Procurement for modular solutions RFPS will need to engage multiple perspectives from state agencies before the RFPs are published! IT professionals may not understand the complexity of procurement processes in depth. Lawyers may not understand how IT systems are procured and managed. Procurement planning and understanding of potential risks and issues in depth should be part of the strategic assessment and planning for all modular considerations. The ability to compress schedules and reduce procurement risks will be a key consideration, and how to instill some agile principles within a traditionally NON-agile set of processes. We will explain how and why Shakespeare thought it would be useful to “First kill all the lawyers.” And why that won’t work today.
