open edge 10

10 Business Case for an Open Source Library Management System

David Parkes Staffordshire University

email: d.jparkes@staffs.ac.uktwitter: @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: d.jparkes@staffs.ac.uktwitter: @daveparkesblog: dukedomlargeenough.blogspot.com