A 5-Step Roadmap to Achievable, User-Focused Application Modernization
As the COVID-19 pandemic unfolded, the value of application modernization in the federal government came into sharp relief. Those agencies that invested in clou...
June 14, 2021
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Case Studies
Capability Briefs
External Publications
Getting started with an agile scrum approach – GCN
Getting fuller participation in agile retrospectives – GCN
How to help agile teams avoid fatigue and burnout – GCN
Kanban for slaying the external dependency monster in migrations – GCN
Information security in government IT: Lessons learned from the financial industry – GCN
Defect forecasting: Turn past mistakes into future gains – GCN
How to Spot Problems Before You Start Moving to the Cloud – Nextgov
Why a Modernization Playbook Focused on Technology Isn’t Enough
Blog
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Bolstering the Bot – How Federal Agencies Can Integrate Intelligence into their Automation Programs
The federal government is the ideal candidate for intelligent automation. Technologies like robotic process automation (RPA) can handle growing federal workload...
May 28, 2021 -
Creating a Gateway to Opportunity: How We’ve Created a Culture of Learning and Development
At Macro Solutions, learning and development is a gateway to opportunity – for our employees, our clients, and the company itself. And it’s a maxim we’ve remain...
May 17, 2021 -
What a Year! Plans and Reflections on Our Inclusion and Diversity Journey
2020 was a year fraught with events that laid bare many weaknesses and inequalities in our societal models. This includes structural racism, gender and income i...
December 31, 2020 -
Shift IT Budgets to Transform and Grow Mission Services with IT-as-a-Service
There is a broad awareness that the federal IT portfolios—and our thinking about how to manage them—is changing. In most federal institutions, mission and busin...
December 17, 2020 -
A RAD-ical Approach to AppDev Teams
Like many other previously inviolable principles in the world of federal information technology (IT), the conventional wisdom surrounding how application develo...
November 12, 2020 -
The 7 Core Principles of a Continuous Value Office (CVO)
In our previous blog post we provided an overview of a digital services delivery model we refer to as the Continuous Value Office (CVO). A CVO is a next-generat...
October 19, 2020 -
What Good Cooking Can Teach Us About Agility
About a decade ago, I finally crossed the line towards becoming what I would call “an acceptably competent home cook.” What pushed me over the line was that I b...
October 02, 2020 -
Unlocking SAFe: How Federal Agencies Can Operationalize Agile at Scale
Earlier this year our CEO, Amy Wright, wrote about how the Scaled Agile Framework (SAFe) is helping the federal government solve its toughest application servic...
August 31, 2020 -
The Principles of IT-as-a-Service that Drive Transformation to a Digital Federal Enterprise
Federal agency leaders seek to incorporate emerging technology to optimize mission services. Indeed, the Deloitte Center for Government estimates that around 1....
July 28, 2020 -
Enabling Federal IT-as-a-Service with a Fresh, Innovative, Proven Approach
Federal IT is being disrupted. Driven by regulation, budget constraints, and the need to deliver more value-driven capabilities, agencies are seeking to optimiz...
July 10, 2020 -
SAFe Helps the Federal Government Solve its Enterprise Application Transformation Challenges at Scale
The notion of government as a rigid institution bound to legacy software development practices is no longer as tethered to reality as it was a few years ago. In...
May 14, 2020 -
Why Silo-Busting Business Practices are Needed for a Successful Work from Home Strategy
COVID-19 is changing how we work. In a matter of weeks, millions of employers have rolled out mandatory work from home orders – and it’s realistic to assume tha...
April 09, 2020 -
How Our Workplace Culture Allows Us to Transform the Customer Experience
The past 12 months have been significant for Macro Solutions, a company that I founded nearly 20 years ago with my brother, who now serves as our COO. Contract ...
March 24, 2020 -
DevOps and Common Missteps in the Decision-Making Process
The ability to make decisions quickly and effectively is critical for DevOps. Common missteps in the decision-making process include the failure to factor the “...
December 19, 2019