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For an upcoming project at TOPP, we're talking about setting up an optional scope contract [PDF] -- where we specify the time, cost and quality, but leave the actual scope of work open. This approach has many advantages, which I'll just quote from Beck & Cleal's document:
Customers can change their minds
Suppliers aren’t encouraged to sacrifice quality as soon as something goes wrong
Customers’ and suppliers’ interests are contractually aligned
The knowledge that both parties gain during the project can influence the finished product.
In my experience so far, it has been much easier to set up agreements like this in the private + nonprofit sectors than in the public sector. Typically, public sector contracts must begin with detailed requirements (beginning with an RFP then a final scope of work), to ensure that the requesting agency doesn't get screwed over. The problem with this approach, of course, is that you don't always know what you need at the beginning of a project, or to rephrase, that's when you know
For an upcoming project at TOPP, we're talking about setting up an optional scope contract [PDF] -- where we specify the time, cost and quality, but leave the actual scope of work open. This approach has many advantages, which I'll just quote from Beck & Cleal's document:
Customers can change their minds
Suppliers aren’t encouraged to sacrifice quality as soon as something goes wrong
Customers’ and suppliers’ interests are contractually aligned
The knowledge that both parties gain during the project can influence the finished product.
In my experience so far, it has been much easier to set up agreements like this in the private + nonprofit sectors than in the public sector. Typically, public sector contracts must begin with detailed requirements (beginning with an RFP then a final scope of work), to ensure that the requesting agency doesn't get screwed over. The problem with this approach, of course, is that you don't always know what you need at the beginning of a project, or to rephrase, that's when you know
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The Slow Hunch by Nick GrossmanFrom Crypto-Native to Crypto-Enabled
I’m not one to make big annual predictions, but one thing that seems likely to me is that 2024 will mark the emergence of mainstream apps powered by ...
The Slow Hunch by Nick GrossmanBitcoin as Battery
One of my favorite things about crypto is that, every so often, your conception of what it is changes.Bitcoin at first was "weird internet money...
The Slow Hunch by Nick GrossmanThe Butter Thesis
At USV, we talk a lot about our investment thesis. The USV thesis is a set of ideas that has guided our investing over the years. It is a tool we u...
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