Draft Watertight Agreements and Manage the Risks Effectively (London, United Kingdom - November 18-19, 2025)
Understand IT contracts and their complexities to ensure you draft watertight agreements and manage the risks effectively.
All those involved in IT transactions need to understand the trends and industry 'norms'. A tough commercial environment means you need to guarantee you are getting the best terms available and the best deal for your company or clients. This course has been specifically designed to engage both IT suppliers and users of IT to develop their understanding of the structure and content of IT contracts.
Key topics covered include:
What IT contracts are
How and why they work
What should be included
How to put them in place
How to overcome the key challenges
What the IT (separate from the contract) actually means
This practical and intensive two-day programme will boost your knowledge in these six key areas to ensure you get the deal done with the best terms for your organisation.
Practical interactive learning style
This workshop-style programme has been designed to offer a practical solution to your drafting challenges. Throughout the programme the expert presenter will use a balanced mix of theory, group exercises, discussion, sample clauses and case studies to provide you with a comprehensive portfolio of practical tips and techniques to draft IT contracts which meet your commercial objectives as well as ensuring that there are no 'surprises' further on.
Benefits of attending
By attending this programme you will:
Get to grips with the background to IT contracts
with the background to IT contracts Understand computer architecture, storage devices, software and networks
computer architecture, storage devices, software and networks Explore Agile and Waterfall methodologies and contracts
Agile and Waterfall methodologies and contracts Examine the pros and cons of Software as a Service (SaaS) agreements
the pros and cons of Software as a Service (SaaS) agreements Clarify copyright and database rights and their implications for software activities
copyright and database rights and their implications for software activities Consider potential disputes with IT contracts and learn how to avoid them
potential disputes with IT contracts and learn how to avoid them Learn about open source software licences
about open source software licences Expand your knowledge of IT reseller agreements
your knowledge of IT reseller agreements Focus on IT warranties and specific clauses to be aware of
Certifications:
CPD: 12 hours for your records
Certificate of completion
Who Should Attend:
In-house lawyers
Contract managers
Procurement managers
Buyers
IT directors and managers
Private practice lawyers and IT consultants
Key Topics Covered:
Background to an IT contract (pre-contract preparations)
Part 1: Prevention is better than cure Differences in perspectives of IT suppliers and IT customers IT contracts words to avoid... and to encourage
Part 2: Preparing to negotiate IT tendering and procurement Managing IT negotiations Pre-contract documents Interim agreements and pre-contract contracts Structure of IT agreements Responsibility for technical schedules
Understanding enough IT to work with IT contracts: Part 1
Lawyers vs IT consultants
Computer architecture
Storage devices
Software - what is it? Source code vs object code Databases
Classical networks - what are they?
Understanding enough IT to work with IT contracts: Part 2
The Internet IP Addressing and DNS ASP to Software as a Service (SaaS) to the Cloud
Virtualisation
Content and data Analogue v digital
Communications
Encryption
AI and machine learning
Future trends
Software Licences
Software
Software licences: Background Commercial questions Express terms: Usual restrictions in software licences Safeguards against those restrictions The effect of the Software Directive Warranties to a standard Date and currency warranties Communicating the licence terms Shrink and web-wrapped software
Maintenance and support adjuncts
Escrow
Etymology of an IT project: group exercise
Waterfall commercials - how to negotiate
Waterfall software development
Waterfall development contracts
Software development
Agile v Waterfall methodologies
Crowdsourcing and open source development
Agile contracts
Software as a Service
Advantages and disadvantages
LHA v SaaS agreements
Customer sensible due diligence
SaaS agreement: Description of services Right to use Scope of use Price Other clauses
Copyright and database rights - basic principles and implications for software activities
What is copyright?
Use of the symbol
What are database rights?
Sources of most disputes
Copyright enforcement bodies
FAST and the BSA
Audit clauses
Porting software
Non-textually copying software
Software patents
Moral rights in software and typefaces
Outsourcing and IT services contracts
Overriding principles
Structures of IT services agreements
Defining services
Defining Service Level Agreements (SLAs)
Change control and project/system scope creep
How are IT suppliers managed?
Supplier warranties vs customer pushbacks
Problems with IT contracts
Typical disputes in IT projects
Methods of IT dispute resolution and corresponding clauses Litigation ADR, mediation and arbitration Expert determination Neutral evaluation Ping-pong determination
Disclosure issues
Software ownership issues: who owns it?
Open source software
Open source software
The rise of OSS
Historical concepts
The open source definition
The trajectory of OSS today
OSS as an industry
OSS licences
IT Reseller Agreements
Software distribution: what does the industry do?
Sales agents
Sales representatives
Resellers
Contracts
IT warranties and clauses
Anti-virus clauses
Date issues and clauses
Comm issues and clauses
Currency issues and clauses
Sizing warranties and scalability issues
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