cwilliams Posted February 22, 2013 Report Share Posted February 22, 2013 With increasing interest in agile project management, I'm seeing increased concerns that the normal contracting process won't support this method of product development. Is that a real concern? Does anyone have experience with this issue that they could share? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Vern Edwards Posted February 22, 2013 Report Share Posted February 22, 2013 What is the "normal" contracting process, and why wouldn't it support agile project management? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Don Mansfield Posted February 22, 2013 Report Share Posted February 22, 2013 "Agile contracting"? I sense a new fad. Just wait til the policymakers hear someone speak those words. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FAR Fetched Posted February 22, 2013 Report Share Posted February 22, 2013 I use "Dexterous Contracting" to handle Agile Project Management. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Vern Edwards Posted February 22, 2013 Report Share Posted February 22, 2013 Agile Contracting: http://www.agilebok....racting_Methods http://www.cutter.co...h/apmu0617.html http://www.infoq.com...agile-contracts http://www.cornelius...ile-contracting http://agile.dzone.c...ile-contracting http://www.agilecontracts.org http://www.twobirds....nt projects.pdf There's a lot more. Don't tell OFPP or DPAP. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FAR Fetched Posted February 22, 2013 Report Share Posted February 22, 2013 Okay, my serious response. This isn't a method of 'Contracting' per se but more of company's business processes. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shinaku Posted February 22, 2013 Report Share Posted February 22, 2013 I would like some of these socks with support. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Boof Posted February 22, 2013 Report Share Posted February 22, 2013 I read several of the articles and it made my head hurt. And I still don't understand it. Maybe I am dense but I probably need a sample SOW/PWS and a sample pricing structure to get it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
apsofacto Posted April 16, 2014 Report Share Posted April 16, 2014 Hi, Boof. I'm researching this myself- the first step seems to be that you just acknowledge that you will never be able define your requirement sufficiently in advance, and are therefore paying your Contractor by the hour (or on a cost reimbursible basis). I don't understand why the normal procurement process can't accomodate this- it seems very simple. There is probably an art to packaging the work via task order that I'm not fully appreciating, but again, nothing that the current processes cannot accomodate. There are also some claimed efficiencies in consolidating the deliverables (e.g. annotating source code sufficiently enough to eliminate reports) that I don't claim to understand. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Boof Posted April 17, 2014 Report Share Posted April 17, 2014 Apsofacto Gee, I posted over a year ago. I didn't expect this topic to be resurrected. Thanks for the added information. One thing my Agency is definitely good at is awarding work by the hour without knowing what the outcome should be. Nothing like good old Time and Material for those who don't know where they are going. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
formerfed Posted April 23, 2014 Report Share Posted April 23, 2014 The last two comments about use of T&M/LH or cost reimbursement contracts are right on the mark. One problem is many agencies over reacted to the mandate to reduce "high risk" contract types. Consequently they want to force everything into fixed price arrangements even when it doesn't make sense. The existing procurement process is fine. The problem is the existing culture puts up artifical barriers - the push for fixed price contracts for everything, the need for requirements to be precisiely defined before starting out, the need for constant government oversight without meaningful involvement, and the need for delivery of detailed status reports and documentation. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
apsofacto Posted May 9, 2014 Report Share Posted May 9, 2014 Hello, Boof, I just recently set up an account with the forums here- should have done that long ago! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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