Selecting a Vendor
Gain as much information as you can about your selected software vendor and their technology solution to determine the overall likelihood not only of initial project success, but of a positive and enjoyable, long-term “win-win” relationship with the vendor.
Developing Your Procurement Document
Developing Your Procurement Document Components of a Request for Proposal (RFP) Your purchasing department or procurement division likely already have a well-established RFP method that will include the following topics: A Statement of Goals: This section clearly defines the problems that the application of the software being acquired is intended to solve and […]
Your Preferred Implementation Approach
Your Preferred Implementation Approach In developing the overall delivery approach, it’s beneficial for vendors to understand your organization’s preferences for your implementation, as well as the size and make-up of your project team and anticipated system sustainment team. Your Implementation Best Practices If applicable, please provide any information about your organization’s IT project […]
Your COTS Project Requirements
Your COTS Project Requirements This week, we continue with this guide to Assessing Your Agency’s Readiness for a COTS Solution by defining your core project requirements including business, data conversion, system interface, technical, hardware/infrastructure, and training/system documentation requirements. Your Business Requirements Different groups of users may require different user interface presentations (e.g., browser-based desktop […]
Your Reasons for Software System Change
Your Reasons for Software System Change This week, we continue with this guide to Assessing Your Agency’s Readiness for a COTS Solution with further examination of the process to Prepare Your RFP Package by defining your fundamental reasons for software system change and your critical success factors. To start, it’s beneficial to provide a description […]
Understanding Your Fundamental Goals
Understanding Your Fundamental Goals It’s beneficial to state and have vendors understand your fundamental project objective and procurement goals: How has your organization determined it will achieve its business transformation using information technology? How big is the scope of your project? What are your project timelines? Has your organization surveyed the available software solutions – […]
Organizational Change Management
Organizational Change Management As we have stated in the previous article in this series, implementing a new COTS software system, with its own best practice, oriented functionality for common regulatory activities will likely require a willingness by your organization to change some of its current operating procedures. Doing so may even require a modest organizational […]
Assessing Your Agency’s Readiness for a COTS Solution
Assessing Your Agency’s Readiness for a COTS Solution Pre-configured Commercial Off-The-Shelf (COTS) regulatory software products, including our POSSE Permitting & Licensing System and POSSE Alcoholic Beverage Control systems, are developed based on a vendor’s experience with, and a best practices interpretation of increasingly uniform business processes, such as government-oriented licensing, permitting, inspections and enforcement. The […]
Next Steps
Next Steps How to Deploy a Digital Government Platform This week we conclude our series on ‘How to Deploy a Digital Government Platform’ with a summary of the concrete steps you can take now to turn information into action. Take advantage of the opportunity to complete a no obligation Transition Readiness Audit Survey to […]
100% Referenceability & Project Success
100% Referenceability & Project Success Set a goal for 100% referenceability & project success & do not deviate from this objective You can lead the charge for your government agency and be one of the very few to master enterprise project delivery if you’re willing to insist on two critical requirements. The sobering statistics […]