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Agile contracts for Lawyers?

Monday, August 24, 2009 4:23:18 PM (Romance Standard Time, UTC+01:00)
As previously reported here we are establishing a new kind of contract for developing software solutions, currently dubbed the "Collaborative Agile Contract". In short this contract introduces fairness to ensure that both risks and gains are shared between customer and supplier. This ensures incentives for both parties to reach the right solution as fast as possible.

On the front page of todays Wall Street Journal is an article 'Billable Hour' Under Attack. This article focus on the trend in relationships between clients and law firms to find better kinds of contract than "payed by the hour", exemplified with the following quote:
"Pfizer could have demanded a discount from firm's hourly rates, Ms. Schulman said, but she hopes for a shift to a system that encourages firms to work more collaboratively with Pfizer."
It seems that the collaborative agile contract might be useful also outside the software business.
agile kontrakter

By Lars Thorup

Posted in Agile | contract |Comments [1]     

Monday, September 14, 2009 7:09:42 PM (Romance Standard Time, UTC+01:00)
Thank you so much for the fantastic article from Agile2009! It really encouraged me to get moving on the Agile Law thing from the legal (US) side. The main reason I invested in Agile2009 was to read the tea leaves and find people like yourselves who "get it."

Thanks to your article, which I'll reference again and again, I decided to start coding a project that I'd been thinking about for YEARS. I would love to collaborate with you guys on it (www.AgileAgreements.com/org). The idea is to develop a free, collaborative space for folks to get the hears around what Agile-supportive agreements (not just software contracts) can be. We can work out details, but I think it's going to be a great resource!

Thanks also for this awesome blog! I look forward to reading it through RSS! Let's start working on Agile 2010!
Regina Mullen
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