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TOGETHER, WE CREATE CONTINUOUS IMPACT Your Audacity. Our Tenacity.
Table of Contents 1.0 About Rise8 04 2.0 Our Experience 00 3.0 The Digital Transformation Landscape 00 4.0 The Journey: How We Work Together 00
We transform how organizations build and deliver software. As a full-stack digital transformation firm, we go beyond consulting to continuously achieve unreached heights through next-level tech, and on-the-level collaboration. Together, we create continuous impact. Your systems – our savvy. Your work stream – our work ethic. Your dream – our dream team. Together, we turn breakdowns into breakthroughs, make small steps into giant leaps, and deliver game-changing product through culture changing processes.
1.0
About Rise8
FOREVER, WE RISE /
Your Work Stream. Our Work Ethic.
FOREVER, WE RISE /
CAPABILITIES DECK
We help change agents
Overcome bureaucracy and
Get ship done.
Our team of specialized technologists, product
strategists, and creatives will guide you on your digital
journey to transform bureaucracy and achieve critical
outcomes.
1.02
ABOUT US
CAPABILITIES DECK
Three things drive
everything we do.
WE PROGRESS WE PAIR WE BUILD
We believe in relentless progress. Not just an We pair Risers with their counterparts in your We build the way our customers do digital.
idea, but an outcome. organization.
● We build apps & platforms
A better world where fewer bad things ● Paired programming ● We build-in security and ops
happen because of bad software. ● Paired leadership ● We build culture
● Paired scaling ● We build new processes
It’s a responsibility we continuously ● Paired everything ● We build transformational leaders
embrace. This mission has shaped how we ● We build outcomes
hire, how we build software and how we work Together, we continuously deliver impactful
with our clients. software your users love.
1.03 ABOUT US
CAPABILITIES DECK
Bias for action.
Real outcomes.
In production.
You believe in challenging what is possible. You
need relentless progress.
We help you make ship happen by pairing with
you at every level to uncover better ways of
working and creating win-win solutions.
We help teams continuously deliver better apps,
platforms, and security that users love with
higher quality and reduced risk.
We unlock your potential to create critical
outcomes.
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ABOUT US
CAPABILITIES DECK
Things we believe
PEOPLE PRACTICE PROCESS
Digital transformation starts with the A balanced team can be brought From pre-kickoff to day two operations,
people you already have. Organizations together through lean product we help you craft business processes that
don't need help hiring talent, they need management, user centric design, and create value and eliminate waste, taking
help getting out of its way. eXtreme programming. into account your unique domain context.
PLATFORM PATH TO PRODUCTION PRODUCT
Your needs are unique and the solution We believe it's incredibly important to We believe in products, not projects.
isn't one size fits all. Many organizations own your compliant path-to-production. Software is never done. A product mindset
are learning that if they don't rent or buy We have experience building automation is required to continuously deliver
a given portion of the tech stack, they with a focus on quality and security in valuable, quality software that users love.
have to build it. some of the most regulated and
bureaucratic organizations. Delay is a
risk and the cost is high.
1.05 ABOUT US
CAPABILITIES DECK
Things we practice
APP DEV + TRANSFORMATION PATH-TO-PRODUCTION PLATFORM
We help you transform the way you build High frequency, high speed deployments We know how to run DoD cloud platforms
applications and also transform the with high quality and reduced risk--we that enable developer productivity without
applications you already have. Whether specialize in fully compliant P2P at the cutting corners. We get you the cleared
your goals are enablement or delivery, we speed of relevance. talent you need to run all your workloads.
have you covered.
VALUE STREAM MAPPING DOMAIN DRIVEN DESIGN OKR IMPROVEMENT KATA
Expanding lean startup to the complex Once we know where to go, getting there We help you use this information to better
defense enterprise is an area where we in the complex legacy architecture in an allocate resources, align all your product
really shine. We get you global optimization incremental way requires technical teams, and provide transparency &
without 5 years of requirements planning. decomposition. Let our DDD experts help. accountability.
1.06 ABOUT US2.0
Our Experience
FOREVER, WE RISE /Your Pipeline. Our Streamline.
FOREVER, WE RISE /CAPABILITIES DECK
OUR LEADERSHIP STARTED
The first Air Force software factory.
Fast Company The Boston Globe
http://bit.ly/3ttbsqY http://bit.ly/36JScvt
2.02
OUR EXPERIENCECAPABILITIES DECK
TRUSTED GUIDES WITH PROVEN SUCCESS
of federal IT workers trust their
67% own team to make the right
decisions.
trust their own team.
16%
We’re not vendors.
We’re partners trusted
by the most ambitious
change agents in the DoD.
2.03
OUR EXPERIENCECAPABILITIES DECK
Some kind of fact here about
00% ABMS.
Something here about what
we’re doing for ABMS in a
nutshell.
