Peter Stevens has a great summary of different agile contract models on his blog. I've decided that I like one of them the best (Time and Materials with Variable Scope and Cost Ceiling) for a project I'm initiating, but I can't find a sample contract or template for such a contract. Anyone know where I could find something like that?
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It's not so difficult to write, examples can be found in your native tongue all over the Internet (plain time-material contract to start from). Just make sure you keep it clear and simple.
The 2 things to remember are:
- Write in your native language, to prevent confusion (if client is abroad English is best). E.g. our contracts are stated in Dutch.
- Have your attorney check whatever you come up with, for a decent template
Felix Ogg
2009-09-11 10:35:29
Your answer does not provide any value. Please write the template if it's not that difficult or ask one of your customers for us and I will be happy to give you an up-vote.
agsamek
2009-10-02 10:32:50
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Not a template, but some additional tips that might help with this - from Mike Cohn:
http://www.mountaingoatsoftware.com/articles/5-writing-contracts-for-agile-development
Abby Fichtner
2009-10-02 00:18:51
I don't think this answered what he was asking also... more like how to write a better user stories...
Jimmy Chandra
2009-10-28 01:06:53
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Jeff Sutherland (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jeff%5FSutherland) spoke at Agile 2008 on this topic: http://jeffsutherland.com/scrum/2008/08/agile-2008-money-for-nothing.html (slides: http://jeffsutherland.com/scrum/Agile2008MoneyforNothing.pdf)
It spawned an "Agile Contracts" discussion over here: http://www.coactivate.org/projects/agile-contracts/summary, and that discussion includes a wiki page that's the beginnings of a contract template: http://www.coactivate.org/projects/agile-contracts/money-for-nothing-change-for-free
Craig Jones
2009-10-30 07:57:14