Usage Part of the Brightwork Research & Analysis enterprise software risk model, and a criterion of software measurement and part of the Software Selection Package. Definition It is challenging to obtain excellent consulting support outside of software vendors. The major consulting companies generally only have resources, which are trained on the software from the most…
Usage Part of the Brightwork Research & Analysis enterprise software risk model, and a criterion of software measurement and part of the Software Selection Package. Definition Applications in every enterprise software category can be implemented using any amount of its functionality. Accessing more advanced areas of functionality increases project risk from at least two dimensions….
Usage Part of the Brightwork Research & Analysis enterprise software risk model, and a criterion of software measurement and part of the Software Selection Package. Definition This is how well the functionality of the application has the potential to match the business process as well as the functionality’s reliability. This is itself a composite score…
Usage Part of the Brightwork Research & Analysis enterprise software risk model, and a criterion of software measurement and part of the Software Selection Package. Definition Any application can be scored for how easily it can be implemented. Many factors go into this. One is master data parameter maintenance; another is how hard or painful…
Usage Part of the Brightwork Research & Analysis enterprise software risk model, and a criterion of software measurement and part of the Software Selection Package. Definition Applications that rank high in usability have users naturally gravitate to them. They require less training and are easier inherently to understand and troubleshoot when things go wrong. Highly…
Usage Part of the Brightwork Research & Analysis enterprise software risk model, and a criterion of software measurement and part of the Software Selection Package. Definition This score is related to the implement ability score – but looks at longer-range factors. Applications differ drastically based on maintainability – and the maintainability of an application significantly…
Usage Part of the Brightwork Research & Analysis enterprise software risk model, and a criterion of software measurement and part of the Software Selection Package. Definition Enterprise software vendors differ greatly in their sales approach, how they motivate and compensate salespeople, how well their salespeople know the application, how much their market is saturated versus the number…
Usage Part of the Brightwork Research & Analysis enterprise software risk model, and a criterion of software measurement and part of the Software Selection Package. Definition The extensive software vendors tend to outsource most of their consulting – in exchange for being recommended by the major software vendors. Therefore, the role of the implementation consultant for…
Usage Part of the Brightwork Research & Analysis enterprise software risk model, and a criterion of software measurement and part of the Software Selection Package. Definition Support is a critical measurement of any software vendor. They are the horse’s mouth on the software after the implementation is live; they have resources with many years of…
Usage Part of the Brightwork Research & Analysis enterprise software risk model, and a criterion of software measurement and part of the Software Selection Package. Definition There are enormous differences between various software vendors in terms of their level of bureaucracy. As companies enlarge, they generally become more bureaucratic, and their efficiency goes down. They make…