Selection Management: For Systems and Services

INTRODUCTION

Selection of a new system or supplier can be crucial to your business, but it’s something that many organisations don’t do very often and so don’t have much experience in. This book provides a straightforward process to follow, which will guide you through selection and help you to choose wisely.

Of course, this is only one of a number of possible approaches. It’s worth focusing briefly on how this selection process differs from the formal procurement process usually followed by larger, and public sector, organisations. A formal procurement usually involves production of a very detailed specification, covering, in extreme clarity, exactly what the new system or supplier will need to do. This is a lengthy exercise! It also requires ...