2015 Resolution: Stop Dumb Procurement Practices for Consulting Services

Most companies have long-standing traditions in the way they buy consulting services for software projects. Even though nearly all the best practices of software development have changed over the last decade, too many companies are trying to buy agile projects using “rules of the road” that feel like 1990 or even earlier.[Related: Agile Project Management Lessons Learned From Texas Hold'em ]I’m a consultant and I fully admit my bias. But the point of this article isn’t my self-interes