![]() First with a history lesson in management practice and a round up traditional contract mechanisms together with a deconstruction of the mismatch between the realities of product development. Then a round up of what has been tried to date, followed by listing the various flavours of agile contracts that are in present use including earlier work from Susan herself. They too were subject to similar scrutiny and the shortcomings exposed. Finally the scene was set to focus on the work Susan had done most recently in collaboration with agile community veteran Gabrielle Benefield. Their experience and feedback from previous ventures has lead to current thinking that focuses on business goals, target outcomes and the 007 Model. This work is very new, having been published on the Flexible Contracts website only in the past few weeks; but represents much learning to date. Their new outcome based contract is published under an open-source licence and is available on their website as a free download. A book on the subject is also to be published in the future. ![]() The evening finished with the regular prize draw. Thanks to our sponsors O'Reilly, JetBRAINS, Manning and now Wrox for once again for generously providing the prizes. Finally, thanks to all those who help make the monthly meet-ups run smoothly - it wouldn't be possible to run such events without this help. See you next month at December competition or at Code and Coffee in York or Leeds if you need your fix sooner! Royd. |
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