By Peter van den Berkmortel on
1/28/2011 11:52 PM
Introduction
Acquiring software for running a business is one of the greatest challenges for a company. There are many vendors, with many different products, with a wide variety of capabilities. Choosing the application that fits your company is difficult not in the least because there is no 100% fit. An organization is often required to reorganize to fit the software they bought.
The alternative is to have the software adapted to the buyer. But this can turn out to be an expensive undertaking as well. First you have to acquire the software, and then you need to hire people specialized in the product to customize it to your requirements. They set to work and after some time, they deliver a product that is more or less to your specifications. In the meantime, you’ve been left in the dark as to the feasibility and progress. And more often than not, you are disappointed by the end.
You could also have the software completely custom made, but this is only slightly different from adapting a standard product....