How a team of young people helped rebuild healthcare.gov (2015)

Re:How a team of young people helped rebuild healthcare.gov ... by cmonaghan on Monday July 04, 2016 @04:07PM (#12032727)

I'm a member of the Marketplace Lite team, and of the resulting public benefit corporation, Nava. I'm happy to answer any questions!

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Re:How a team of young people helped rebuild healthcare.gov ... by rvanlaar on Monday July 04, 2016 @05:21PM (#12033077)

Do you think the success was caused by the team being young? Or just building what the customer, i.e. the people really needed in an agile way?

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Re:How a team of young people helped rebuild healthcare.gov ... by cmonaghan on Tuesday July 05, 2016 @09:55AM (#12036427)

I think a key factor for our success was in being a small team, using a modern technology stack, and building in an agile way. I think the article overemphasizes the youth of the team. While many of us were quite young, our team included individuals in their 40s and 50s. I think the skew towards youth is more a byproduct of the risk profile of the project, and the need for us to spend significant time in Baltimore/DC.

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