DoD MOSA is an integrated business and technical strategy to achieve competitive and affordable acquisition and sustainment of a new or legacy system or component over the system life cycle. This approach allows the Department to acquire warfighting capabilities, including systems, subsystems, software components, and services, with more flexibility and competition.

 It is imperative that the defense community improve the rate at which defense systems are delivered faster than competitors. We must learn and adapt in a rapidly shifting technological landscape. Agile and DevOps practices are key in being successful in speed to market and are no longer exclusive to software. MOSA aligns with these practices by promoting faster integration, easier upgrades, more competition, and increased operability. We will explore how the intersection of MOSA and embracing Agile and DevOps practices help to increase adaptability, shorter delivery schedules, reduced development costs, increased quality and higher transparency into delivery.

Biography:  

Dr. Suzette Johnson works for Northrop Grumman Corporation near Baltimore, Maryland. As an NG Fellow for Lean Agile, she works for space systems fostering operational and program excellence to achieve mission outcomes. Her experience with Lean Agile began twenty years ago spanning across IT systems and software and systems engineering for cyber-physical systems. She has led the adoption of Lean Agile across the enterprise and has supported over 100 internal projects and government programs on the Lean-Agile journey.  She holds several certifications including Scaled Agile Program Consultant Trainer (SPCT), Certified Enterprise Coach, PMP, and PMI-ACP. She is an active member within NDIA and is currently serving as NDIA Systems Engineering Division, vice chair. She received a Doctorate of Management Technology at the University of Maryland with a dissertation focused on investigating the Impact of leadership styles on software project outcomes in traditional and agile environments.

Robin Yeman is the CTO of Catalyst Campus for Technology & Innovation. She collaborates closely with the Catalyst Campus ecosystem to match the latest technologies and processes to mission needs. Her expertise spans over twenty-five years of experience in systems engineering, software development, and IT with the focus on Agile software development across multiple domains. She is a DevOps ambassador at the DevOps Institute and has been actively leading Agile programs execution at scale both domestically and internationally for the last eighteen years with multiple certifications, including Scaled Agile Framework Fellow, Certified Scrum Practitioner, CSM, CSPO, PSM, PMP, PMI-ACP, INCOSE Certified Systems Engineer, and Kanban Masterclass. Robin is currently pursuing a Ph.D. in Systems Engineering at Colorado State University with a dissertation focus on best practices for delivering complex safety critical system of systems utilizing Agile and DevSecOps.