Software Selection

Software selection is the most important part  for the professional user.Hence there are lot of criteria by which any user can select a good software accordance of their use.In this section i am explanning those term which is beneficial for you in the selection of project.

Right Software Selection

1. Planning and Budgeting for software:The initial step in the software selction process is your internal planning and budgeting.You need to setup your project team, get buy in for the project and put together a high level budget.
2. Software requirements analysis:Next you need to put together your requirements documents.Make sure it is focused on your requirement.
3. Software vendor research:Now it is time to evalute your vendor options.This phase focuses on how to start with a long list of vandors and efficiently evalute them to get to a short list of approximately three software solution.
4. Software Demos:When you have your shortlist invite the vendors for demo.
5. Software decision:When you narrow the list to one or two vendors its time to do your due dilligence and confirm your final decision.
6. Software contract Negotiation:Most software contract is written by the software vendor.Make sure you negotiate the contract to protect your interests and save your money.

• Reliabilty:It is the probability that the software will execute in a specific period of time without any failure.It is important to the professional user.
• Functionality:It is the definition of the facilities , Performance and other factors that the user requires in the finished product.
• Capacity:Capacity refers to the capability of the software package to handle the users requirements for size of files, Number of data elements and reports.All limitation should be checked.
• Flexibility:It is a measure of effort required to modify an operational program.One feature of flexibility is adaptability.
• Usability:This criteria refers to the effort required to operate, prepare the input and interpret the output of a program.
• Security:It is a measure of the likelihood that a system's user can accidently or intentionally access or destroy unathorized data.
• Performance:It is a measure of the capacity of the software package to do what it is expected to do.
• Service ability:This criteria focuses on documentation and vendor support.
• Ownership:Who owns the software and consider weather he has the right to access the software or he can sell or modify the software.
• Minimal costs:Cost is a mojar consideration in deciding between inhouse and vendor software.

Hardware Selection

• System availablity
• Compatibility
• Cost
• Performence
• Uptime
• Support and
• Usability ets.