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  • Contracts in Agile Projects
    (2010) Suomela, Ulla
     School of Science | Master's thesis
    Agile software development has become a very attractive alternative in software development projects. Despite gaining success in software development projects, Agile projects cause difficulties in contract negotiations and contract creation. Contract conditions of traditional methodologies are not necessarily valid in agile methodologies; with respect to certain issues, traditional and agile processes are radically different. Agile software development supports continuous change and responding to alterations of requirements that stem from business value changes. Creating contract conditions with a changing scope is very challenging, and it is difficult to create a contract with changing contract conditions. In Agile projects, one never knows in the beginning how much the development project is going to change as it progresses. This research investigated how well contracts of traditional projects adapt to agile projects. The research consisted of a survey and a literature review of the traditional and agile project model. The need for contract amendments was based on the differences between the models and on their influence on contract conditions. The research questions revealed the crucial properties of the agile project model, which require contract amendments. An active product owner is one of the most important success factors of an agile project. Both parties have to be aware of their respective duties and responsibilities. Role descriptions, change management and clear description of acceptance criteria in the contract and the project guarantee a successful project. In addition, the contract termination conditions of an agile project should be clarified.