A Relentless Pursuit of Excellence in Solution Design

Discover Our Story:

What’s in a Name?

The name Aritay derives from the Ancient Greek word for excellence or virtue — ἀρετή. For the Greeks, the excellences of a thing were the attributes that enabled that thing to flourish as the thing it was designed to be.

Something is flourishing when it expresses its purpose through goal-directed activity. So a knife is flourishing when it is cutting, and the knife’s virtues are those attributes that enable it to cut well — the strength of the steel, the length and balance of the knife, and it’s sharpness. Some knives are designed to spread butter, others are designed to fillet fish. The virtues of the knife derive from the purpose that drives the design of the knife.

At Aritay, our purpose is to provide Agile IT services that guide our Federal clients on the journey from Vision to Design, in a repeatable way, with predictable outcomes. This purpose drives the capabilities we hone as a company, as well as how we measure success.

Values Come From Purpose

Values derive from purpose. A knife is a good knife depending on the specific purpose of that knife, and how well its design and attributes enable that purpose. For each of our engagements, we ask:

  • How can we make our country stronger through our contributions to this program?

  • What are the human centered goals behind the systems we are designing on this project? Have we achieved those goals?

  • What does it mean for our employees to flourish at our company, and on this particular project?

We value service to a cause bigger than ourselves. We value excellence in project execution and solution design. We value the flourishing of our employees through meaningful, purpose-driven teamwork.

Our Vision

We have a vision for how to guide Federal clients on the journey from Vision to Design in an Agile World:

  1. Aritay can help Federal Clients early in the acquisition process to help define Statements of Work (SOW) with greater specificity in the requirements and design of the future program. Aritay would never pursue work for which it had helped define requirements in this way.

  2. Aritay can embed our specially trained Business Analysts on programs to ensure that Agile Scrum Teams are operating with maximum productivity and output. Let Aritay be your sole source of industry-leading Business Analysis expertise.

  3. Aritay can drive the Architectural Runway needed to run a successful Scaled Agile Program. We use Artificial Intelligence to create Human-Centered Prototypes and MVPs to pave the way for Agile Development Teams to build out excellent designs.