3 Steps to Transformation - Modernization our Government with Software Aaron Swain, Director of Digital Transformation, VMware Tanzu

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3 Steps to Transformation
VMware Tanzu Public Sector Connect
Modernization our
Government with Software
Aaron Swain
Director of Digital Transformation

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“Software is eating the world.”

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US Govt IT
spend in 2020
~$87.1B
“Software is
eating our
Government”
source: https://itdashboard.gov/
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How it’s Done - 3 Steps to Transformation
#1 - See Your Organization to make the case to Change
#2 - Grow Software Talent and Culture, then Empower them to
Focus on the Mission
#3 - Optimize your Path to Production
1 + 2 + 3 = Mission/Business Outcomes
Modernize our Government with Software

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Step #1 - See Yourself to make the Case to Change
Self-Assessment Tools
● DevOps Research & Assessment (DORA) Metrics
● Defense Innovation Board Reports and Recommendations
● 5 Simple Questions

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DORA DevOps Quick Check
https://www.devops-research.com/quickcheck.html

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Defense Innovation Board Guide to Detecting Agile BS
https://innovation.defense.gov/software/

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5 Simple Questions
1. Are you in production right now?
2. Is your software fully adopted by users?
3. Is your software moving the needle on the mission?
4. Can you make a code change based on user feedback and push to
production today?
5. Can you do this at scale, every day?

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Step #2 - Grow Software Talent and Culture, then
Empower them to focus on the Mission

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Talent
Culture
Empowerment
Lean
Experiments
Innovative
Empathy
Mission
Focused
Initiative
within
Intent
Customer
Obsession
Balanced
Teams
Psych
Safety
Learning
Environment

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Step #3 - Optimize your Path to Production

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Optimize your Path to Production
The right tools, on demand
Remove the toil, snags, and blockers
Modern and automated CI/CD
Consistent environments for Dev, Stage,
Prod
Automating and partnering with Security
and Compliance
Continuous RMF

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Modernize your software,
practices, culture and talent
Optimize your build, run and
management of any application
in any environment
Deliver mission outcomes with Software
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