Building Your Ideal Vendor Profile
Building Your Ideal Vendor Profile Good news! You’ve begun the process to build a compelling business case for your government agency to replace your underperforming Permitting & Inspections (P&I) solution: You’ve calculated the expected revenue opportunities and costs savings to factor into your initial business case projections. You’ve started to vet potential solution providers, assessing the core differences in their primary […]
Vetting a Vendor to Ensure a Perfect Fit
Vetting a Software Vendor to Ensure a Perfect Product Fit In the first part of this series, we examined the core factors government agencies must consider when planning to replace a poorly supported or end-of-life Permitting & Inspections solution. Referencing that information will be helpful for those looking to build a compelling business case for […]
The Case for Replacing Your P&I Solution
The Case for Replacing Your P&I Solution “Our permitting & inspection software is outdated, performs poorly, and the support is nearly non-existent, but we can’t afford to replace it!” As the staff of Computronix travel across North America meeting with government agencies of all sizes, statements like this are becoming an increasingly common refrain. […]
How COTS+ Solves the ‘Buy vs Build’ Conundrum
How COTS+ Solves the ‘Buy vs Build’ Conundrum For most government agencies, the conventional approach towards enterprise software procurement has focused on two potential implementation approaches: Building your own custom solution bespoke to your exacting business requirements Buying an existing COTS (Commercial Off The Shelf) solution that meets many, but not all, of your […]
Developing Your Procurement Document
Developing Your Procurement Document Components of a Request for Proposal (RFP) Your purchasing department or procurement division likely already have a well-established RFP method that will include the following topics: A Statement of Goals: This section clearly defines the problems that the application of the software being acquired is intended to solve and […]
Your Preferred Implementation Approach
Your Preferred Implementation Approach In developing the overall delivery approach, it’s beneficial for vendors to understand your organization’s preferences for your implementation, as well as the size and make-up of your project team and anticipated system sustainment team. Your Implementation Best Practices If applicable, please provide any information about your organization’s IT project […]
Your COTS Project Requirements
Your COTS Project Requirements This week, we continue with this guide to Assessing Your Agency’s Readiness for a COTS Solution by defining your core project requirements including business, data conversion, system interface, technical, hardware/infrastructure, and training/system documentation requirements. Your Business Requirements Different groups of users may require different user interface presentations (e.g., browser-based desktop […]
Your Reasons for Software System Change
Your Reasons for Software System Change This week, we continue with this guide to Assessing Your Agency’s Readiness for a COTS Solution with further examination of the process to Prepare Your RFP Package by defining your fundamental reasons for software system change and your critical success factors. To start, it’s beneficial to provide a description […]