“THESE HAVE BEEN THE MOST PRODUCTIVE
TWO WEEKS IN THE ABMS PROJECT.”
JASON “SMACK” DAVIS, ABMS APPLICATIONS CATEGORY LEAD
2.04
OUR EXPERIENCECAPABILITIES DECK
1000 Total users
Deployment Frequency: ~3.2 days
MTTR: ~2 hours
Change Failure Rate: ~6%
Code Coverage: ~88%
Commit Frequency: ~4x per day per team
App Accreditation Timeline: ~65 days
Applications operationally accepted: 5
Operational Acceptance Timeline: ~8 months
Total users: 1000+
CSpOC, 18 SPCS, NSDC, UKSpOC, CANSpOC, STRATCOM, MDA, FEMA,
COCOMs, AOCs, tactical units, mission partners
“OTHERS HAVE TRIED THE SAME SOFTWARE SOLUTIONS AND FAILED
BECAUSE THEY DON'T HAVE RISE8’S DOD EXPERIENCE AND THEY DON’T
TRULY HELP EMPOWER TEAMS.”
-LT. COL. MEDEIROS, KOBAYASHI MARU
2.05
OUR EXPERIENCECAPABILITIES DECK
Spaceboard High Interest Event Tracker
THE MISSION FEATURES
Designed to monitor, track, & Track and display current sensor
display high interest events of status, conjunctures, launches,
space assets in order to provide rentries, and other events.
warfighters clear space domain
awareness. USER BASE
Our main inputters of data are
INSIDE THE APP members of the 18th Space
The “big board” provides Control Squadron and the 614th
warfighters space domain Air Operations Center at the
awareness at-a-glance. It has CSpOC. We currently have over
information about the current 1,000 users worldwide including
operational capability of sensors coalition members.
as well as countdowns to events
such as conjunctures, launches,
and reentries. Other pages within
the app allow users to update
what is shown on the big board.
NOV Initial visit to VAFB by MAR MVP-cloning HIET as a JUL Users start using JAN Migrated from
2018 program Section 31 single page web app Metroid in parallel Ops
2020 Kessel Run platform
2019 FEB
Event Storm
and D&F
APR
w/ HIET
Deployed to
production (ATO in 57
AUG
Operationally
Accepted
to S31 platform
2.06
OUR EXPERIENCE
kick-off Days)CAPABILITIES DECK
Ops Accepted
TEAMS
Section 31 Apps Ops Accepted Metroid
Nova
1 .Guidance, Objectives and Effects Outrun
6. Operational Assessment 2. Effects GORF
Development Starfox
Operational assessors spend less time
collating data in order to provide 18 SPCS and its customers access
recommendations for improving the STC. timely and reliable high interest
Space Domain Awareness events. SPACE OPERATIONS DIRECTIVE
TBD
Spaceboard CSpOC strategists spend less time capturing and
sharing strategic priorities (SOD) with downstream
Units receive their assigned CSTO tasks CSpOC and its customers access consumers. Planners, operators, and tasked units plan
efficiently and the CSpOC (SPD and COD) has timely and accurate sensor data to more accurately and make quicker decisions leveraging
immediate transparency and situational make faster mission decisions. the most updated guidance.
awareness of their ability to support.
BlueStat Relay Strat
TBD
Intelligence, Surveillance &
5. Force Execution Reconnaissance 3. Weaponeering and
Allocation
SPACE SUPPORT REQUESTS ISRD spends less time tasking and MASTER SPACE PLAN
matching SCCs to GBRs and decreases
bad taskings.
COD operators respond faster to submitted SSRs and efficiently Planners and CSpOC leaders spend less time determining
Vue if mission areas, priorities, and events are adequately
task units. Requesters, units and the CSpOC have immediate
transparency into the status of a request. covered, as captured in the MSP, and make better
allocations and tasking decisions.
SpaceDesk Relay Plans
4. Order Production and Dissemination
COMBINED SPACE TASKING ORDER
Operators spend less time running analysis
for RF deconfliction. Requestors have a
deconfliction assessment ready faster so
they can make dynamic decisions.
Surefire
Planners spend less time and make fewer errors when generating the CSTO and use
previous CSTOs to inform new tasks. Downstream consumers (tasked units) receive their
tasking faster and understand what is being asked of them with fewer follow-ups.
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Version 1.3 Last Updated 2020 Nov 24
Relay Plans3.0
The Digital
Transformation
Landscape
FOREVER, WE RISE /Your Systems. Our Savvy.
FOREVER, WE RISE /CAPABILITIES DECK
Digital Transformation Landscape
USING CULTURE, PROCESS, AND TECHNOLOGY TO SOLVE REAL PROBLEMS.
As the global digital transformation landscape grows,
the government needs to continue to modernize to 18.5%
remain competitive.
