Agile delivery approaches support government goals of economy, efficiency, and effectiveness by improving agency capacity to manage their budgets and delivery dates.

In this report, the author draws on lessons from agile software development to expand the scope of these lessons across other key government functions and mission areas: policy development, regulatory development and program and policy implementation. The report describes the role of the Agile Government Center (AGC), a new initiative through the Academy, in promoting agile practices across agencies. The AGC has gained significant momentum by bringing key government, industry, academic, and non-profit stakeholder groups into a broad coalition—the Agile Government Network—which has developed a set of agile principles to drive government improvement. The Network has also developed case studies of agile government in action for use by government leaders at all levels.

The report discusses how application of these principles can improve outcomes and build public trust in government, and offers several recommendations for leaders going forward.