selecting the right business technology solution and business partners
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Ask, Share, Learn – Within the Largest Community of Corporate Finance Professionals
Selecting The Right Business
Technology Solution and
Business Partners
• Identify how to understand and define the key elements of
technical requirements as part of the selection process
• Recognizing how to conduct research for likely
vendors/solutions (software manufacturers and partners,
independent implementation and project management
consultants) and determine which qualify to be evaluated
further
• Identify how to plan and conduct software demonstrations that
allow your company to identify the right strategic solution and
technology partners
After attending this event you will be able to:
Learning Objectives
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Ask, Share, Learn – Within the Largest Community of Corporate Finance Professionals
Selecting The Right Business Technology
Solution and Business PartnersLen Green, Senior Management Consultant, BT Partners
Wayne Spivak, President, SBA* Consulting
• Business Strategy
• Functional Requirements
• Technical Requirements
• Research & Qualify Vendors
• Software Demonstration
• Budget and Business Case
• Vendor Assessment
Today
Selecting the Right Technology
Dec 19, 2014
http://bit.ly/15yAmKb
Next
Technical Requirements
Paradigm Changes
vsBest of
ClassSuite
• Organizational philosophy/strategy re IT
• Technology preference/in house skills
• Product availability – legacy vs new age
What’s changing?
SaaS vs Hosted vs On Premise systems:
Configure vs Customize
Integration with other apps
Who manages
• database performance
• data backups?
• server specs/upgrades?
Access to your data
Support for SQL queries
SLA commitments
Technical Requirements
Technical Requirements are not my concern!
Understand each vendor’s:
• Technical design/plans
• Security/permission model
• Ease of integration
• Ease of query/data extraction
• Support for mobile/social/e-commerce
• Ease of configuration/use of tools
• Upgrades/service pack approach
• Ability to scale/be flexible
• Likely impact on IT resources to support
They are your concern!
• Compare each vendor’s risks/costs/benefits that should be part of your decision
• Determine which vendor’s solution better supports your future business model
• What IT costs/business benefits will your decision influence?
Research & Qualify Vendors
VENDORS/SERVICE PROVIDERS FOR:
• Process Improvement /Requirements/GAP Analysis
• Project Management/Change Management
• Software/Hardware Selection
• Software/Hardware Implementation & Support
What Software Selection Experience & Resources do you have?
Thank you for your interest in this presentation.
View the on-demand webinar or download the full
presentation at:
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Selecting The Right Business Technology
Solution and Business Partners
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