Save Time, Money, and Embarrassment by Analyzing Buy vs, Build

Thursday, February 20, 2025
Time: 10:00 AM PST | 01:00 PM EST
Duration: 60 Minutes
IMG Robin F. Goldsmith
Id: 90076
Live
Session
$119.00
Single Attendee
$249.00
Group Attendees
Recorded
Session
$159.00
Single Attendee
$359.00
Group Attendees
Combo
Live+Recorded
$249.00
Single Attendee
$549.00
Group Attendees

Overview:

Organizations waste time, effort, and credibility when they undertake premature and unproductive software acquisitions/development. A suitable build vs. buy analysis takes relatively little time and cost but can set you on the right path, thereby avoiding such wastes. This interactive session explains how to use this underutilized tool to increase project success. 

Why you should Attend:

A high percentage of software development projects fail. A logical alternative is to buy software instead. However, buying’s track record is possibly even poorer than building’s. Much of the difficulty begins with premature, uninformed jumping into building or buying. A suitable build vs. buy analysis takes relatively little time and cost but can set you on the right path, thereby avoiding considerable wasted time, effort, and credibility. This interactive session shows how.

Areas Covered in the Session:

  • Why too many software developments/acquisitions fail
  • Build vs. buy, benefits of building
  • Build vs. buy, benefits of buying
  • How seemingly simple choices can quickly go awry
  • What a suitable build vs. buy analysis does-and doesn’t do
  • Identifying reliable considerations for building
  • Identifying reliable considerations for respective buying choices
  • Determining REAL ROI™ that avoids common pitfalls
  • Applying build vs. buy analysis findings advantageously 

Who Will Benefit:

  • Senior and Middle Business Managers
  • Project Managers
  • Business Analysts
  • Product Owners
  • Project Team Members
  • Developers
  • QA/Testers
  • Auditors

Speaker Profile

Robin F. Goldsmith, JD works directly with and trains business and project professionals to get right results right. President of Go Pro Management, Inc. consultancy, he is one of few with legitimate credentials in business analysis/requirements, quality assurance/testing, and project and process measurement, management, and improvement. A frequent featured speaker, he has been a major contributor to international standards and is author of Discovering REAL Business Requirements for Software Project Success and the forthcoming Cut Creep-Write Right Agile User Stories and Acceptance Tests.