1.1 - Mission, Vision, Values, and Principles
Our Mission
Transform how the DoD delivers warfighter capability through innovative frameworks, collaborative culture, and secure software.
Our Vision
Accelerate the DoD's dominance by delivering innovative, trusted technologies today.
Our Values
A collaborative defense department enabled by continuous delivery.
Empowerment
Individuals and teams are empowered with the trust to be accountable, and grow Platform One into an organization that drives change personally and professionally.
Continuous Improvement
Know our customers and solve their challenges by delivering actual, functional solutions instead of arguing about requirements and process. Then, continue to improve the solution well into the future.
Beliefs
- We can and must be better at software within the DoD
- Open source is key, not just software but the mentality
- Airmen will innovate at the edge if we provide the tools to do so
Badgeless Culture
We embrace a badgeless culture, and our teams are intentionally cross-contractor. No matter what company you work for or which contract vehicle you're on, at the end of the day you work for P1. Over 20 contracts and companies support P1, but no one single company or contract is responsible for any one team. Instead, we break companies up and spread them around, so we can view each other as other humans rather than through the lens of a prime-sub relationship. This style of co-mingling also drives another key piece of our culture: the government owns the baseline.
Open Source
We've gotten a read from our legal team regarding our open-source posture. The TL;DR is that if we are starting with open-source tools and want to modify/contribute back, there is nothing stopping us from doing so. No one-off permissions are needed. This is hugely enabling our culture.
Our Principles
Scale
Features aren't complete until they are tested, automated, documented, and include training modules.
Mission Obsessed
Obsess over the code that will form the baseline for weapon systems across the DoD: ships, planes, tanks, and nukes.
Everyone Codes
What we do is code. All of us. Even if it is 3 hours a week using YouTube videos. No exceptions.
Ownership
Own every aspect of what you do, what you write, what you say, and what you use.
Simple and Robust
Make features as if 100,000 developers will use what you've developed.
Continual Learning
We always look to improve our baseline and our brains.
Live in the Trenches
Success or failure is found in the details. Don't ignore them because you don't have time to understand.
No Egos
We will never be the best at everything, and don't claim or try to be. We are open-minded about what others can bring to the table.
Invest in People
The best investment you can make is in yourselves. The next best investment you can make is in the people next to you.
We Serve
We exist to help others succeed. When they succeed, we succeed. If you can help someone, do it.
Shoot for the Moon
Be bold and strive to make monumental changes that sound so crazy people won't believe you... even after you've done it.
Smart Decisions
Encourage decisions to be made by the individuals with the most information. If it's a technical decision, that means technical people, even if they aren't in leadership positions.