JOHN P. O’BRIEN, TECHNOLOGY ATTORNEY

Table of Contents - Click Any Title to Jump to Section   INTRODUCTION PROJECT ASSUMPTIONS SCOPE PROJECT METHODOLOGY STATUS REPORTING CHANGE CONTROL ACCEPTANCE Introduction: Custom Software Development Projects: Commercial consulting, professional services or software development will collectively be discussed here as ("Custom Software Projects"). Generally, they start with a software application package that the Customer believes [...]

Subcontracting is a natural element of a technology community where there is such extensive specialization and pressure to provide timey cost-effective consulting service delivery projects. When you combine that with a sacristy of certain specialized technical skills, and the economic pressure of needing to fully utilize your staff, effective subcontracting becomes essential to any cost-effective [...]

SAAS AGREEMENTS – Consumers Perspective – Understanding the Basics When software is delivered as a service (SaaS), a subscriber purchases a right to use that software for period of time. Typically, a subscription purchase is agreed upon with a term from one to three years, and in some cases, as long as 5 years. In […]

The Evolution to SaaS Early software developer have offered their customers the ability to buy a license to run software on their own server for years. They also offer customers the right to buy a support contract and secure future software updates during the term of their license. In addition, they offered customers the option […]

Zero Dollar Change Orders can be invaluable to any service provider or consulting firm that is trying to maintain control over a challenging project delivery. A Customers knee-jerk reaction to any Change Order request with charges authorized under the Change Order, is to resist. Almost all consulting service agreements and purchase agreements are explicit, unless […]