• DocumentCode
    3369175
  • Title

    The main challenges of implementing fixed-price agile projects for corporate customers

  • Author

    Andrzeevski, Sergei

  • Author_Institution
    First Line Software, Russia
  • fYear
    2010
  • fDate
    13-15 Oct. 2010
  • Firstpage
    220
  • Lastpage
    225
  • Abstract
    This experience report titled, `The main challenges of implementing fixed-price agile projects for corporate customers´ deals with the difficulties development teams encounter in delivering fixed-price agile projects for traditional corporate clients. The report also lays out the rationale for the agile approach to fixed-price contracts, and cites examples of successful implementations. The main challenges to successful delivery of agile projects under fixed-price contracts are as follows: Correct estimation of fixed-price agile projects; Misalignment between classical functional requirements and User Stories; Difficulty in handling change requests typical for agile projects with fixed budget; Differences between document-oriented and communication-oriented practices; Complexity of embedding specific agile projects into traditional (waterfall) customer environments; Tracking implemented scope and spent budget. The report also offers practical advice to address the aforementioned difficulties.
  • Keywords
    contracts; pricing; software prototyping; classical functional requirements; communication oriented practices; corporate customers; document oriented practices; fixed price agile projects; fixed price contracts; user stories; Contracts; Electronic mail; Estimation; Fires; Materials; Programming; Software; Agile; Extreme Programming; SCRUM; fixed price; management;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Software Engineering Conference (CEE-SECR), 2010 6th Central and Eastern European
  • Conference_Location
    Moscow
  • Print_ISBN
    978-1-4577-0605-9
  • Type

    conf

  • DOI
    10.1109/CEE-SECR.2010.5783180
  • Filename
    5783180