Special Act Award to John Aghadiuno 2022

John Aghadiuno Special Act Award Certificate 3.25.2022

Outstanding contributions to the Defense Finance and Accounting Service. During the period 10/1/21 to 3/1/22, John Aghadiuno exceptionally supported the mission of Military Pay. In anticipation of Microsoft Internet Explorer’s (IE) end of life, the Defense Military Pay Office (DMO) System Web Team updated their legacy Internet Explorer-based web applications to use faster, more secure browsers. The team not only ensured that all business-critical functions continued to work outside of IE but also made improvements to modernize many of the older applications. The team successfully eliminated the security risks associated with relying on an unsupported web browser. Our DMO customers made a seamless transition to alternate browsers.

Special Act Award to John Aghadiuno 2021

John Aghadiuno Special Act Award Certificate August 17 2021

Outstanding contributions to the Defense Finance and Accounting Service. During the period 3/1/2021 to 8/31/2021, John Aghadiuno was assigned to several DMO projects and progressed working on the browser compatibility project. The team fixed every web application to make sure it works properly in all available Web browsers. John just completed the DMR Home page and customers like its new fresh look.

The Origin of Scrum

Although Scrum was first used to describe Agile content in 1986 in the Harvard Business Review, the term originates from the internationally loved sport, rugby. In rugby, a “scrum” involves players huddling closely together with their heads down while trying to gain possession of the ball. Then, the players work together in order to achieve their shared goal: to get the ball across the line and score!

The original Harvard Business Review paper, written by Hirotaka Takeuchi and Ikujiro Nonaka and titled "The New Product Development Game", introduces Scrum in the chapter “Moving the Scrum downfield.” Throughout the paper, the authors continue to point out which characteristics of a team help to move the Scrum downfield.

Original full article: https://hbr.org/1986/01/the-new-new-product-development-game