Software Factories Aren’t Special! At their foundation they are nothing more than an explicit Acquisition decision to deliver better software faster. A decision that any program office can make. This topic of mine got picked up to be presented at the DAF IT and Cyber Event coming up soon. DevSecOps and modernizing the way we deliver software capability in the DoD has really become a passion of mine during my time here at Platform One. If you’ll be at #DAFITC please stop by and join the conversation! If you have any thoughts on how the Air Force is postured to deliver software, add a comment below and I’ll try to address it during my presentation!
Join Platform One’s Chief Product Officer Maj. Matthew Jordan at #DAFITC for his Feature Speaker Session, “Software Factories Aren’t Special – How to Leverage DevSecOps for the Warfighter” on Monday, August 26, 2024, at 0950 in the Alabama E room. You do not want to miss this presentation! Don’t forget to stop by and meet our Platform One team at booth 102, we can’t wait to see you! #PlatformOne #Event #Speaker #Presentation
Austen Bryan
2mo
Whoa whoa whoa. They also have cool t shirts and stickers
Ok, this is badass and congrats on the opportunity to brief. I have to be honest though….the part that really caught my eye and blew me away is that you’re now a MAJOR!! I officially feel old now! Haha
Shawn C.
2mo
Go Matthew Jordan 🚀 very much looking forward to hearing this talk.
Rob Licciardi
2mo
Be great to see you Shifty Matthew Jordan!
Robert Borka
2mo
Love this. Fully agree. I believe it’s about the people and the culture…..get that right and that’s the special part!
Billy Naron
2mo
Hmm. This convo is getting more and more interesting
Drew Belk 🦄
2mo
I’ll see you at DAFITC. Looking forward to this!
Andrew Wonpat
2mo
Congrats Shifty!!💪
Training Director/Director of Operations, USAF/USSF Cyber Defense Operations, Public Affairs, & Photojournalism | Questions/comments are my own and do not represent the DoD.
2moPostured?? Maybe. Ready right now? Nope. I 100% agree with you regarding explicit acquisition. We’ve failed more times than I can count, and maybe the software delivery failures needed to happen that many times to get to this point now of rapid change. Contract’s COR position at every software factory must, must, must be trained on contract performance standards, and understand and be willing to quickly upchannel operational risk for their product despite his/her rank. COR position is a position of profound significance, yet we often put the least-trained NCO on it because the higher ranking NCOs have all the other “more important” additional duties. Also even though they hear most of the complaints, the Contracting Officer is almost completely released of liability because they’re depending on accurate and timely reporting from the CORs. AFI 1-2 places the responsibility of this on commanders to oversee a rapid increases in operational performance, which technically covers 25% of their MGA’s. Also, how many leaders are familiar with their MPA’s or ALQ’s? Are these publicized for transparency? Are service contracts explicitly aligned with MGA’s? It would be nice if we can automate this. Wait, aren’t we ready for smart contracts?