Most problems in a project occur when the project is actually running. This may seem obvious, but consider the amount of time spent on analyzing the situation and taking measurements to counter potential problems; the majority of this is done at the start of the project. When the project is running on full speed, when […]
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"It's late Friday afternoon and you have just been told by your boss that you wil It's late Friday afternoon […]
It's impossible at this stage to determine the actual cost of a system. However, you can determine if you are talking about an Opel or […]
It's nice to hear some vendors chew on all this stuff you sent them, isn't it? Well, if they want to have a change of doing business with you, they have to sweat, they have to earn it… feels great! […]
7.3 The Questionnaire (part 3)
This survey is part of three pages. See the guide index to find the other 2 parts of this request for information questionnaire.
Escrow
Are […]
7.3 The Questionnaire (part 2)
This survey is part of three pages. See the guide index to find the other 2 parts of this request for information questionnaire.
Operation system/hardware
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7.3 The Questionnaire
The Questionnaire contains all the questions to the vendors. With asking a survey to vendors you should always keep one thing in mind: every question that starts with "can you do…" will be answered with "yes"; that means with enough money and time.
Save yourself some time by avoiding this type. I have included […]
7.2 The Information Sheet
You will not send the business case to the vendors. However, they must have some feeling about what you want in order to provide you with targeted information when you send them the request for information (like this sample). The business case, target process and legacy information we discussed earlier […]
The vendors on the long list should provide you information to let you judge them against your selection criteria; that is the purpose of a request for information. It's still the first round in the selection process for buying software, you probably have more than one supplier on your list (I hope, otherwise you are […]
You know what information system you want to purchase, and even more important, why you need it. Now the tricky question is who to invite to participate in the software selection extravaganza; which vendors to pick for your first round?
The suppliers in this first round are put on a list: the long list. They will […]
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