Vendor Selection Checklist

 20 points for Vendor Selection

1)                  What kind of SDLC was followed-Waterfall, Agile

Waterfall-bugged-big ideas upfront is not a good method

2)                  Is it native to to Oracle/sql Server/DB2

3)                  Is it Portable across different os/database platforms.

4)                  What kind of support can they give.

5)                  Do they have a Dba at their end ( Developers masquerading as DBAs)

  The dbas would have been contracted and left during development

6)                  What CASE/process modeling software do they use

7)                  Do they have in house architects/designers.

8)                  Give References of previous installations- List of their clients.

9)                  Feedback from them.

10)               Do they have a full fledged development center.

11)               How long have they been doing this?

12)               Do they have a support Forum?

13)               What is the biggest size of database they installed.

14)               Any problems they faced in their previous installations-clients.

15)               How many bugs did they fix in the last install.

16)               Can they customize to our requirements.

17)               How will they troubleshoot issues-application-will they need us to send database-how will they handle security.

18)               What version do they want to sell and when is the next release coming

19)               What is the difference between this version and next version

20)               Price.