Step 6 - Demonstrations

Prepare the Vendors

• Detailed requirements score sheets
• Demonstration scripts
• Real company data that matches across functions
• Vendors tour of your facilities and review scripts

Demonstrations

• Each team member attends at least their functional area
• Score each section each day
• Final scoring at the completion each vendor's demonstration

Finalize Functionality Scores

• Each team member's score is combined with the rest of the team
• Final scoring for each vendor are summarized and compared

Step 7 - Due Diligence

• Review/Peruse user manuals against top 10 features
• Develop phone survey scripts
• Phone survey form for vendors' customers
• Site visits of vendors' customers
• Visit User Group Meeting/Conferences of vendor
• Visit vendors' headquarters

Step 8 - Implementation

• Evaluate implementation Methodology
• Evaluate implementation Tools for project management
• Evaluate implementation tools for business process development
• Evaluate implementation tools for software configuration and quick start templates
• Evaluate vendor's implementation personnel assigned to the project
• Identify and evaluate implementation partners of vendors
• High level implementation plan is developed