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10 Business Case for an Open Source Library Management System
David Parkes Staffordshire University
email: [email protected]: @daveparkesblog: dukedomlargeenough.blogspot.com
Preparation...
Talk to everyone
Ask the questions
Do the research
Do the costing
Sanity check
Tell the Story...
Why is it Important?
Dragon’s Den
Ask the difficult questions
Create scenarios for all the options
Court IT...
Befriend
Provide facts
Show where they will be needed
Peer-reviewed software
Green IT
Court your IT ‘2’...
Documentation
Procurement is very different
Talk to all of them, servers, networks, client apps, business apps – esp business apps!
Demonstrate benefits for all...
Cost to finance
Experience for Students & Staff
and talk lots to library finance, acquisitions and purchasing
Build your movement...
Students & Faculty on steering group
Talk to every supplier and services provider for saas
Contact users overseas
Talk to your other suppliers
Formal Business Case...
Distribute widely(an executive version)
Explain risk and how you have managed risk
Project costs & savings
Offer all options..but provide an obvious candidate
Before the board...Be confident - you have exhaustively researched, consulted, prepared and produced
You have been more rigorous than normal
Research the company thoroughly in every aspect – succession planning, gearing ratios, liquidation, companies house, reputation...
The Tender Process...
Continue to be inclusive
Rigorous due process and scrutiny
This is where IT colleagues will panic, where it does not fit their world –
Implementation...
Build the partnership
Tell people and tell them again what you are doing, they are part of it, they signed up and are integral to its success
Don’t be first!
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David Parkes Staffordshire University
email: [email protected]: @daveparkesblog: dukedomlargeenough.blogspot.com