Once the necessary building blocks have been defined, selecting the most suitable IT tools is a key step in change projects that require the information system to evolve.

The selection process must allow for effective arbitration between good coverage, the business requirements, coherence with the global IS environment and the acquisition, implementation and maintenance costs.

Strong simultaneous command of the issues and the business requirements of the solutions’ market and their actual capability, over and beyond the promotional presentations made by publishers, and a perfectly neutral stance with regard to the solutions are the key factors of successful external support for the selection process.

Argon Consulting helps its customers in:

• the structuring of their strategic guidelines and their business expectations in order to challenge the assessed tools,
• the definition of the selection process according to project priorities and cost and time constraints,
• the identification of software solutions publishers capable of meeting the company’s needs,
• solutions benchmarking,
• the drafting of a questionnaire for the publishers and the deployment of a selection matrix,
• the coordination of presentations, tests and prototypes with the suppliers, IS management and business management,
• the technical and economic assessment of the IS solutions and assistance in drawing up a short list or in the final choice.