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2018
This chapter analyzes the partnerships that procurement can set up. It presents an innovative model based on the Kraljic matrix. Partnerships are important for critical suppliers. This chapter also considers the critical factors that make them successful.
Periodicals of Engineering and Natural Sciences (PEN), 2021
Context: Agile approaches are the answer to the rigid framework for traditional software development. These focus on creating products based on communication and continuous collaboration between the client and supplier, which are detailed characteristics in documents; it is also true that the contractual agreements for such approaches continue to be structured according to the restrictions of the traditional development of software products. Meticulous specifications and restrictions such as time, cost and scope are just some of the fixed conditions of the contractual agreement. In this sense, traditional contracts do not respond adequately to agile software development and, for this reason, agile contracts emerge as a framework of agreement that stipulates the conditions that are clearly necessary to allow development under these approaches. Methodology: a systematic mapping of the literature is presented that aims to show a current panorama of agile contracting for software development and its application in different sectors of the economy with an emphasis on the public sector. Results: The results obtained show few examples of the application of agile contracts, especially in the public sector; suggesting research opportunities and the generation of proposals in this context. Conclusions: It has been concluded that the contracting methods used by public institutions can be an obstacle to agile approaches. In addition, this document presents recommendations for adjusting contracts that seek to facilitate developments approached from the perspective of agile approaches in the public sector.
Journal of e-Government Studies and Best Practices, 2013
The global IT industry and software engineering academia have over the years, fine-tuned many aspects of iterative software development process models. As a result, almost all large scale enterprise systems are now quite successfully built using agile, iterative software engineering processes that features small phases with significant feedback loops. Many global enterprises have further enhanced these successes with good return-on-investment by utilizing the specialized and optimized software development services provided by outsourced and often offshore-based providers. In contrast, many large-scale eGovernment solution implementations from around the world are procured and implemented according to a sequential software development process model, commonly known as the Waterfall Model. This phenomenon is primarily due to the nature of eGovernment solution procurement models. Nearly all such eGovernment procurement models dictate that comprehensive requirements have to be detailed out up-front. A solutions provider (vendor) is then procured by following a stringent process and is tasked with the implementation of the entire solution. This methodology is particularly prevalent in eGovernment solution implementation scenarios in developing countries, and unfortunately, such solutions tend to display a high rate of failure. This paper discusses an approach that leverages best practices in enterprise software engineering in order to improve the success and development speed of eGovernment solutions. This approach was successfully employed in a large-scale eGovernment initiative in Sri Lanka.
2020
Customizing Agile for Non-IT Projects: A research on the application of Agile methodologies by Anna Vicent Soria Facultat Internacional de Comerç i Economia Digital La Salle, Master of Science in Project Management “Agile innovation methods have revolutionized information technology. Over the past 25 to 30 years they have greatly increased success rates in software development, improved quality and speed to market, and boosted the motivation and productivity of IT teams.” Can this model be exported into other sectors of activity? Agile has become a very common mindset in our workplaces, even in the mainstream as some people would say. Performing both as a methodology and framework has become a transversal conversation, mostly in modern industries delivering digital and technological products or services1. In order to seek for the unknown, newest innovation and experimentation is required. Agile, Lean and others sets a perfect framework for experimentation. Agile is being trained and applied widely in IT teams mainly for software development, and apart from the digital world, many people have done several training sessions on Agile, User Stories and different tools used to boost methods for a variety of projects. Most project managers and consultants make use of Agile in a more or less successful way. Nevertheless, outside the digital sector, there are several reasons Agile, or at least part of it, may be exported and used as reference. Since Agile was officially introduced in Agile Manifesto in 2001, several studies during the first decade suggested the use of Agile for several purposes and not only the delivery of software products. This research aimed to shed more light on the application of Agile in sectors that are generally non-Agile and largely traditional in their management of projects. This thesis aimed to examine the areas of application of Agile in different sectors like Education, Architecture and Industry. The main objectives of this study were to: 1. identify the areas of applications of Agile that are exportable to the non-agile conventional sectors; 2. provide a customizable framework of Agile for the sectors of IT, Education, Architecture and Industrial activities; 3. identify the relevant aspects and features that add value to the product and promote innovation.
