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Article on Selecting Enterprise Software Systems |
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Written by Phil Hill
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Thursday, 20 August 2009 15:12 |
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Last year, Jim Ritchey and I wrote an article for Cutter on the art of selecting enterprise software solutions. Our basic topic was that you need to avoid the tendency to focus too heavily on current features, and instead focus more on product architecture and long-term considerations. Here is a link to the article. |
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It’s the Design, Not the Features |
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Written by Phil Hill
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Thursday, 02 July 2009 20:41 |
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It’s the Design, Not the Features
by Jim Ritchey and Phil Hill
The enterprise software market has gone through a significant period of consolidation, which has resulted in organizations selecting among a decreasing number of vendors for increasingly large and complex applications. Even though the market has changed, too many organizations still make enterprise software decisions based on the obsolete assumption that there are multiple vendors that are primarily differentiated by their product features. From this standpoint, the selection of enterprise software often comes down to scoring exercises based on product features, technology choices, product pricing, total cost of ownership (TCO), and implementation planning. The problem with this approach is that it focuses too narrowly on the past — what features and configuration capabilities have been developed to date? — whereas the focus should be aimed toward the future — what is the underlying system design and its implications?
Continue reading. Download the PDF. |
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