Product Management
Resources on Product Management
Foundations of Agile, Part I —18F’s Alan Atlas and Alan Brouilette cover the fundamentals of Agile.
Foundations of Agile, Part II —18F’s Alan Atlas and Alan Brouilette cover the fundamentals of Agile.
OMB M-20-19 —Harnessing Technology to Support Mission Continuity
An Introduction to USWDS 2.0 —A design system for the federal government.
OMB Circular A-130 —Managing Information as a Strategic Resource
OMB M-17-06 —Policies for Federal Agency Public Websites and Digital Services
Tips for Starting Your Customer Experience Journey —Low-cost, low-lift actions that any federal employee can take to improve customer experience.
Checklist of Requirements for Federal Websites and Digital Services —The relevant laws, policies, and regulations for federal agencies.
Eight Principles of Mobile-Friendliness —Following these principles will help you make your site more usable and user-friendly.
18F De-risking Guides —Field guides for state and federal agencies on how to structure software development teams, write contracts, and oversee agile software activities to reduce risks and improve outcomes for end-users.
Introduction to Accessibility —An introduction to accessibility, and why it matters.
Federal Web Council —A cross-agency group that is working to improve the delivery of government information and digital services.
18F Guide to Product Management —Best practices on doing product management well
Connected Government Act —As of July of 2018, all new and redesigned agency websites are required to be mobile friendly.
Tools and Services
18F —We help government agencies fix technical problems, build products, and improve how government serves the public through technology.
Digital Dashboard —Measures how U.S. government domains are following best practices for federal websites.
Presidential Innovation Fellows —We help government agencies fix technical problems, build products, and improve how government serves the public through technology.
Section508.gov —Guidance for Federal agencies on IT accessibility compliance.
U.S. Digital Service —We deploy small, responsive groups of designers, engineers, product managers, and bureaucracy specialists to work with and empower civil …
10x —Provides funding for new technology projects or products across government, from the TTS office of investments.
Digital Analytics Program —A free analytics tool for measuring digital services in the federal government.
DotGov Registry —We make it easy to register and manage a .gov domain for US-based government organizations.
FedRAMP —The Federal Risk and Authorization Management (FedRAMP) is a process that authorizes cloud products and services.
Login.gov —An identity management service that provides secure and private online access to participating government programs.
U.S. Digital Registry —An inventory of official government social media accounts, mobile websites and apps, as reported and authenticated by federal managers.
U.S. Web Design System —A toolkit of principles, guidance, and code that helps agency digital teams build accessible, mobile-friendly government websites for the …
Directory of services, tools, and teams —Shared services and tools offered by the GSA and other agencies.
Join a Community of Practice
Federal Leadership and Professional Development —Providing federal employees with seminars on leadership, professional development, and strategy.
Open Source —A federal government community interested in source code and open source software (OSS).
U.S. Web Design System —Making it easier to build accessible, mobile-friendly government websites for the public.
Agile/Lean —Supporting people working with agile/lean methodologies and those who would like to learn more.
Web Content Managers —The Web Content Managers Forum is a community of government employees who share ideas, challenges, lessons learned, and best practices in …
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Product lessons from the front lines of COVID-19 civic tech response
A Federal Guide to De-risk Government Technology Projects—Written for cross-functional teams delivering IT services to their users, the Federal Field Guide to De-risk Government Technology offers guidance to federal agencies on how to structure software development teams, write contracts, and oversee agile software activities to reduce risks and improve outcomes for end-users. — via 18F