What requirements should be included in an RFP to acquire software affecting a broad spectrum of users across an organization? How do you keep most of the users happy most of the time and spend the budget on the most beneficial functionality? How do you educate users on the trade-offs that may need to be made to meet varying needs? Value analysis was used to help answers these questions for two software solutions with different business histories and challenges. This presentation will discuss how value analysis lead towards a successful procurement in both these cases, and describe the strategies used to deal with the differing challenges for both software solutions.
What requirements are needed for software affecting a broad spectrum of users across an organization? How do you keep most of the users happy most of the time and spend the budget on the most beneficial functionality? How do you educate users on the trade-offs that may need to be made to meet varying needs? How do you make an IT project successful? How do you select what on-going enhancements should be made to the software. Value analysis was used to help answer these questions for two software solutions with different business histories and challenges. This presentation will discuss how value analysis and it’s principles assisted in the development of the RFPs, lead toward successful IT solution implementation and supports decisions for on-going maintenance of the IT solution.