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Not on the technical side. But I would consider that to be almost secondary - I think the important part is demonstrating that you can do this over a span of da
by rndmize 11y ago
Not on the technical side. But I would consider that to be almost secondary - I think the important part is demonstrating that you can do this over a span of days and have real, serious improvement; and that the outsiders (18F/GSA) work to build something with the interested organization rather than for.
By comparison, I'd imagine the standard gov process is something more like:
* decide something needs improvement
* create spec as far as what they want (weeks)
* find contractor to implement that meets all rules/reqs (weeks)
* pass specs to contractor, contractor builds product (weeks)
* get finished product that doesn't work very well because spec was created in a vacuum and contractor didn't discuss issues unless they were game-breaking
I feel like the emphasis here is more on process improvement rather than the end result.