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You’ve decided your organisation needs a new technology solution. Whether it’s to help you manage events, content, people, training, projects or whatever… it really doesn’t matter.

What does matter is that you need to make sure the solution you buy is a good fit for your organisation.

This short guide takes you through a simple process based on years of experience on both the customer and supplier-side of things.

It covers both proprietary and open source solutions - the decision-making process is identical for both.

Step 1: Identify the problem
Step 2: Identify possible solutions
Step 3: Make a long list
Step 4: Create user scenarios
Step 5: List the requirements - first draft
Step 6: Make the short list
Step 7: Competitive dialogue
Step 8: Negotiation

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