  The process of contracting software factories within the scope of the Federal
Public Administration (APF, in Portuguese) in Brazil has undergone some changes
due to legislative alterations and a model has been proposed to improve the
rendering of services regarding delivering results. Software factory contracts
based on predictive processes and on the metrics of Function Points are the
target of criticisms and have issues in achieving results, as verified in
previous research. The initial objective of the study now proposed will be to
define a process model for formulating metrics that can be used in agile
contracts as opposed to those of standardized Function Points which have
already proved to be quite problematic and difficult for the contractor to
manage. Thus, in line with the theme of agile contracts for software
development companies, the study proposed will looking for better understand
the problem of software development and its maintenance by public agencies by
means of contracts using agile methodologies and appropriate metrics for
remunerating these services.
