feijoo

Jan 30, 2020

In this webinar, 10x project teams demonstrate their work to date and provide brief overviews of each project. Topics range from federating data to agile budgeting to machine learning, and our hope is that these talks will inspire others to submit ideas to 10x.

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Hosted by Digital.gov and the 10x

Nico Papafil

Sarah Crane

Will Cahoe

Long-term teams, not sudden handoffs

Don’t let your agency waste knowledge and opportunity. Instead of planning for a handoff to O&M, plan for a long-term team. Instead of launching and then keeping it running, plan for ongoing development. — via 18F

Dec 09, 2019

Product and project management

News and Events on Product and project management

A Federal Guide to De-risk Government Technology Projects

How Serving in Government Made Me a Better Designer and Product Manager

2020 Government UX Summit: July 28, 29, and 30

An Introduction to cloud.gov for Product Managers

Transform Federal Business Operations: Join the RPA Community of Practice

10x Project Lightning Talks: 2020

Air Force COOL and 18F: Partnership and Flight Operations Software Agile Lessons Learned

DevOps Lessons Learned from the Air Force’s Early Cloud Journey

You Are a Product Manager (Though You May Not Know It)

The Hero’s Journey for Re-Skilling Talent (And Other Digital Adventures)

Experimenting with the Micro-Purchase Threshold

Strengthen Your Organization’s Vision Through Collaboration

Cloud.gov for Product Managers

Why I Love My Agile Team!

Continuous Learning for Product Managers

Call for Participation: Government UX Summit 2020

Even with a design system, you still need a designer

Adopting the USWDS, One Step at a Time

10x Project Lightning Talks

Long-term teams, not sudden handoffs