Off-The-Shelf IT Solutions
BCS, The Chartered Institute for IT (Verlag)
978-1-78017-258-3 (ISBN)
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.
Martin Tate is founder and principal consultant at Decision Evaluation Ltd, an IT consultancy that has specialised in selecting off-the-shelf solutions for over twenty years. A ‘poacher turned gamekeeper’, he formerly worked for an IT provider and was trained to sell software. BCS awarded him Chartered Fellow status for eminence in IT selection.
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/
Verlagsort | Swindon |
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Sprache | englisch |
Maße | 170 x 244 mm |
Themenwelt | Informatik ► Office Programme ► Outlook |
Mathematik / Informatik ► Mathematik ► Finanz- / Wirtschaftsmathematik | |
Wirtschaft ► Betriebswirtschaft / Management ► Unternehmensführung / Management | |
ISBN-10 | 1-78017-258-3 / 1780172583 |
ISBN-13 | 978-1-78017-258-3 / 9781780172583 |
Zustand | Neuware |
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