How to: buy a computer system (part 1)
From inception to business case
This briefing is focused on business applications, rather than infrastructure. It is for anyone who has the responsibility for resolving a problem with software in delivering services to local citizens or council workers. You might be doing it yourself, sponsoring a procurement or supervising someone doing any of these things.
You might be:
- an IT professional who may or may not understand the business that the software is going to support, with or without extensive procurement experience
- a business professional, e.g. a highways engineer or social worker who understands the business need, but not the technology
- a service manager who has been asked to sort it out
- a senior manager who has seen the perfect software at a conference.
Other publications in this series:
- How to: buy a computer system (part 1) – from inception to business case
- How to: buy a computer system (part 2) – choosing the right one
- How to: implement a computer system
- How to: run an IT department
- How to: manage business intelligence (BI) and analytics