U.S. CIO: Agile IT remains 'immature' in federal government

Fedscoop: Despite its hype, agile IT practices can't yet flourish in the federal government, the U.S. chief information officer said.

"I think we're immature as an industry in really understanding the context in which agile can survive and thrive in a large organization," U.S. CIO Tony Scott said Tuesday at a Partnership for Public Service event. "We've all seen examples where you get a great experiment going and then the antibodies come out and kill it, because it doesn't look like, it doesn't walk like, it doesn't talk like something we're familiar with."

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