2.5: Agile/Incremental Development Contracts

Contract For Agile/Incremental Development.

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A major challenge in structuring agile/incremental IT acquisition will be developing the appropriate governance model. Three points are particularly important here. First, to prevent requirements creep, the governance model should include a series of milestones tied to key points of functionality developed under evolving open architectures with effective feedback loops among the user community, IT technical experts, procurement officials and industry. Second, to preserve continuity and avoid rework, the model should prefer the use of the same prime contractor to develop every increment (as long as the contractor performs at the required level). Third, as noted by the Defense Science Board’s Task Force on the Acquisition of IT (2009), “contracting vehicles need to be devised that are flexible enough to support [the] agile process.”

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