DocumentCode
2805354
Title
Agile procurement to support agile software development
Author
Jamieson, D. ; Vinsen, K. ; Callender, G.
Author_Institution
Curtin Bus. Sch., Curtin Univ. of Technol., Perth, WA, Australia
fYear
2005
fDate
10-12 Aug. 2005
Firstpage
419
Lastpage
424
Abstract
Contemporary software is increasingly developed using an agile development approach, yet the supplier is generally selected as a result of a waterfall-style competitive tendering and contracting process. The procurement activity may be incompatible with an agile development of functionality and lead to sub-optimal outcomes. This paper examines the interaction of the procurement and software development lifecycles, explores potential causes of project or system failures and suggests some improvements based on a successful 10 year project between ADI Limited and the Australian Department of Defence.
Keywords
contracts; procurement; project management; software development management; tendering; agile procurement; agile software development lifecycles; waterfall-style competitive contracting process; waterfall-style competitive tendering process; Australia; Contracts; Costs; Documentation; Job production systems; Packaging; Procurement; Programming; Proposals; Software packages;
fLanguage
English
Publisher
ieee
Conference_Titel
Industrial Informatics, 2005. INDIN '05. 2005 3rd IEEE International Conference on
Print_ISBN
0-7803-9094-6
Type
conf
DOI
10.1109/INDIN.2005.1560413
Filename
1560413
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