A Guide to Software Package Evaluation and Selection: The R2ISC Method
"Finding the right software for a company is downright scary! Whether it's for inventory, e-commerce, accounting, e-mail, or whatever else the company needs, a poor software decision has negative ripple effects that can undermine business for years to come (and damage reputations as well). This pragmatic book is for anyone charged with evaluating and choosing an application. It provides a systematic method for selecting the best software. In careful detail, the book guides readers through each key step to obtaining a package that meets their needs, based on: critical requirements, budget, culture, and in-house technical expertise. Readers learn how to: * Create a request for proposal (RFP), and then understand how to thoroughly evaluate the vendors' responses * Accurately compare requirements against the package * Ensure that the vendor demonstrations really help them determine if the software can do the job they need * Investigate the software company to make sure it's reliable * Negotiate the contract to the organization's advantage."
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A Guide to Software Package Evaluation and Selection: The R2ISC Method
"Finding the right software for a company is downright scary! Whether it's for inventory, e-commerce, accounting, e-mail, or whatever else the company needs, a poor software decision has negative ripple effects that can undermine business for years to come (and damage reputations as well). This pragmatic book is for anyone charged with evaluating and choosing an application. It provides a systematic method for selecting the best software. In careful detail, the book guides readers through each key step to obtaining a package that meets their needs, based on: critical requirements, budget, culture, and in-house technical expertise. Readers learn how to: * Create a request for proposal (RFP), and then understand how to thoroughly evaluate the vendors' responses * Accurately compare requirements against the package * Ensure that the vendor demonstrations really help them determine if the software can do the job they need * Investigate the software company to make sure it's reliable * Negotiate the contract to the organization's advantage."
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A Guide to Software Package Evaluation and Selection: The R2ISC Method

A Guide to Software Package Evaluation and Selection: The R2ISC Method

by Nathan HOLLANDER
A Guide to Software Package Evaluation and Selection: The R2ISC Method

A Guide to Software Package Evaluation and Selection: The R2ISC Method

by Nathan HOLLANDER

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Overview

"Finding the right software for a company is downright scary! Whether it's for inventory, e-commerce, accounting, e-mail, or whatever else the company needs, a poor software decision has negative ripple effects that can undermine business for years to come (and damage reputations as well). This pragmatic book is for anyone charged with evaluating and choosing an application. It provides a systematic method for selecting the best software. In careful detail, the book guides readers through each key step to obtaining a package that meets their needs, based on: critical requirements, budget, culture, and in-house technical expertise. Readers learn how to: * Create a request for proposal (RFP), and then understand how to thoroughly evaluate the vendors' responses * Accurately compare requirements against the package * Ensure that the vendor demonstrations really help them determine if the software can do the job they need * Investigate the software company to make sure it's reliable * Negotiate the contract to the organization's advantage."

Product Details

ISBN-13: 9780814473375
Publisher: AMACOM
Publication date: 09/04/2000
Pages: 352
Product dimensions: 4.71(w) x 7.17(h) x 1.04(d)

About the Author

Nathan Hollander (West Orange, NJ) is senior consultant at CSC Consulting and previously worked for Coopers & Lybrand and Ernst & Young.

Table of Contents

"1. Starting the Journey

2. R2ISC

3. Setting the Goal – Requirements Current

4. Requirements Future

5. Narrowing the Field – The Request for Proposal (RFP)

6. Analyzing the Responses to the RFP

7. The Scripted Demonstration

8. Analyzing the Vendors – Implementability and Support

9. Contract Negotiations

10. Implementation

11. Process Redesign

12. Workshop"

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