Comprehensive Guide to IT Contract Management at CAPE
This document outlines the critical aspects of managing IT contracts within the Department of IT-CAPE. It explores the various types of contracts, including fixed-price, time and material, and fixed price per unit, highlighting their advantages and disadvantages. The guide covers potential supplier strategies, stages in contract placement, evaluation plans, and the mandatory and desirable sections in requirement documents. Additionally, it provides insights on acceptance procedures, project management, and legal requirements for effective contract management.
Comprehensive Guide to IT Contract Management at CAPE
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Managing contracts Dept of IT-CAPE Dept of IT-CAPE
Introduction • Doing it yourselves-attractive • Potential suppliers –flexible • planning Dept of IT-CAPE
Types of contract • Completed software application • Bespoke • Off-the shelf • Customized off-the shelf • Payment calculation • Fixed price contracts • Time and material contracts • Fixed price per delivered unit contracts Dept of IT-CAPE
Fixed price contracts • Adv: • Known customer expenditure • Supplier motivation • Disadv • Higher prices to allow for contingency • Difficulties in modifying • Upward pressure on the cost changes • Thread to system quality Dept of IT-CAPE
Time and material contracts • Adv: • Ease of changing requirements • Lack of price pressure • Disadv: • Customer liability • Lack of supplier Dept of IT-CAPE
Fixed price per unit delivered contracts Dept of IT-CAPE
Fixed price per unit delivered contracts • Adv: • Customer understanding • Comparability • Emerging functionality • Supplier efficiency • Life cycle change • Disadv: • Difficulties with s/w size measurement • Changing Dept of IT-CAPE
Based on contractor selection • Open tendering • Restricted • negotiated Dept of IT-CAPE
Stages in contract placement • Requirement analysis • OR • Mandatory • Desirable Dept of IT-CAPE
Sections in requirement document Dept of IT-CAPE
Evaluation plan • Draw up plan acc to proposals • Opposed to off the shelf application • Mandatory requirements are identified • Value for money Dept of IT-CAPE
Invitation to tender • Needs requirement doc with supporting letter • Memorandum of agreement(MOA) • ISO12207 Dept of IT-CAPE
Evaluation of proposals Dept of IT-CAPE
Typical terms of a contract • Definitions • Forms of a agreement • Goods and services to be supplied • Services to be provided • Ownership of the software Dept of IT-CAPE
Contn.. • Environment • Customer commitments • Acceptance procedures • Standards • Project and quality management • Timetable • Price and payment method • Miscellaneous legal requirements Dept of IT-CAPE
Contract management • Decision points • Incremental delivery • Agents Dept of IT-CAPE
Acceptance • Acceptance tests • Internal test plans • Pitfalls • Very short warranty period Dept of IT-CAPE
Summary Dept of IT-CAPE