Originally posted by oracleslave
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Develop in house or configure off the shelf?
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Which option would allow you to bill the highest for the longest time?
All other questions moot imho.Keeping calm. Keeping invoicing.Comment
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Originally posted by Pondlife View PostApologies for being so generic but it's more of a things to consider type question. Assume that the existing source code has been modified so many times that it is of little value and it would be a start from scratch, define new requirements type project. Assume the vendor based solution will give +90% as vanilla but would need to be enhanced for the additional 10%. Hardware reqmt's would be equivalents.
I'm interested in peoples experiences of support costs of in house vs store bought, flexibility to business change. etc.
With of the shelf you generally tend to find it is not very flexible, cost for development are normally £650 per day minimum and if you want really bespoke stuff it simply cannot be done - so you have to adjust processes (which is not always a bad thing but the users do not always like it)
In house gives much more flexbility and lower costs and increased deployment speed - however this can cause problems if the business do not see the need for proper software release control - you just get people insisting that what they need they need now and we should just deploy to live without proper testing....Comment
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Originally posted by doomage View PostWhich option would allow you to bill the highest for the longest time?
All other questions moot imho.
one of the main reason we do not use contractorsComment
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Originally posted by doomage View PostWhich option would allow you to bill the highest for the longest time?
All other questions moot imho.Comment
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Consider the 'it' to be the solution (COTS/Bespoke is irrelevant at this point)
WHY does the client want 'it'? (Push/Pull pressures)
WHAT benefits does the client want to have by getting 'it'?
WHAT is required to achieve 'it'?
HOW are the requirements best met - through COTS or Bespoke? - Look at cost/benefit analysis as well as requirements analysis.
Many projects (even massive ones) go tits up because none of this is considered."I can put any old tat in my sig, put quotes around it and attribute to someone of whom I've heard, to make it sound true."
- Voltaire/Benjamin Franklin/Anne Frank...Comment
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Originally posted by original PM View Posttw@
one of the main reason we do not use contractors"I can put any old tat in my sig, put quotes around it and attribute to someone of whom I've heard, to make it sound true."
- Voltaire/Benjamin Franklin/Anne Frank...Comment
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Originally posted by original PM View PostWith of the shelf you generally tend to find it is not very flexible,
HTHComment
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Originally posted by cojak View PostThen you have very poor management of contractors.
I could give a much better answer but then I'd have to invoice.Keeping calm. Keeping invoicing.Comment
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Some good points, thanks.
The requirement exists because the ERP system cannot easily handle the complexity of the manufacturing process. The process is such that there are far too many variables (environmental, physical resource availability, product destination, plant connectivity) that the ERP system (glares at OS to keep quiet) cannot handle the detailed scheduling of the factory. But this isn't really my point.
I'm interested really in the support aspects of the two potential options. Eg Vendor OTS means access to cheaper 24/7 support, upgrade plan, certified api's for the ERP, OS patches approved etc With in house you get flexibility to do exactly what you want without compromise but are more limited in longer term support options?Comment
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