How to Select Software for a Regulated Environment?
Why Should You Attend:
Buying software is a fact of life for most companies. There is fierce competition in the market, with multiple software vendors trying to convince you to buy their product. How do you determine whether to buy the software or having it built in house? Or which vendor to choose? And if you buy something, how do you determine whether to have it hosted? And are there any regulations that apply to this software? And if so, what are they?
This presentation will give the answers to these questions; plus show you ‘hidden’ issues that will save you from:
- Selecting and implementing the wrong system that ends up costing more in trying to get a ‘square peg to fit in a round hole’ efforts, often resulting in cost and time overruns and finally ending up not being used by the user community.
- Duplicating data in systems with overlapping functionality resulting in both duplication of effort and higher incidence of errors.
- Inadvertently acting as the vendor’s beta site
- Putting unnecessary work into meeting regulations
Even though this presentation focuses primarily on software, the hardware required will also be addressed.
Areas Covered in the Webinar:
- To buy or to build?
- Why not stay with the existing solution?
- Who should be part of the evaluation and decision team?
- What is involved in the assembly of selection requirements?
- What is the vendor evaluation process?
- How does the new software fit into your current environment without causing errors and duplication?
- What are the regulatory requirements for:
- An In-House Build Solution?
- A Commercial Off The Shelf Solution?
- A Hosted Solution
- Hardware environment
- Implementation Consultants?
- How do you use Risk Assessment?
- How do you manage consultants and vendors?
- How do you leverage the vendors’ methodology?
- How long does it take and what will it cost?
