On IWMSnews.com we have published quite a few articles about Software Selection. In addition to our posts, Terry Coull CEO and Founder of Software Idols, Software Selection experts is publishing a software selection series in the coming weeks.

The challenge

Selecting the right software can be an expensive, time consuming and risky experience for any business or technology manager. Before embarking on a software selection project, the following questions come to mind:

• Do you find the software market too confusing and complicated? Do you find research houses describe the players from a market presence point of view but leave one wondering which vendor is the most suited to one’s software needs? Continue Reading

Last week I’ve written a post about Customization and IWMS. By explaining the customization paradigm I have put forward seven reasons why you shouldn’t customize your IWMS.

In this post I’ll discuss the other side of the Customization Paradigm; Configuration. Continue Reading

In most IWMS software selection procedures I’ve come across customers think they represent an unique business case. However, I’ve been involved in selection procedures for more than two decades now and I have come to conclusion that within the IWMS arena most business cases are for about 80% the same. Continue Reading

Today we have a guest post of Don Wood, a PMP with over 25 years of experience in project management, business process improvement, and information technology for the real estate industry. Since he also values a thourough selection procedure he has produced a guest post for iwmsnews.com. Continue Reading

Clearly defining the requirements for a Integrated Workplace Management Solution is underestimated quite often and will inevitably lead to poor satisfaction. Therefore, this article is extremely important as part of the Software Selection Series. Continue Reading

In dynamic corporate cultures scalability of software is one key topic. Mergers and acquisitions (or even worse… ) thrive scalability issues and when you are selecting an IWM Solution this needs to be taken into account. Although it might seem obvious to you as a reader quite some organisations find themselves in a nasty situation when the chosen solution can’t cope with the renewed reality. Continue Reading

Within an IWMS software selection procedure the requirements definition phase is mission critical for a succesful project. Therefore, fundamental requirements research is an absolute necessity. In the coming few articles IWMSnews.com will publish about ways to do this research.  Continue Reading

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 Continue Reading