Software Selection Phase 2: Evaluation

Coming out of the research phase, your project team should have a clear understanding of the goals and requirements of your selection project. Now you can begin refining the working list of vendors, developed during the research phase, in order to produce a short-list of vendors to evaluate in greater depth.

During the evaluation phase you will

• prioritize your requirements and turn them into a decision model
• send out requests for information (RFI)
• collect, validate and analyze RFI responses

At the end of the evaluation phase you should have a ranked short list of the vendors that you'll invite for on-site demonstrations.

TEC Has the Tools to Make Your Software Evaluation Easier

TEC's analysts can help you through every step of the evaluation process and help prepare you to make a final software selection.

Our online decision support system (DSS), eBestMatch^TM, is the ideal solution for creating your decision model. Take advantage of our knowledge bases to compare the vendors on your working list, and see how well they address your specific requirements. You can also use eBestMatch to create "what-if" scenarios that show you how well each vendor's solution will scale as your business evolves.

TEC can provide you with industry-standard RFI and request for proposal (RFP) templates that help ensure accurate responses from vendors. Our templates contain thousands of functional and technical criteria that have been vetted by our analysts to ensure accuracy. We can help you tailor these documents to your company's requirements.

If you are interested in TEC's Selection Services or would like to learn more, contact us or call (1-800) 496-1303 ext. 404 in North America, and +1 514-954-3665 ext. 404 outside of North America.