contracts Flashcards
Who takes the risk in fixed price?
supplier
Who takes risk in time and materials?
client and supplier
what are the three costing models?
fixed price
time and materials
usage
what does statement of work include?
what is to be done = NFRs and FRs
What does consultancy contract?
supplying staff to a client to work on a project
what does outsourcing do?
getting IT stuff to be handled by outside company
what is packaged software
a license to use a software
what does EULA stand for?
end user license agreement
Name software bug impacts?
life
security
economic
what did consumer rights act give in terms of software defects?
new legal rights for repair
Who won in St Alban’s City vs ICL and what was outcome?
St Albans won. (poll tax case)
ICL paid 1.3M
Name two other examples of faulty software
Therac (nuclear radiation fuck up) General motors (call stalling)
What is a business plan?
formal description of what team intends to do and how.
Define limited company
shareholder risk is limited to INVESTED CAPITAL
Ltd company is
shares not available to trade
must file to companies house
plc company is
trades on stock exchange
IPO is?
allows private company to sell shares
how many phases to IPO?
6
What can be reserved for a profession?
Title (architect)
Function (accontants)
where is bulk of money spent for IS?
keeping things running
what is a contract?
voluntary agreement between two parties
where is fixed price common?
bespoke software development
where is time and materials typical?
consultancy projects
where is usage common?
SaaS/ PaaS projects
What 7 things does a software contract contain?
preamble statement of work deliverables governance terms acceptance change control
What is included in packaged software contract?
A license to software.
What is not included in packaged software contract?
The ownership of the software.
What do packages usually limit for software?
Users
Where the item is deployed
How the site is used
What is defective software?
Software that cannot be used
What are some possible defects?
functionality: doesn’t do what it’s supposed to fucking do
crap performance
shit compatibility
god awful maintenance.
What are some of the impacts of defective software?
Health: Therac 25
Security: Microsoft 2000 / Windows XP in hospitals. TSB banking.
Economic implications: Millennium bug.
What are some of the issues related to software liability?
WHO should be liable?
Should software companies be liable for INFORMATION generated by their software?
Does increased liability make innovation hard?
Would liability risks push people away from the software development field?
Do software professionals need to lawyer up?
How is software categorised by EU/UK law?
A product rather than a service.
Which law gives consumers rights to get repair if a software is faulty?
Consumer Rights Act
What are the salient points for Therac-25?
Software controlled radiation control treatment.
Repeated doses of radiation
100 times intended dose
Deaths of several patients.
What is the case of cars stopping?
General Motors vs Johnston
What happened in the General Motors vs Johnston case?
GM car
Car stalled in highway
Effort to restart car failed
Failed electronic control module
What was the outcome for GM case?
GM was liable.
Had to pay $7.5 million dollars
What is microsoft’s latest device called for army use?
Hololens. $450 million contract. Developing AR headset that can be used in business contexts. Now being developed for the US military. Software augmenting warfare. Danger?
