Rock Solid Software Selection
Organizations which have been in a software selection procedure know that it is very time consuming to evaluate the vendors who propose a solution. One of the problems with Integrated Workplace Management Systems is the broadness and diversity of the workplace arena. Because most organizations do not have required knowledge in house quite often an external consultancy firm is hired to do manage the entire procurement procedure including:
- Requirements research
- Requirements definition (Request for Information)
- Evaluating vendor responses
- Long Listing selected vendors
- Organizing Initial Presentations
- Evaluating Initial Presentations and short listing vendors
- Writing a Request for Quotation (RfQ)
- Evaluating vendor responses
- Organizing Final Presentations (Proof of Concept)
- (Management of Pilot project)
In the coming few weeks IWMSnews.com will focus on specific parts of this entire selection procedure. In addition to that we will provide some RFx documents ready to use for each organization both small and large so that organizations are in control over their own selection procedure without the absolute need to outsource these activities.
IWMSnews.com will provide articles and ready to use templates that you can benefit from. Obviously we will do this free of charge.
