1 / 11

Software Building… What’s Your Strategy?

Software Building… What’s Your Strategy?. Pros & Cons Discussion By: Learning Team B. By Tom Yost, Richard Woodham, Tam Truong, Gordon Heeres, Susan Kenney, John Leonard. In-House Built (Pros). Satisfies proprietary requirements

tremain-punch
Download Presentation

Software Building… What’s Your Strategy?

An Image/Link below is provided (as is) to download presentation Download Policy: Content on the Website is provided to you AS IS for your information and personal use and may not be sold / licensed / shared on other websites without getting consent from its author. Content is provided to you AS IS for your information and personal use only. Download presentation by click this link. While downloading, if for some reason you are not able to download a presentation, the publisher may have deleted the file from their server. During download, if you can't get a presentation, the file might be deleted by the publisher.

E N D

Presentation Transcript

  1. Software Building…What’s Your Strategy? Pros & Cons Discussion By: Learning Team B By Tom Yost, Richard Woodham, Tam Truong, Gordon Heeres, Susan Kenney, John Leonard

  2. In-House Built(Pros) • Satisfies proprietary requirements • Software built to accommodate established procedures and policies • Internal resources and capabilities increased and improved • Easily integrates with existing systems and technologies

  3. In-House Built(Cons) • New competencies and resources may be acquired • High long term costs • Information sharing could be problematic • Adding hardware to an in-house system could require development of proprietary device drivers

  4. Contract Built(Pros) • Improve service and performance • Leverage expert resources and staffing • Shorter systems development cycles • Improve management control • Stabilize and reduce costs • Facilitates business focus

  5. Contract Built(Cons) • Potentially high cost • Introduces contractual issues • Builds no in-house expertise • Possible conflict of interest

  6. Purchasing Turnkey Software (Pros) • Vendor experience and expertise • No additional staffing • Vendor-Customer relationship drives higher quality • Improved Customer support • Improved Customer training

  7. Purchasing Turnkey Software (Cons) • High cost • No control over project management • No control on project delivery • High vendor dependence – expertise, personnel, etc.

  8. Customizing Pre-built Software (Pros) • No internal IT development • Provides all business functions • Quality systems • Stability Fast delivery of system • Service agreement

  9. Customizing Pre-built Software (Cons) • Expensive • High Risk • Possible loose of upgrades • Main system can be impacted with bugs

  10. So, to decide which strategy to adopt … • Calculate ROI • Research vendor – expertise, contract, etc… • Analyze potential costs-vs-savings • Decide on core competencies • Investigate security risks/concerns

More Related