- Software selection takes forever. The process of choosing even the smallest apps can drag on for years: sometimes in perpetuity. Software selection teams are sprawling, leading to scheduling slowdowns and scope creep. Moreover, cumbersome or ad hoc selection processes lead to business-driven software selection.
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Critical Insight
- Maximize project effectiveness with a five-person team. Project satisfaction and effectiveness is stagnant or decreases once the team grows beyond five people.
- Tight project timelines are critical. Keep stakeholders engaged with a defined application selection timeline that moves the project forward briskly – 30 days is optimal.
- Empower both IT and end users with a standardized selection process to consistently achieve high satisfaction coming out of software selection projects.
Impact and Result
- Shatter stakeholder expectations with truly rapid application selections.
- Put the “short” back in shortlist by consolidating the vendor shortlist up-front and reducing downstream effort.
- Identify high-impact software functionality by evaluating fewer use cases.
- Lock in hard savings and do not pay list price by using data-driven tactics.
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