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Joint Development Venture MOU Template

The Kuali Rice project and its investing partners (hereafter Rice Project) and the following designated joint development partners (hereafter Venture Partners) agree to the following terms in respect to the development and support of new software (described below as CODENAME) for the benefit of both parties. The Rice Project is a chartered project under the Kuali Foundation a non-profit organization that coordinates higher education institutions in the development of open source software for higher education. The Venture Partner is …

Overview of CODENAME

Vision and Goals of CODENAME
Benefits of CODENAME
Risks of CODENAME

Objectives of CODENAME

Timeline expectations
High level feature / functionality expectations
Dependency with other software expectations
Licensing / legal expectations

Joint Development Venture Investment and Resource Targets

Minimum number of investors and resources to start venture
Resource Mix Expectations

	Resource Type/Role	FTE Percent	Duration
Rice Project Resource 1 Resource 2 Resource 3 Resource 4 Resource 5	PM Bus Analyst Config Manager Developer QA
Venture Partner 1 Resource 1 Resource 2 Resource 3 Resource 4 Resource 5	PM Bus Analyst Config Manager Developer QA
Venture Partner 1 Resource 1 Resource 2 Resource 3 Resource 4 Resource 5	PM Bus Analyst Config Manager Developer QA

Joint Development Venture Governance

Functional Council Membership
Technical Council Membership
Development Leadership Decision Making Authority
Decision / issue escalation and resolution process

Joint Development Venture Support and Sustainment Model

Joint marketing expectations
Joint support expectations
Additional investment expectations