As system integrators we can make buy versus build decisions on your behalf after an in depth product review and evaluation against the business requirements. We use our BuyOrBuild process to ensure all the business requirements are satisfied. Our process involves creation of an evaluation matrix to guide the product evaluation including performing the initial screening, RFP creation, proposal evaluation and the final product selection. Please find below the process overview:

Functional Requirement Analysis

Based on the business requirements provided by the client, we perform the requirement analysis exercise. The focus of this effort is to:

• Gather requirements that the business expects from the COTS product
• Generate and agree upon an evaluation criteria matrix based on the requirements

The outcome of this effort is:

• Functional Requirements Document
• Evaluation Criteria Matrix
• Final Selection Criteria Matrix
• Demo/Proof-Of-Concept Guidelines

Product Evaluation

During this phase of the project, we evaluate products complying to the evaluation criteria. Some of the criteria used for evaluation are:

• matching functionality with requirements identified
• evaluating the company
• functionality provided by the product(s)
• technology the product is built on
• training requirements & timeframes
• implementation scope, requirements and timeframes
• support/maintenance needs and turnaround times
• demo products and evaluate prototypes if any
• check Vendor references

The outcome of this phase is:

• Detailed Evaluation Matrix
• Feature List Compilation
• Short-listed Vendors

Product Shortlist

At the end of the evaluation phase, we present its findings and reasons for short-listing vendors to the sponsors and business owners. This involves presenting the results of the evaluation of all the vendors.

RFP creation

Once the vendors have been short-listed, we create RFPs to be sent to the short-listed vendors for final selection. This involves creation of the RFP based on input from the following documents:

• Business Requirements document
• Functional Requirements Specifications

The outcome of this phase is:

• RFP
• Proposal Evaluation Guidelines Document

Proposal Evaluation

We evaluate the RFP responses (proposals) based on the proposal evaluation guidelines document. This phase involves the creation of a proposal evaluation report.

Demo/Prototype and Final Selection

We coordinate the client interface with vendors to review the company and its product(s). The final evaluation guidelines, demo/prototype guidelines and the proposal evaluation report will be used as a basis for decision making.

Gap Analysis & Customization

Buy route simplifies several aspects of a solution implementation while introduces some other complexities. Any selected product or solution requires several rounds of customization effort to enable deployments in line with the business requirements. Our process covers this aspect by performing a gap analysis and ensuring that the gaps are sufficiently managed for a successful rollout. Additionally any solution implementation requires sufficient integration with other pieces of the enterprise software solutions in production. We leverage our capability in Business Integration to achieve this as we understand the challenges of integration, data discrepancy, coupling and service enablement of solutions.