Five problems in legal maintenance of IT projects

• Published in: Russian Journal of Economics and Law Vol. 14; no. 2; pp. 284 - 292
• Main Authors: K. A. Grigorian, A. I. Volchkov, V. P. Dyganov, A. E. Kulmetyev, N. S. Nikitin, A. R. Yagafarov
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Tatar Educational Center “Taglimat” Ltd 01-06-2020
• Subjects: agile; civil disputes; framework agreement; it project; it-проект; legal technique
• ISSN: 2782-2923
• DOI: 10.21202/1993-047X.14.2020.2.284-292

Objective: to assess the compliance of traditional approaches to IT projects legal maintenance with the modern methods of organizing the process of digital products development, to identify the existing problems in this area and suggest possible ways to resolve them. Methods: the research used the logical method and the method of analyzing judicial practice, the inductive method, the method of comparison, and the method of scientific abstraction. Results: digitalization facilitated the development of the services market for IT projects and their maintenance. Legal maintenance of such projects often faces a significant discrepancy between the positions of the customer and the contractor, especially when part of the project is accomplished. Based on the analysis of judicial practice of IT projects using the Agile methodology, the most significant and problematic legal aspects of implementation were identified, and conflict situations between customers and performers of IT projects were analyzed.Scientific novelty: five key problems of IT projects legal maintenance that use flexible management methods are identified. A universal model for implementing legal functions in Agile projects is proposed.Practical significance: the proposed scheme of legal maintenance of IT projects can be used to regulate the legal relationships of their participants and may help to reduce the conflict level and speed up the process of digital products development using the Agile methodology.