12 Criteria for Software Vendor Selection. July 14, 2014 prepared by: Brian Savoie Vice President. HIGH PERFORMANCE CONCEPTS, INC. 151 Village Parkway • Building 6 • Marietta, GA 30067 Phone: 770-859-0161 • Fax: 770-859- 0166 • www.hpcinc.com. - PowerPoint PPT Presentation
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• Specified in requirements document• Weighted for importance• Focus on special, unusual and important functionality • Make vendor RFP answers contractual• Buy what exists, not “vaporware”
– By process or module– General
• Consider future upgrades and growth path – Consider near-term future functionality– A major benefit of vendor-developed software is the continuous functionality
improvement via upgrades – Know the vendor history on software improvement and module expansion
A weighted list of critical requirements provides a GO/NO GO tool for differentiating among vendors.
• Never really easy, just degrees of difficulty • Technical and functional implementation• Implementation requires a lot of effort• Made more difficult by business realities
– Limited time– Limited resources– Limited budget
• Vendor resources/tools can make a difference• Include questions in reference checks:
– How long to implement– How many company resources– Actual expenditures
Ease of implementation may best be measured by thetime and resources required vs. those which were expected.
Implementation and Training Resources, Plans and Methods
• Vendor able to meet your schedule• Resources for implementation and training
– Vendor– Internal
• Project methodology and planning tools• Vendor personnel
– Knowledge of the software– Knowledge of your business– Capabilities and special skills which you need– Capacity to get the job done– Availability to meet your schedule– Professionalism
Both internal and external resources are critical to the success of your implementation.