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Revamp your software selection process.

D J Allen
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Very few software implementations fail from lack of functionality. More often, the failure results from other factors. Yet most companies continue to focus primarily on software functionality during the selection and evaluation process. By expanding the scope of your evaluation process to include other important factors, your probability of successful implementation and future happiness with your vendor can be dramatically enhanced.

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D J Allen. 1999. Revamp your software selection process.. https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/10623141/

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