> iteratively deliver working software to our customers using mature agile development practices with cross-functional teams consisting of developers, product owners, and scrum masters.
Something about this really makes me think its a mess internally
If there is an environment where agile practices may be useful, it is the battlefield. Time is of essence, full formal specs are impossible to obtain, each point of the Agile Manifesto [1] naturally applies. Most industries have comparatively less need of agile approaches.
The term you're likely looking for is the Five Paragraph Order, commonly called a SMEAC as a pneumonic. It's quite a bit more tuned for warfare then Agile is.
Indeed. That sort of lingo is used at any company which is anything but agile from my own experience.
Commonly the classic agile cargo cult by following agile framework X on the surface but being deeply hierarchical in org structure and deeply waterfall in actual practices.
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[1]: https://agilemanifesto.org/
That’s one thing any military has almost infinite supply of
For the conditions on the battlefield, sadly, no. "This cruise missile flies impeccably on our proving grounds" is good but not sufficient.
One of the reasons they run k8s on F-35 (yes, they do) is the ability to upgrade some software on a really short notice.
https://thenewstack.io/how-the-u-s-air-force-deployed-kubern...
https://www.theregister.com/2020/10/08/usaf_u2_spyplane_kube...
Commonly the classic agile cargo cult by following agile framework X on the surface but being deeply hierarchical in org structure and deeply waterfall in actual practices.
On the plus side, it's only Scrum, not SAFEe. ;)
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