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2016 | OriginalPaper | Chapter
Framing Software Projects in Commercial Terms
Authors : Matthias Book, Volker Gruhn, Rüdiger Striemer
Published in: Tamed Agility
Publisher: Springer International Publishing
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This chapter highlights the mismatch between agile practices and traditional software delivery contracts. A higher degree of trust and communication between client and supplier is required by contracts that reflect agile principles, since both parties share a responsibility for eliminating risks and uncertainties, and working efficiently toward successful project completion. The chapter sets up a framework for characterizing contract models by project character and model of cooperation that will be used to discuss different approaches to traditional and agile contracting in the following chapters.