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Requirement gathering enables COTS success
Commercial, off-the-shelf (COTS) is a term for software or hardware, generally technology or computer products, that are ready-made and available for sale, lease, or license to the general public. COTS packages are expensive, time consuming and risky to implement. Organizations are investing a great deal to buy, customize, integrate COTS systems and adapt business processes. All the while, studies have demonstrated that less than 50% of COTS implementations are successful.
In response to this situation, IT organizations have determined the need for and defined the value of augmenting strategic planning efforts with an assessment of the existing IT architecture and supporting business environment, as well as the COTS applications and the related custom code.
- Overview
- Features
- Next Steps
Overview of COTS requirements
eCube has the tools and expertise you need to successfully prepare for the selection of a new COTS package. Experience shows that deploying a new COTS package is complex, requiring companies to determine:
- Functional redundancy and gaps between the existing solution and the targeted COTS package
- Required changes to existing application interfaces in relation to the package interfaces
- Current-to-target mapping and related migration of data to the COTS data architecture
- Analysis and possible retooling of business processes and related user-based systems
- Phased deactivation of selected application functionality and deployment of the new COTS package functionality
With this information in hand an IT organization can make more informed choices as they select COTS packages and develop implementation plans
Legacy Assessment Features
The Enterprise Assessment contains five distinct tasks. These tasks include Enterprise Assessment Planning, Business Architecture Assessment, Technical Architecture Assessment, Data Architecture Assessment, Application Architecture Assessment and Modernization Planning. These tasks can be scaled in breadth and depth based on organizational priorities, governance and related specifics. In summary, these tasks:
- Expose key business requirements and existing business architecture attributes
- Map business requirements and existing business architecture to IT architecture
- Building a business-driven IT strategy to driven critical IT and business initiatives based on hard findings
Test the Value Proposition
Contact us for a free evaluation to see if these services will provide you with the benefits and cost savings you need. Our analysts will work with you to develop a Return on Investment (ROI) calculation that accurately reflects your situation and the various solution scenarios possible.
With this analysis, which establishes ROI, Total Cost of Ownership and other values, you will be able to understand what the best solution is for you and what it is worth to your business in real dollars. If the numbers are compelling, we'll work with you to further define what the right solution looks like and to develop a plan that reflects your needs, benefits and the returns required. Call us to schedule some time with an analyst.