2017
Executive summary 'Agile 1 ' or 'Agility' currently is a popular expression within project management. Agile project management is a method to meet the ever-changing needs and requirements throughout a project. An agile approach requires small multidisciplinary development teams, working iteratively and in close collaboration with the client. This project management approach is developed in the information technology (IT) industry in the 1990's. Since then, agile gets more and more attention from different industries; the construction industry is no exception. More and more guidelines and tools appear in literature to manage projects in an agile manner. Yet, contractual guidelines suited for an agile approach in construction industry are currently missing. Ample research has been conducted on contracts for projects that use conventional project management, like the 'waterfall approach'. But due to a different management style, agile project management may not be compatible with these existing construction contracts. This gap in knowledge resulted in the following research question. How to effectively enable agile project management through construction contracts? The scope of this research is the front-end development phase of construction projects between client-engineer, consultant or architect (hereafter referred to as supplier). The following activities were conducted to find an answer to the research question: literature review, exploratory interviews, development of an agile contract proposal, validation and synthesis of the findings. Literature review The literature review resulted in several key issues which should be addressed in an agile construction contract. These issues were coming forward by analysing the typical general terms and conditions for the construction industry-The New Rules 2011 (DNR 2011)-in perspective to agile project management. Next, because agile is 'born' in IT, agile IT contracts were studied for best practices which could be used for agile contracting in the construction industry. Additionally, exploratory interviews were performed at the company where this research was conducted: Arup Amsterdam. The aim of these interviews was to examine the practice of contracting and to support the findings of the literature review. Several contractual concerns were found during the literature review and the exploratory interviews. These underpin the need for an agile construction contract. The main issues were caused by the agile philosophy of responding appropriately to change. Agile highlights that change should be embraced, instead of repelled. In order to respond to change, it is essential that there is no detailed specification upfront. Yet, this causes issues with conventional contracts which try to capture the end-result. Development of an agile contractual proposal An agile contractual proposal has been designed. This proposal is based on the DNR 2011 in conjunction with findings derived from the literature review and the exploratory interviews. This document is split up in two sections: (1) an agile contractual proposal and (2) modifications to the DNR 2011. The first section contains preconditions of an agile contract and recommendations for a contract that enables agile project management. The second section contains recommendations per article vii of the DNR 2011-that should be adjusted, added or deleted-to incorporate the recommendations of section one. Validation The recommendations in the proposal were validated by expert interviews. Outcomes of the validation were used to update the proposal. It appeared that-other than only contractual concerns-also other pitfalls should be overcome in the construction industry to apply agile project management. Firstly, the term agile is sometimes misused to sell projects or as excuse for disordered work. Secondly, the culture and the organisational structures of construction companies might not be ready yet. Be that as it may, it is concluded that the contractual proposal of this thesis helps to set a baseline for an agile collaboration and to stimulate agile project management in construction projects. Conclusion The overall philosophy of agile project management is that projects cannot be specified completely upfront. Change is largely inherent to this agile approach; there is no detailed up-front scope description. This research has shown that the same applies to agile contracting. An agile contract cannot define requirements in detail up-front, but rather the processes, roles and responsibilities. This means: an agile contract defines how parties will get to the end-result, rather than the endresult itself. This is done by embedding the principles of agile project management in the contract. Yet, if there is no basis of a fruitful relationship between parties, or if there is no fit with agile project management in terms of the (1) project, (2) organization and (3) resources, the chances of success may be too low to start the project in an agile manner. Lastly, it is concluded that the DNR 2011 already provides flexibility to facilitate the agile project management. This made the DNR 2011 a suitable set of terms and conditions to tailor to recommendations of this research and consequently agile project management. Application of this research in practice The end-result of this thesis is the updated proposal. This proposal is added as a supplementary booklet. This proposal lays the foundation for agile contracting in the construction industry. Moreover, the proposed contract helps to outline the ground rules for further agile collaboration during a project. This stand-alone document-'Proposal for an Agile Contract'-can be found in appendix F of this thesis. viii
Conference proceedings
e-Procurement has been defined as " the sourcing of goods or services via electronic means " (Schoenherr, 2007) but scholars have proposed several more elaborated phrasings, also to incorporate in the definition the significant organizational benefits that could derive from carrying out procurement activities over the internet (CIPS, 2013). During the last 15 years e-procurement implementation projects in the Public sector have spread worldwide. However, findings from the literature show that e-procurement adoption has probably not yet generated the positive impacts that were highly anticipated (McCue and Roman 2012). Starting with an analysis of the difficulties that e-procurement encounter in the public sector, this paper explores how two organizational changes may facilitate the effective adoption of this innovation. Such changes have been widely adopted in business contexts, but are rather new in the public sector: 1. using Agile approaches and methodologies to manage new software developments and project management activities; 2. employing Lean thinking to reduce the " waste " in the administrative processes of the procurement cycle.
2015
The concept of ‘agility’ has become quite popular in the development of IT-artefacts and has created interest in the more general project management literature. The process of drafting complex contracts for large IT projects (service as well as software) is often done under time pressure and in several parallel tracks using different competencies. By the use of an illustrative case-study, this paper explores how scrum can be applied to enhance the process of drafting outsourcing contracts. The analysis indicates that the use of an agile method, such as Scrum, can be beneficial in this context with a minimal adjustment and that the elements of roles, processes and artefacts may lead to better coordination and efficiency as well as higher quality. The paper concludes with suggestions for further research and discussion of the findings.
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She is a member of the Research Council of the Swedish Competition Authority, co-director of the European Group on Public Procurement Law and former member of the European Commission's Expert Group on Public Procurement. He is currently leading several research projects funded by the Academy of Finland and Finnish ministries on public procurement, security of supply and state aid rules. Kirsi-Maria founded the Finnish Public Procurement Association in 2016, which currently has 350 members. She has over 15 years of experience in research and practice in public procurement law. Her publications include several peerreviewed articles published in the Maastricht Journal of European and Comparative Law, Public Procurement Law Review and Journal of Public Procurement, among others. He is co-editor of the European Procurement Law Series (Elgar Publishing) and associate editor of the Journal of Public Procurement. She has co-edited two research books on public procurement published by Edward Elgar, on Transparency in 2019 and Contract Changes in 2023. Her 2015 PhD was on contractual ineffectiveness and its consequences for contracting parties. In addition to her PhD, she is the author of two other books in Finnish on public procurement and several research articles and other peer-reviewed research papers.
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