Off-the-Shelf Software

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Off-the-Shelf Software

Advantages

  • Development cost is shared
  • Wide support from large user base
  • Can be customised
  • Fully tested by thousands of users
  • Available immediately
  • Lots of choice available
  • upgrades and compatibility
  • Less training required

Disadvantages

  • May have annual cost
  • No access to original developers
  • May not meet all client needs
  • Large memory footprint
  • Lots of ‘unneeded’ features

Evaluation

 This is software that already exists and can be purchased    The software can be customized to meet some client needs, but may not meet all of them 

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