agile contracts? sdc 2012 johannes brodwall, principal architect steria norway @jhannes
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Agile Contracts?
SDC 2012Johannes Brodwall, Principal Architect
Steria Norway
@jhannes
Motivation
Agile ManifestoIndividuals and interactions over processes and toolsWorking software over comprehensive documentation
Customer collaboration over contract negotiationResponding to change over following a plan
Customer collaboration over contract negotiation
Does «contract» make a difference?
Supplier
Customer
Hold on, I expected a much fancier UI
for this.?
Most common contracts:Fixed price
Time and material
Supplier
Customer
Hold on, I expected a much fancier UI
for this.
CrapCrap
Supplier
Customer
Hold on, I expected a much fancier UI
for this.No problem, we’ll work some more
«Time and material» creates the most happiness
«Time and material» creates the most happiness
(Source: My best and worst projects)
Ability to adjust frequently creates happiness
(Source: My best and worst projects)
So why care about the rest?
Do you pay taxes?
How should your government handle:
• We’re running out of money for pensions• We need to change the rules!
• The current system is huge
How should govt spend your money?
• A big, state-run project• Hire a random company to do it all
• Just pay consultants until it’s done
Can Agile help?
Customer collaboration over contract negotiation
PS2000 + Agile
Typical Norwegian public sector project:
«We need to replace huge system X…
Typical Norwegian public sector project:
«We need to replace huge system X…
… we’d like to use Scrum»
PS2000:«Target price»
(Target price:Set a budget,
report cost.Supplier & client splits difference)
PS2000 + agile:«Colocated»
«Sprints»
«Sprint reviews»
«Product owner»
«Product backlog»
… but also«Negotation phase»
«Requirement phase»
«Acceptance test phase»
Whence PS2000?
Contract standard from Norwegian Computing
Association
2001: PS2000 with target price
2009: PS2000 + Agile
Norwegian trends:• 2 Agile user groups with 100+ people at
meetings from 2005• Conferences: Smidig 2007 + 2008
• Networking: Devs <-> PMs <-> customers• Meetups about contracts
• Scrum certifications• Large and diverse consultancy industry
Some project highlights
In p
rogre
ssLARM: Domain: Electricity reserve power
Application: Operator UI
Internal Integration
Project size: 2 scrum teams plus support
Organization: Supplier + Customer teams
Colocated at customer site
Team size: 7 per team
Duration: 3 years (1,5 years left)
Sprint length: 3 weeks (customer present)
Releases: 3 times per year (in theory…)
Contract: Target pricing for whole scope
?
Bid
Apr, 2010
Negotiation
Aug, 2010
Mar, 2010
Elaboration
Nov, 2010
Release 1Sprint Sprint Sprint Sprint Sprint
May, 2011
Acceptance Production
Sept, 2011
Elaboration Sprint Sprint Sprint
Sprint Sprint
Sprint
Smart move:Reliable product backlog using
scenarios
Big win:First release in use 1 year after contract, containing most used
screen
Big loss:Feature creep of individual user
stories
CompletedPERFORM:
Domain: State pension fund
Application: Case worker UI
External Integration
Process flow
Project size: 12-14 scrum teams plus support
Organization: Three suppliers with 3-6 teams
Colocated at customer site
Team size: 10 per team
Duration: 3 years
Releases: 3 times per year
Sprint length: 3 weeks, with shared demo
Contract: First release: Time & materials
Subsequent:
Target pricing per release
Smart move:Contract on price per release
First release on T&M
«Competing» suppliers
Big win:Delievered what was needed
Government is happy
Users are happy
Big loss:Full time requirement spec
Hostile architecture team
Customer collaboration over contract negotiation
Reality:• We must compete
• We must commit
Pure fa
briactio
nIMAGINE:
Project size: Some scrum teams with independent
users and product owners
Organization: Colocated at customer site
Team size: 6-8 per team
Duration: 3 years
Sprint length: 2 weeks, with shared demo
Releases: Every month
Bidding: Performance competition
Contract: Target estimate per user story
Bidding: Competitive delivery
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Customer
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Pricing: Customer sets budget
Menu:• Simple GUI: 2 kEUR• Complex GUI: 5 kEUR• GUI with customer
involvement: 10 kEUR• Etc…
(Or 2, 5, 20 story points)
Supplier
Customer
I need a screen shot for X. We want something simple.
Ok. 2 kEURO
Supplier
Customer
Do you have anything to show for it?
We’ve spent half the budget
It’s not tested yet.
Okay, I’m pulling the
plug
Supplier
Customer
Stop!
We’ve spent the budget
Supplier Commitment:
Δ ☺
Δ $
Questions and discussions
Conclusion
Customer collaboration over contract negotiation
We need an answer for large investments
Norway’s answer ain’t half bad
We can do better
We must do better
