Outsource without Compromising Agility or Increasing Risk

As Agile Software Development practices become more and more popular both customers and suppliers are looking to find ways to have more agile contracts. Contracts that reflect and exploit the benefits of an agile way-of-working on both sides of the relationship.

This hands-on workshop introduces and applies a number of simple but powerful tools to enable customers and suppliers to establish effective contracts that reflect their level of agility without constraining or compromising that of their partners.

Benefits

• Understand how agile contracting will affect all those involved in your organization including the managers, the developers, the sales people, the lawyers and those in procurement
• Understand the different contracting models and when and where to use them.
• Understand the capabilities that the customer needs to support the different contracting models and how suppliers can help or hinder the agility of their customers.
• Understand the capabilities that the supplier needs to support the different contracting models and how suppliers can help or hinder the agility of their customers.
• Understand the dimensions of agile contracts and their relationship to setting up and governing agile contracts.
• Understand how to use contracts to manage risk without compromising agility
• Be able to set up the appropriate contracts for your organization