* ICSE 2018 *
Sun 27 May - Sun 3 June 2018 Gothenburg, Sweden

Although Agile is a well established software development paradigm, major concerns arise when it comes to contracting issues between a software consumer and a software producer. How to contractualize the Agile production of software, especially for security & mission critical organizations, which typically outsource software projects, has been a major concern since the beginning of the “Agile Era.” In literature, little has been done, from a foundational point of view regarding the formalization of such contracts. Indeed, when the development is outsourced, the management of the contractual life is non–trivial. This happens because the interests of the two parties are typically not aligned. In these situations, software houses strive for the minimization of the effort, while the customer commonly expects high quality artifacts. This structural asymmetry can hardly be overcome with traditional “Waterfall” contracts. In this work, we propose a foundational approach to the Law & Economics of Agile contracts. Moreover, we explore the key elements of the Italian procurement law and outline a suitable solution to merge some basic legal constraints with Agile requirements. Finally, a case study is presented, describing how Agile contracting has been concretely implemented in the Italian Defense Acquisition Process. This work is intended to be a framework for Agile contracts for the Italian public sector of critical systems, according to the new contractual law (Codice degli Appalti).

Wed 30 May

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16:00 - 17:30
Software development for the regulated and public sectorsSEIS - Software Engineering in Society at R2
Chair(s): Gordana Dodig-Crnkovic Chalmers University of Technology
16:00
20m
Talk
[Case study] Digitalization of Swedish Government Agencies - A Perspective Through the Lens of a Software Development Census
SEIS - Software Engineering in Society
Markus Borg RISE SICS AB, Thomas Olsson RISE SICS AB, Ulrik Franke , Saïd Assar
DOI Pre-print
16:20
20m
Talk
[Full paper] Contracting Agile Developments for Mission Critical Systems in the Public Sector
SEIS - Software Engineering in Society
Daniel Russo University of Bologna, Italy, Gerolamo Taccogna , Paolo Ciancarini University of Bologna, Angelo Messina , Giancarlo Succi Innopolis University
DOI Pre-print
16:40
20m
Short-paper
[Short paper] Resolving Ambiguities in Regulations - Towards Achieving the Kohlbergian Stage of Principled Morality
SEIS - Software Engineering in Society
Smita Ghaisas Tata Research, Development and Design Center (TCS Research), Abhishek Sainani , Preethu Rose Anish
17:00
20m
Talk
Q&A in groups
SEIS - Software Engineering in Society