Challenge
- Develop the platform further over years without energy trading standing still
- Every sprint needs an acceptable increment: no class 1 or class 2 defects
- Fit forecasts and revenue-optimized schedules into the existing system landscape
Energy & Resources
Virtual Power Plant
78 fixed-price sprints in three years, continued as an agile team since 2025
78fixed-price sprints in three years
Project
Energy & Resources · Software, Cloud & Architecture
- Operator of a virtual power plant: around 5,000 plants with about 5,000 MW (client figure)
- Further development of the platform: forecasts, dispatch optimization, customer portal, public API
- Framework contract for agile projects with individual sprint contracts and defect classes
- 06/2022 to 04/2025: 78 sprints, €2.2 million fixed price
- agile team since 2025, extended to the end of 2026
Solution
- Every sprint an individual contract with acceptance criteria, acceptance per sprint, contractual penalty for delay
- Forecasts, dispatch optimization, public API, end-customer portal in React
- Interfaces to sales and billing, master database with adapter
- Transition in 04/2025 to continuation without interruption, same project management
Result
- 78 sprints accepted in 34 months, €2.2 million at a fixed price
- Continuation extended twice since 2025, currently to the end of 2026
- In 2023 the client also commissioned the platform’s penetration test
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