CSCE $3055-$ Fall $2024$

Extra credit

Names:

When it comes to implementing a business solution, a common

question routinely pops up: Should it be custom built or based

upon commercial, off$-$the$-$shelf $($COTS$)$ products

$1.$ Please respond to the following:

Your manager just asked you to join a meeting in progress to speak for

$30$ minutes about a build versus buy decision the company is about to

make regarding its new tutoring business. Describe how you would

spend those $30$ minutes in presenting the most important element of

the decision.

Elaborate on the following: $-$

$1.$ Verify the need for the techno,

$2.$ ROI,

$3.$ Business requirements,

$4.$ Is it a Core activity or Context?

$5.$ Architecture requirements as in $($OS$,$ browsers, tiers, security$)$

Examine existing solutions...

$6.$ Do you have in$-$house skills to support a custom solution?

$7.$ Does a COTS solution fit your needs?

$2-$ What was your decision, and why?