Off-The-Shelf IT Solutions
A practitioner's guide to selection and procurement
By (author) Martin Tate
Publication date: 17 Mar 2015
This practical book presents a proven decision-making process to help IT and business managers select the off-the-shelf software product that best fits the needs of their organisation, whether in the commercial or public sector. Offering a structured approach to managing stakeholders, requirements and candidate IT vendors, this practical 'how-to' guide will help deliver a rigorous, defensible decision within an aggressive timescale.Dimensions: 244x170mm
Print ISBN-13: 9781780172583
Ebook ISBN-13: 9781780172606
288 pages
Imprint: BCS, The Chartered Institute for IT
Introduction - purpose and principles
1 Introduction to off-the-shelf solutions
2 Talent management - supplier psychology
3 Initiation - shaping and authorising the project
4 Requirements analysis - capturing the organisationalneeds
5 Requirements document - documenting and agreeingrequirements
6 Trawling the marketplace - establishing the longlist
7 Assessing longlist candidates - selecting the shortlistusing the RFI
8 Detailed evaluation - assessing the shortlistedcandidates
9 Scoring - establishing degree of fit and ranking
10 Demonstrations - proving the best fit
11 Reference sites - real customer feedback
12 Contracts - negotiation and agreements
13 Implementation - preparing the ground
14 Viewpoints by theme
15 Concluding - recommendations and resources
Appendices
*OTSIS extras - available at http://www.decisionevaluation.co.uk/otsis-extras/
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