The US Naval Surface Warfare Center Dahlgren Division (NSWCDD) was chosen as the software development agent for a brand-new, multimillion-dollar acquisition program with an aggressive timeline. To meet this timeline, program development will utilize agile, DevOps, and user-centered design best practices. This effort requires adaptation of government business practices, plus a shift in culture. To maximize the likelihood of success, a new organization was established to pilot necessary changes. This session describes that organization's creation and how it is designed to embrace change...
Jonathan Graham
US Government
Jonathan Graham is a graduate from George Mason University with a Bachelor's of Science in Computer Science and has been working in the development field for over 13 years. Starting off with smaller projects in a waterfall based world, Jonathan quickly became an advocate for agile development after hearing about it from a co-worker in 2009. He became a countinous development and integration manager, helping to bring what is now DevSecOps into their culture while also advocating for Scrum and pushing for projects to adopt and work within an agile world. Currently he is working as a Scrum Master Facilitator for 7 teams in a large-scale agile development effort, working as a Scrum Master for one of those teams directly and helping to continue push the move to a more agile development culture.