As a recognized thought leader within the ever-changing information technology arena, Macro Solutions’ talented team of professionals continuously evaluate trends, discerning which ones will provide the highest-level value to our customers. With our depth of knowledge and experience, we provide unique and actionable strategies for implementing them across their organizations.
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
Helping federal agencies understand how they can integrate intelligence into their automation programs is a hot topic at Macro and the subject of a recent blog ...
September 27, 2021
When I founded Macro Solutions more than 20 years ago, information technology (IT) was a male-dominated domain. The opportunities for women were few and far bet...
August 11, 2021
Macro Solutions uses an agile approach to advanced data analytics providing immediate business value Today, analytical predictions and recommendations are readi...
August 02, 2021
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
The federal government is the ideal candidate for intelligent automation. Technologies like robotic process automation (RPA) can handle growing federal workload...
May 28, 2021
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
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
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
Like many other previously inviolable principles in the world of federal information technology (IT), the conventional wisdom surrounding how application develo...
November 12, 2020
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
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
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
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
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
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
