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The Federal government declared years ago that it was adopting Agile processes as its way of doing business and, since that time, greater and greater numbers of Federal contract awards require contractors to be Agile. Unfortunately, things don't change overnight for heavily regulated, behemoth organizations with their own well-established culture. Because of this, introducing Agile methods and frameworks can be an exercise in futility. Happily, there are several Agile success stories within the Federal government from which we can draw inspiration. The speaker will share his experiences working with the Federal government inside USDA to implement Agile for both small and large projects and highlight some takeaway strategies that can be used to successfully implement Agile elsewhere

Speaker:  

David Kolet-Tassara

VICE PRESIDENT, PRODUCT DELIVERY - AttainX

David Kolet-Tassara is the Vice President of Delivery for AttainX Inc., a WOSB 8A company that provides technical and professional services to the Federal government. In this role, he leads a cadre of super talented project and program managers to delivery services that delight their Federal clients. Prior to this, Dave worked as a senior project manager, program manager, and college lecturer. Dave started his technical career as an avionics technician in the U.S. Air Force. He is a certified PMP, SAFe Program Consultant (SCP), Certified Scrum Master (CSM), Certified Scrum Product Owner (CSPO) with more than 20 years of experience leading technical projects. Dave loves spending time with his family and their English Labrador while sitting by an open fire in their Pacific Northwest home.