Some key areas to consider include:
- Most packaged apps were bought in the mid to late 1990's
- Software lifecycle is about 7 to 10 years and we are entering a new upgrade replacement cycle
- Large demand for small projects skirt the real issue of a need for a packaged application strategy
- Architectural renewal via SOA and adoption of Web 2.0 functionality driving interest
- Long term vendor strategy and management
- Packaged applications internal inventory
- Maintenance and support schedules
- Upgrade strategy
- Instance consolidation strategy
- Deployment option analysis (SaaS, Hosting, BPO, or On-premise)
- Change management readiness
- Business process maturity
- Custom development requirements
- Hardware/data center migration plan
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