“The global threat landscape is constantly evolving
and remaining competitive and modernizing our
digital environment for great power competition is The global digital transformation market is expected to reach a value of
USD 2744.68 billion by 2026, at a CAGR of 18.5% over 2021-2026.
imperative for the Department of Defense. We *Research and Markets
must act now to secure our future.”
-DoD Digital Modernization Strategy 2019
3.02
TRANSFORMATION LANDSCAPECAPABILITIES DECK
Federal tech workers are TOP PROFESSIONAL CHALLENGES
frustrated with bureaucracy.
SLOW BUREAUCRACY
43%
While bureaucratic delays, diminished
budgets, and slow procurement processes LOW BUDGETS - EXPECTED TO
lead your challenges, you still need to keep DO MORE WITH LESS 36%
up with rapidly evolving tech.
SLOW PROCUREMENT
PROCESS/VEHICLES NOT AVAILABLE 34%
3.03
TRANSFORMATION LANDSCAPECAPABILITIES DECK
Vs.
Waterfall Agile
TRADITIONALLY, THE GOVERNMENT WORKS WITH A INSTEAD, CONSIDER THE APPROACH THAT
"WATERFALL" METHODOLOGY. GUARANTEES A SYSTEM FIT TO YOUR NEEDS - THE
AGILE WAY.
They design a workflow, get it engineered by a
third-party developer, and implement it. Once a With iterative feedback loops, you can be sure that
workflow is fixed, there is no way to re-configure it. your software is always optimised to your users'
current needs.
No one gets it right on the first try. Even if they do,
considering how dynamic the military’s needs are
today, changes are inevitable down the road.
“I STOPPED USING MY _____ APPLICATION BECAUSE OF “THE ACCURATE MONITORING OF MY TECHNICIANS IS
HOW RIGID THE SYSTEM IS.” SAVING US MONEY.”
-WARFIGHTER -PROGRAM DIRECTOR
3.04
TRANSFORMATION LANDSCAPE4.0
The Journey:
How We Work Together
FOREVER, WE RISE /Your Dream. Our Team.
FOREVER, WE RISE /Digital Solutions To Optimize Outcome.
We offer a full range of services that create immediate and continuous impact. Our 3 phase
approach acts as a journey we take together to make positive and lasting change to your
systems, your software, and your business.
4.02
THE JOURNEYCAPABILITIES DECK
TOGETHER WE CREATE CONTINUOUS IMPACT
The Journey
Focus
CONSULT & CULTIVATE Together, we bring your goals and how to achieve them into clear
focus. Our proven practices and guidance will help us align on
Create objectives, map your business landscape to identify bottlenecks,
and implement the vision that will carry us forward. Through
relentless prioritization and necessary reorganization, we show
you how to adapt your processes and adopt a culture that allows
Elevate you to reach beyond your goals.
4.03 THE JOURNEYCAPABILITIES DECK
TOGETHER WE CREATE CONTINUOUS IMPACT
The Journey
Focus
Together, we create user-centered products and ship them to
prod securely with speed and stability. The key to our DevOps
transformations is building and deploying a
Create Platform-as-a-Service, and using it to establish a clear,
DESIGN & DEVELOP compliant path to production. Then our balanced team of
product managers, designers, and agile software developers
Elevate continuously deliver valuable apps & data that users love.
4.04
THE JOURNEYCAPABILITIES DECK
TOGETHER WE CREATE CONTINUOUS IMPACT
The Journey
Focus
Together, we elevate your outcomes by connecting people to
outcomes with metrics across all channels. First we measure
Create what matters and help you make sense of the data. We use that
feedback to shape the entire experience cycle from employee to
customer to shareholder. This creates exponential momentum
and value that we leverage to scale... fast and forever.
Elevate
MEASURE & MAXIMISE
4.05 THE JOURNEYCAPABILITIES DECK
01. 02. 03.
Focus FOCUS
01.1 ALIGNING
CREATE ELEVATE
CONSULT & CULTIVATE 01.2 MAPPING
01.3 IMPLEMENTING
01.1 Align to value. Through ruthless prioritization and
streamlining of your key objectives, we align your entire
organization to meet the established goals. Leveraging lean
startup principles, we transform the thinking, culture and
processes required to enable and accelerate your digital
transformation. Enabling leadership at every level, we
establish conditions that ensure enduring impact.
● Software factory fundamentals
● Improvement Kata
● Leadership alignment workshops
● Establish vision and objectives
● Operating model implementation
4.06 THE JOURNEYCAPABILITIES DECK
01. 02. 03.
Focus FOCUS
01.1 ALIGNING
CREATE ELEVATE
CONSULT & CULTIVATE 01.2 MAPPING
01.3 IMPLEMENTING
01.2 Map the landscape. Evaluating your business value streams,
technical domain, and organizational culture is key to
making an accurate map of the landscape. We work
together to identify the largest bottlenecks, and how to
overcome them.
