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Unit2 Contract Review

1. The contract review process has two stages: proposal draft review which ensures customer requirements are documented and risks identified, and contract draft review to ensure no unclarified issues remain. 2. The objectives are to clarify customer needs, examine approaches, specify relationships, identify risks, estimate resources and review capacity. 3. The extent of review depends on project magnitude, complexity, experience level, and organizational complexity. Larger reviews involve more parties.

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Unit2 Contract Review

1. The contract review process has two stages: proposal draft review which ensures customer requirements are documented and risks identified, and contract draft review to ensure no unclarified issues remain. 2. The objectives are to clarify customer needs, examine approaches, specify relationships, identify risks, estimate resources and review capacity. 3. The extent of review depends on project magnitude, complexity, experience level, and organizational complexity. Larger reviews involve more parties.

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Contract Review

Software Quality Assurance


Contract Review
▪ Contract review is the software quality element that reduces the
probability of such undesirable situations.
▪ Contract review is a requirement by the ISO 9001 standard and ISO
9000- 3 Guidelines.
The contract review process and its stages

▪ Several situations can lead a software company (“the


supplier”) to sign a contract with a customer.
▪ The most common are :
1. Participation in a tender.
2. Submission of a proposal according to the customer’s RFP.
3. Receipt of an order from a company’s customer
4. Receipt of an internal request or order from another department in
the organization.
The Review Process
▪ The review process itself is conducted in two stages :
• Stage One – Review of the proposal draft prior to submission to the potential customer
(“proposal draft review”).
• Stage Two – Review of contract draft prior to signing (“contract draft review”).
Stage One
PROPOSAL DRAFT REVIEW
Proposal Draft review objectives

• The objective of the proposal draft review is to make sure that the following
activities have been satisfactorily carried out:
1. Customer requirements have been clarified and documented.
2. Alternative approaches for carrying out the project have been examined.
3. Formal aspects of the relationship between the customer and the software firm have
been specified.
4. Identification of developments risks.
5. Adequate estimation of projects resources and timetable have been prepared.
6. Examination of the firm’s capacity with respect to the project.
7. Examination of the customer’s capacity to fulfill his commitments.
8. Definition of partner and subcontractor participation conditions.
9. Definition and protection of proprietary rights.
Proposal Draft review – Subject checklist
Proposal Draft review – Subject checklist
Proposal Draft review – Subject checklist
Proposal Draft review – Subject checklist
Proposal Draft review – Subject checklist
Stage Two
CONTRACT DRAFT REVIEW
Contract Draft Review Objectives

• The objective of the contract draft review are to make sure that the
following activities have been performed satisfactorily
1. No unclarified issues remain in the contract draft.
2. All understanding a reached subsequent to the proposal are correctly documented.
3. No “new” changes, additions, or omissions have entered the contract draft.
Contract Draft review – Subject checklist
Implementation of a
contract review
Implementation of a contract review
• Contract reviews vary in their magnitude, depending on the
characteristics of the proposed project.
• Factors affecting the extent of a contract review
• Project magnitude
• Project technical complexity
• Degree of all staff acquaintance with and experience in the project area
• Project organizational complexity
• Who performs a contract review ?
• The leader or another member of the proposal team
• The members of the proposal team
• An outside professional or a company staff member who is not a member
of the proposal team
• A team of outside experts.
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Factors affecting the extent of a contract review:

Project magnitude, usually measured in man- month resources.


Project technical complexity
Degree of staff acquaintance with and experience in the project area.
Project organizational complexity, the greater the number of organizations (
partners, subcontractors, and customers ) taking part in the project, the greater the
contract review efforts required.
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Who performs a contract review:

The leader or another member of the proposal team


The members of the proposal team
An outside professional or a company staff member who
is not a member of the proposal team.
A team of outside experts.
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Implementation of a contract review of a major proposal

The characteristics of the major proposal :


Very large-scale project
Very high technical complexity
New professional area for the company
High organizational complexity
Implementation of a contract review
for a major proposal
• Implementation of a contract review process for a major project usually involves
substantial organizational difficulties.
The difficulties of carrying out contract reviews for major proposals
• Time pressures.
• Proper contract review requires substantial professionals work.
• The potential contract review team members are very busy.
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Implementation of a contract review of a


major proposal

Recommended avenues ( approaches ) for implementing major


contract reviews :
The contract review should be scheduled.
A team should carry out the contract review
A contract team leader should be appointed
The activities of the team leader include :
Recruitment of the team members
Distribution of review tasks
Coordination between members
Coordination between the review team and the proposal team
Follow-up of activities, especially compliance with the schedule
Summarization of the findings and their delivery to the proposal team.
Contract Review Subjects

• Contract Reviews examine many subjects, based on the contract


review objectives.

• Checklist are useful devices for helping review teams to organize their
work and achieve high coverage of the relevant subjects.
Contract Reviews for Internal Projects
Summary
1. Explain the two contract review stages
• Proposal draft review
• Contract draft review
2. List the objectives of contract review
3. Identify the factors that affect the extent of the contract
review
4. Identify the difficulties in performing a major contract review
5. Explain the recommended avenues for implementing a major
contract review
6. Discuss the importance of carrying out a contract review for
internal projects
Reference:

❑ Galin, SQA from Theory to Implementation @Pearson Education


Limited 2004

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