{"product_id":"off-the-shelf-it-solutions-a-practitioners-guide-to-selection-and-procurement-9781780172583","title":"Off-The-Shelf IT Solutions: A practitioner's","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThis practical book presents a proven decision-making process to help IT and business managers select the off-the-shelf software product that best fits the needs of their organisation, whether in the commercial or public sector. Offering a structured approach to managing stakeholders, requirements and candidate IT vendors, this practical 'how-to' guide will help deliver a rigorous, defensible decision within an aggressive timescale.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eMartin is the guru of robust decision making. The process he describes in this book combines intuition with rigorous, transparent logic. Good choices are easy to explain, sell and defend whilst spurious bias is left with nowhere to hide. -- Mike Berners-Lee * Small World Consulting Ltd *\u003cbr\u003eMartin's book builds on his clear, detailed understanding of assessing and selecting off-the-shelf IT and provides a rigorous, practical method to get the solution needed. -- David Nickson\u003cbr\u003eI've long experience of how newcomers react to the selection method in this book - they like it a lot. I'm very confident that readers will quickly appreciate the benefits and how to apply it to their projects. -- Professor David Brown\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eIntroduction - purpose and principles\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e1 Introduction to off-the-shelf solutions\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e2 Talent management - supplier psychology\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e3 Initiation - shaping and authorising the project\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e4 Requirements analysis - capturing the organisationalneeds\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e5 Requirements document - documenting and agreeingrequirements\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e6 Trawling the marketplace - establishing the longlist\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e7 Assessing longlist candidates - selecting the shortlistusing the RFI\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e8 Detailed evaluation - assessing the shortlistedcandidates\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e9 Scoring - establishing degree of fit and ranking\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e10 Demonstrations - proving the best fit\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e11 Reference sites - real customer feedback\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e12 Contracts - negotiation and agreements\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e13 Implementation - preparing the ground\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e14 Viewpoints by theme\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e15 Concluding - recommendations and resources\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAppendices\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e*OTSIS extras - available at http:\/\/www.decisionevaluation.co.uk\/otsis-extras\/\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"BCS Learning \u0026 Development Limited","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51360110477655,"sku":"9781780172583","price":39.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9781780172583.jpg?v=1754126698","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/off-the-shelf-it-solutions-a-practitioners-guide-to-selection-and-procurement-9781780172583","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}