Do you have any thoughts or experiences on replacing a homegrown PPM tool with a vendor-provided solution and resulting outcomes or benefits? Thank you! Saving Changes...
Dominic LawProduct Manager| PCCW GlobalHappy Valley, Hong Kong
Not specific about PPM tools, comparing homegrown to vendor solution:
Homegrown: advantages: tailor-made for your need; disadvantages: lack of economies of scale, development time can be longer, need continuous internal support.
Vendor-provided: advantages: more proven as someone else using it; disadvantages: each product may not match your need, cost could be higher if you only need a small portion of a tool.
My suggestion is that it is worth to do an evaluation of different tools option case-by-case. One alternative is to see if a vendor solution allows you to tailor make any modules for your need, so to get the best out of two. Or perhaps some tools use vendor solution, some homegrown. Saving Changes...
