Comments on: Winning a fixed-price RFP with an agile proposal http://agileblog.3months.com/2007/09/03/win-a-rfp-with-an-agile-proposal/ 3months are a New Zealand based Agile Consulting and development company. Tue, 06 Jan 2009 04:14:21 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5 By: Eduard http://agileblog.3months.com/2007/09/03/win-a-rfp-with-an-agile-proposal/#comment-83 Eduard Sun, 10 Feb 2008 09:58:12 +0000 http://www.smartbeanz.net/blog/index.php/2007/09/03/win-a-rfp-with-an-agile-proposal/#comment-83 Not at all. My point is that fixed-priced projects tend to hide some costs early on - costs that the client is charged eventually. This could be through change requests or support and maintenance costs. I agree, if a vendor knows what they're doing then agile is most likely the more cost-efficient and higher-quality option. Not at all. My point is that fixed-priced projects tend to hide some costs early on - costs that the client is charged eventually. This could be through change requests or support and maintenance costs.

I agree, if a vendor knows what they’re doing then agile is most likely the more cost-efficient and higher-quality option.

]]> By: Tokes http://agileblog.3months.com/2007/09/03/win-a-rfp-with-an-agile-proposal/#comment-84 Tokes Sat, 09 Feb 2008 03:38:08 +0000 http://www.smartbeanz.net/blog/index.php/2007/09/03/win-a-rfp-with-an-agile-proposal/#comment-84 So from your last statement it sounds like you're saying that Agile projects, by definition, will be more expensive than engaging with a non-agile vendor? The rationale being the quality will be better. I would hope that a well run project using Agile principles could still be cost competitive - if not, it makes it an even harder sell to our clients. So from your last statement it sounds like you’re saying that Agile projects, by definition, will be more expensive than engaging with a non-agile vendor? The rationale being the quality will be better. I would hope that a well run project using Agile principles could still be cost competitive - if not, it makes it an even harder sell to our clients.

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