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The Government Accountability Office has released draft guidance for Cybersecurity policy for agencies and contractors.  The review period goes until September … Read More Government Releases Cybersecurity Draft Guidance

Galorath Federal is a wholly owned subsidiary of Galorath Incorporated. Galorath Federal was created to optimize our ability to deliver … Read More Galorath Federal Consulting Summary

I ran across this nice graphic of an agile lifecycle produced by Galorath’s David Dewitt.  I thought it was clear … Read More Typical Agile Development Lifecycle

The CAST / Galorath meeting in the Washington DC area included excellent presentations and speakers. Thanks to GAO’s Karen Ritchie … Read More GAO Cost Estimating and Assessment Guide: Best Practices for Developing and Managing Capital Program Costs

100+ rules for project managers While this list uses NASA terminology and claims to be for NASA, most items are relevant … Read More 100+ Rules for Large Program Managers

Those that know the full history of Galorath know that the Jet Propulsion Laboratory was the sponsor of Dan Galorath’s … Read More NASA Application of SEER-SEM

I have been teaching these productivity laws for years and these effects can be modeled in our SEER-SEM model.  But … Read More 10 Laws of Software Productivity

10 Step Estimating Process Checklists Checklists can play an important role in repeatable processes.  Here is a basic set of … Read More Estimate Review Checklists

I find it interesting how many people just go forward without a clue as to what is involved in developing and … Read More Poor Estimation: Major Root Cause of Project Failure