● Theory of Constraints
● Value Stream Mapping
● Domain Driven Design
● Horizons of Innovation
4.07 THE JOURNEYCAPABILITIES DECK
01. 02. 03.
Focus FOCUS
01.1 ALIGNING
CREATE ELEVATE
CONSULT & CULTIVATE 01.2 MAPPING
01.3 IMPLEMENTING
01.3 Implement the vision. Once the collective team has a full
understanding of all conditions, we implement the vision.
Accurately targeting all digital strategies, we set the
measures to ensure we’re creating forward momentum and
optimizing impact.
● OGSM Framework (Objectives, Goals, Strategies,
Measures)
● Growth Boards
● Vertical (Thin) Slicing
● Bureaucracy Hacking
4.08 THE JOURNEYCAPABILITIES DECK
01. 02. 03.
Create FOCUS CREATE
02.1 PAAS
ELEVATE
DESIGN & DEVELOP 02.2 PATH-TO-PROD
02.3 APPS DELIVERY
02.1 Platform productivity. PaaS is key to unlocking developer,
operator, and compliance productivity. We help you build,
deploy, and run your cloud native platforms whether they be
on-prem, off-prem, or hybrid.
● Infrastructure and networking
● Platform deployment and operations
● Enterprise service development
● Platform onboarding
● Site reliability engineering
4.09 THE JOURNEYCAPABILITIES DECK
01. 02. 03.
Create FOCUS CREATE
02.1 PAAS
ELEVATE
DESIGN & DEVELOP 02.2 PATH-TO-PROD
02.3 APPS DELIVERY
02.2 Compliant path-to-production. Unlocking continuous
delivery means we have to make ship easy. Delay is a risk
and the cost is high. We have experience building
automation with a focus on quality and security in the most
regulated and bureaucratic organizations. From member
onboarding and provisioning local machines to complex
workloads operating at scale with high availability, we’ve got
you covered.
● True CI/CD implementation
● Secure Release Pipelines
● Continuous NIST compliance
● Advanced release engineering
● Advanced automated testing
4.10 THE JOURNEYCAPABILITIES DECK
01. 02. 03.
Create FOCUS CREATE
02.1 PAAS
ELEVATE
DESIGN & DEVELOP 02.2 PATH-TO-PROD
02.3 APPS DELIVERY
02.3 Application delivery. Our balanced teams continuously
delivery valuable apps and data that user love by embracing
lean product management, UX design, and extreme
programming (XP). We build new moderns apps and also
re-platform existing legacy software applications, then
explore options for modernization that benefit the mission.
Together we solve real problems, for real users, in real
operations environments.
● Greenfield and brownfield application delivery
● Paired balanced team enablement
● Agile practice leadership and portfolio management
4.11 THE JOURNEYCAPABILITIES DECK
01. 02. 03.
Elevate FOCUS CREATE ELEVATE
03.1 MEASURE
MEASURE & MAXIMIZE 03.2 SHAPE
03.3 SCALE
03.1 Measure what matters. Conducting qualitative and
quantitative research, starting with the user and working
back toward the technology is the only way to truly
measure what matters. We automate metrics and
implement analytics to ensure the objectives, goals, and
strategies are providing an amazing customer experience at
every level.
● Connect prod data to product value
● Automated flow and software delivery & operations
performance metrics
● Application instrumentation
● Qualitative surveys
● Product branding and marketing
4.12 THE JOURNEYCAPABILITIES DECK
01. 02. 03.
Elevate FOCUS CREATE ELEVATE
03.1 MEASURE
MEASURE & MAXIMIZE 03.2 SHAPE
03.3 SCALE
03.2 Shape the experience. The employee experience
determines how well and how often code is shipped. A
positive employee experience will enhance every
interaction with the customer. Great customer experiences
translate to great shareholder experiences and happy
shareholders invest in employees. This is a transformation
flywheel.
● Connect employees to outcomes to build customer
and mission obsession
● Culture transformation
● Improved net promoter scores
● Organizational branding & marketing
4.13 THE JOURNEYCAPABILITIES DECK
01. 02. 03.
Elevate FOCUS CREATE ELEVATE
03.1 MEASURE
MEASURE & MAXIMIZE 03.2 SHAPE
03.3 SCALE
03.3 Scale enterprise outcomes. Each time we shape the
experience cycle, we create momentum. That produces a
flywheel effect for your digital transformation, giving you the
win-win scenarios you need to scale fast. Forever.
● Connect the product, customer, and employee value
to enterprise business/mission outcomes
● Implement innovation accounting and portfolio budget
allocation to scale what works (and kill what doesn’t)
● Transformation branding & marketing
4.14 THE JOURNEYWE’RE READY Want To Pair With Us?
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