On Agility in Government
It's often said that Government customers want to know up-front how much an IT system will cost. Well, don't we all! These days it's not unusual for agile projects to be fixed-price. This works just fine, because it's the scope that becomes variable, and there are a number of iterations in which that scope can be revised.For more information about this topic, see the following blog posts:The UK Government's Agile Strategy: If you can remember it, you weren't really there
An Agile UK Government - let's not tip the kid out of the crib
There are also two related videos:Agility, Transition, and Government