Agile Contracts with Fixed Budgets

Agile Contracting in a World with Fixed Budgetsbased on true stories byPiotr Zolnierek@pzol 2011-01- 18 pz@anixe .pl

THE PROBLEMS with corporations and waterfallAgile has become the mainstream methodology nowadays.Many companies who need some soft ware to assist themin their business, insist on waterfallish artifacts like ﬁxedbudgets, ﬁxed scope, project milestones. Alas, the customerwants a product he’ll be using everyday, but does not allowus to build a good quality product.If we do not overcome the attachment for control, we willnot be able to follow our passion to create great, workingsoft ware.

THE PROBLEMS with corporations and waterfall Fi xed Budge t e s, S c o p e , M ile s t o n C o n t rac tAgile has become the mainstream methodology nowadays. Projec t Pl anMany companies who need some soft ware to assist themin their business, insist on waterfallish artifacts like fixedbudgets, fixed scope, project milestones. Alas, the customerwants a product he’ll be using everyday, but does not allow Re q u i re me n tsus to build a good quality product. Sp e c ific at i o nIf we do not overcome the attachment for control, we willnot be able to follow our passion to create great, workingsoft ware.

„Walking on water and writingsoftware to speciﬁcation is easy iftheyre frozen”- Edward V. Berard Law

WHAT COULD BE?

RECAll characters appearing in this work are real. Any resemblance to real persons, living or dead, is truly intentional.

SITUATION: NEW PRODUCT

No ﬁxed scope!Did you notice!? THE FACTS

No ﬁxed scope!Did you notice!? THE FACTS New unknown product

No ﬁxed scope!Did you notice!? THE FACTS New unknown product Project Launch Date

No ﬁxed scope!Did you notice!? THE FACTS New unknown product Total budget for whole Project Launch Date product

No ﬁxed scope!Did you notice!? THE FACTS New unknown Contract product Total budget for whole Project Launch Date product

No ﬁxed scope!Did you notice!? THE FACTS New unknown Contract product Total budget for whole Project Launch Date product this is Helmut

THE PRODUCT PLAN

THE PRODUCT PLAN Go analog for planning with product owner

THERELEASE PLAN

PROJECT PLAN milestone 1 UserIteration 1 Stories UserIteration 2 Stories milestone 2 UserIteration 3 Stories UserIteration 4 Stories

IT’S ALLABOUT THE TEAM

THE BUDGETCalculation7 iterations, 2 weeks each8 people on the team

THE BUDGETCalculation Add Risk Management7 iterations, 2 weeks each 10 iterations, 2 weeks (10d) each8 people on the team 8 people on the team

THE BUDGETCalculation Add Risk Management7 iterations, 2 weeks each 10 iterations, 2 weeks (10d) each8 people on the team 8 people on the team Fixed Budget 10 * 10 * 8 = 800 person days 80 person days / iteration

THE FACTS this is Heike

THE FACTSScope part of contract this is Heike

THE FACTSScope part of contract Cost per Feature this is Heike

THE FACTSScope part of contract Cost per Feature Project Launch Date this is Heike

THE FACTSScope part of contract Cost per Feature Total budget for whole Project Launch Date product this is Heike

Scope part of the contractYes, we can do it!

Total cost ofsprint 10000EUR We calculate the cost per feature3 User StoriesStory A – 8SPStory B – 5SPStory C – 13SPTotal 26SP

Total cost of Cost per SP 385EURsprint 10000EUR We calculate the cost per feature3 User StoriesStory A – 8SPStory B – 5SP 8 * 385EUR = 3080EURStory C – 13SP 5 * 385EUR = 1925EUR 13 * 385EUR = 5005EURTotal 26SP

Building fast as the wind the foundation, small working pieces of soft ware Proved trust! Took a risk! A lot of people do something similar.Суши!

The Big Messagecomes here,there is hopeWe can do it!

THANK YOU! Contact me pz@anixe.pl @pzol ps: we are hiring!

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Agile Contracts with Fixed Budgets

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