Enabling Operational Agility and Innovation in the Department of the Air Force

AgilityHealth’s robust measurement and continuous improvement platform has enabled many Fortune 500 companies to foster a culture of innovation, and significantly improve business outcomes, as a result of implementing iterative project management frameworks and working to develop “agile” teams. Considering ongoing geopolitical instability, it is imperative that U.S. warfighters embrace proven management approaches that have bolstered innovation in the private sector because maintaining a competitive advantage is largely dependent on our capacity to quickly adapt and develop innovative solutions to complex problems in dynamic contexts. The primary objective of the proposed Phase I SBIR/STTR project is to enable warfighter problem-solving/innovation by engaging DAF customers/end-users in R/R&D and adapting our assessments, and associated continuous improvement methodologies, to function, and add value, in the DAF context so that our measurement and continuous improvement platform can be leveraged by more and more DAF customers/end-users as part of subsequent Phase II/III projects. AgilityHealth will build DAF leaders’ competencies to engage teams in common “agile” ceremonies, including but not limited to periodic performance assessments, strategic retrospectives, and growth planning. Enabling operational agility directly supports DAF Strategic Capabilities involving resilient information sharing and rapid/effective decision making, advances innovation, and ensures U.S. warfighter readiness and superiority over technologically advanced adversaries like China and Russia.