| Title: |
Acquiring COTS Software Selection
Requirements |
| Description: |
The following artifact describes the significance of incorporating user
requirements as one of the main criteria in the selection process of COTS
(Commercial Off-The-Shelf) software. The artifact also includes a model
for matching COTS product features with user requirements. This document
was created to help save development time and money by finding a COTS package
that meets the customer's needs. |
| Reflection: |
By generating this artifact, I could envision and appreciate the enormous
effort that goes into the selection process of COTS products. I also found
out that it is not an easy task to have compliance with all the user requirements.
Hence there are insufficient methods or software tools that support the
requirements phase in the selection process. I hope this artifact encourages
software professionals to take the requirements of the user seriously while
finding a COTS product. |