to a new application, it takes months if not years for the organzation to embrace a major new system. After taking all of the costs, impacts, and risks into
account, it is clear that selecting a new business application is huge investment of time and money - the penalty for poor decisions is years of fustration and
lost opportunity. Let NovaTech help make sure your selection process allows you to make the best decision possible.
Common mistakes
Here's some common selection mistakes to avoid:
- Let the vendor tell you what you need
- Don't establish a broad selection team
- Don't have your requirements defined properly
- Don't account for total cost of ownership
- Don't bother with reference checks
- Don't get the details in writing before signing the contract
- Don't implement solid project and risk management
Making the Right Pick
As businesses progress mature and expand, they come to a point where they recognize a need for a change in their technical and business process infrastructure. The business applications that have been a great match for years have become tired workhorses that do not have the features and flexibility demanded by today's business environment. With a multitude of applications available in the marketplace that use a dizzing variety of technologies, licensing models, and deployment strategies, picking a new business application can be overwhelming. Without a structured selection process, your organization may make a costly mistake - resulting in a solution that does not meet organizational requirements and ultimately leads to inefficient business adoption, costly software customizations, and ultimately - program failure. Our product selection methodology can be tailored to meet your business needs and the timeframe of of your selection schedule. Our methodology includes:
- Documentation - define the business need, sponsor and organizations impacted
- Requirements Analysis - develop tool requirements and performance metrics
- Market Research - review of candidate software
- Suppliers Contact - initial contact and interest solicitation
- Suppliers Candidate Meeting and Information Collection - meet with vendors and collect data
- Suppliers Evaluation - evaluate data collected
- Down Selection - preliminary evaluation and identification of vendors that will be asked to continue
- Product Demo/Pilot - develop test scenarios and evaluate software demonstrations
- Final Evaluation and Report - report results and make tool recommendations
How can NovaTech Help?
NovaTech can help you establish a structured process to guide you through the product selection process. We'll make sure that your requirements are clearly stated, important stakeholders have been identified and incorporated into the process, and that your selection is based on realistic assumptions and costs. A modest investment in the selection process can save you thousands of dollars in software and implementation costs. Our methodology is flexible and can scaled to accomodate enterprise software purchases as well as smaller investments. Avoid the fustration of making a poor selection - call NovaTech today so you know you made the right pick!
