Sec. 883. Pilot to tailor software-intensive major programs to use agile methods
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Not later than 30 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Defense, in consultation with the Secretaries and Chiefs of the military services, shall identify one major program per service and one defense-wide program for tailoring into smaller increments. The programs shall be selected from among those designated as major defense acquisition programs and those formerly designated as major automated information systems (excluding defense business systems).
In identifying candidate programs, the Secretary shall prioritize programs that— are software intensive; have identified software development as a risk; have experienced cost growth and schedule delay; and did not deliver any operational capability within the prior calendar year. The Secretary of Defense shall finalize a realignment plan within 60 days of programs being identified under subsection
(a)that provides for the realigned program increments having a cost below the cost threshold for designation as a major acquisition. Each realigned program increment shall— be designed to deliver a meaningfully useful capability within the first 180 days following realignment; be designed to deliver subsequent meaningfully useful capabilities on timeframes of less than 180 days; incorporate cross-functional teams focused on software production that prioritize user needs and control of total cost of ownership; be staffed with highly qualified technically trained staff and personnel with management and business process expertise in leadership positions to support requirements modification, acquisition strategy, and program decisionmaking; ensure that realigned acquisition strategies are broad enough to allow offerors to propose a service, system, modified business practice, configuration of personnel, or combination thereof as a solution; include periodic engagement with the user community, as well as representation by the user community in program management and software production activity; ensure realigned acquisition strategies favor outcomes-based requirements definition and capability as a service, including the establishment of technical evaluation criteria as outcomes to be used to drive service-level agreements with vendors; and consider options for termination of the relationship with any vendor unable or unwilling to offer terms that meet the requirements of this section. In conducting the program selection and tailoring under this section, the Secretary shall— use the tools, resources, and expertise of digital and innovation organizations resident in the Department, such as the Defense Innovation Board, the Defense Innovation Unit Experimental, the Defense Science Board, the Defense Digital Services, federally funded research and development centers, research laboratories, and other technical, management, and acquisition experts; use the digital development and acquisition expertise of the General Services Administration’s Technology Transition Service, Office of 18F; and leverage the science, technology, and innovation activities established pursuant to section 217 of the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2016 ( Public Law 114–92 ; 10 U.S.C. 2445a note). In this section, the term agile acquisition — means acquisition pursuant to a methodology for delivering multiple, rapid, incremental capabilities to the user for operational use, evaluation, and feedback; and involves— the incremental development and fielding of capabilities, commonly called spirals , spins , or sprints , which can be measured in a few weeks or months; and continuous participation and collaboration by users, testers, and requirements authorities.
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