This book describes pragmatic instruments and methods that enable business experts and software engineers to develop a common understanding of complex software systems, to determine key requirements, and to manage projects in a way that fosters trust, encourages innovation and distributes risk fairly between clients and contractors.

Part I: Introduction.- 1. The Need for Tamed Agility.- Part II: The Interaction Room.- 2. A Room for Ideas.- 3. Interaction Room Basics.- 4. Using an Interaction Room for Digitalization Strategy Development (IR:digital).- 5 Using an Interaction Room for Software Project Scoping (IR:scope).- 6. Using an Interaction Room for Mobile Application Development (IR:mobile).- 7. Using an Interaction Room for Technology Evaluation (IR:tech).- 8 Using an Interaction Room for Agile Project Monitoring (IR:agile).- 9. Using Interaction Rooms Under Difficult Conditions.- 10. Summary.- Part III: The adVANTAGE contract model.- 11. Framing Software Projects in Commercial Terms.- 12 Traditional Contract Models in an Agile World.- 13. Agile Contract Models.- 14. Key adVANTAGE Principles.- 15 adVANTAGE Procedures.- 16. adVANTAGE in Practice.- 17 Summary.- Part IV: A Sample Project.- 18 Case Study: The Cura Health Insurance Benefit System.- 19 Initial Project Scoping with the IR:scope.- 20 Project Monitoring with the IR:agile.- 21 Lessons Learned.- Part V: Conclusion.- 22 The Big Picture.- 23 A New Skill Set.- 24 Outlook: Twelve Hypotheses.- Appendix.- 25 Interaction Room Workshop Agendas.- 26 Interaction Room Annotations.- 27 adVANTAGE Contract Template.- Index.