Abstract
When you have stable and non-ambiguous requirements then a classic contract for IS between a supplier and a public sector institution based on a requirements specification may be well suited. However, if you have to accept many changes or have ambiguous requirements then you may end up with “endless” re-negotiation of the requirements; you need a more flexible way to develop IS. A new way of coping with many changes is to use an agile development approach and a fixed budget and resources contract. This paper presents an example case. We analyse the case and design a guideline for how to implement a fixed
budget and resources contract in the public sector. The guideline includes elements to cope with challenges in a tender process such as transparency, criteria for supplier selection, and live assessment of resource skills and capabilities, as well as achieving the flexibility for change needed.
budget and resources contract in the public sector. The guideline includes elements to cope with challenges in a tender process such as transparency, criteria for supplier selection, and live assessment of resource skills and capabilities, as well as achieving the flexibility for change needed.
Original language | English |
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Article number | 4 |
Journal | IRIS: Selected Papers of the Information Systems Research Seminar in Scandinavia |
Volume | 5 |
Pages (from-to) | 34-49 |
Number of pages | 16 |
ISSN | 1891-9863 |
Publication status | Published - 2014 |
Keywords
- Design science research
- public sector
- agile resource contract
- tender process