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The purchasing of commercial off-the-shelf (COTS) software can and should be approached with the same discipline as custom software development projects. IT should follow a disciplined purchasing process and it must include requirements gathering as an essential component. Without requirements, IT cannot understand business needs. This note covers the following topics:
• Step-by-step software procurement plan from objective setting to deployment.
• How to use requirements to select an optimal solution.
• When to use requirements elicitation and how much time to invest.
Use an acquisition plan informed by requirements in order to find a software solution that meets business needs.
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2 Comments
does anyone have a deployment project plan for deploying commercial of the shelf software afterthe purchase?
Thanks for your comment. You may be able to use the OptimizeIT Project Management tools in the Plan the Project section. Also, maybe something can
be re-tooled from the OptimizeIT App Maintenance section under Change Execution Management. We hope this helps.