---
title: "Agile Development Contracts"
url: "https://legal.ge/en/service/technology-and-digital-law-en/agile-development-contracts-en"
field: "Technology & Digital Law"
description: "Agile development contracts: incremental acceptance, remuneration and termination under the Code. Legal.ge."
reviewed: "2026-07-09"
updated: "2026-10-23"
publisher: "legal.ge"
---

# Agile Development Contracts

> Source: legal.ge, https://legal.ge/en/service/technology-and-digital-law-en/agile-development-contracts-en

## The legal nature of the agile development contract

Software development through a flexible, iterative process — iterations, sprints, incremental delivery — is legally a relationship built on the mechanics of the works contract, though its content is freely determined. Under part 1 of Article 319 of the Civil Code, subjects of private law may freely conclude contracts and determine their content; contracts not provided for by law are also permitted if they do not contradict it. This norm is what makes the agile process lawful: the iterative plan, the backlog and the separate acceptance of each stage take shape as contractual terms.

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### May the contract be terminated mid-project?

Yes — the customer may renounce at any time before completion, compensating the work performed and the damage caused.

### When is an increment deemed accepted?

Unless the customer rejects it within the contractor's set period; remuneration is paid immediately upon acceptance.

### When does limitation start for defects?

With part-by-part acceptance — from the day the work is accepted in full.

### Is team rotation a breach?

No, where personal performance does not follow from the circumstances and the contract names no specific individuals.