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Requirements
Requirements — section index
Name the problem before you look at anything
Requirements that actually filter
The must-have that turns out to be negotiable
Who should be in the room, and who should not
Costing the option of doing nothing
Build, buy, or neither
Shortlisting
Shortlisting — section index
Getting from forty products to three
Reading a vendor website for what it does not say
Directing a demo instead of watching one
Reference calls that are not testimonials
Why the feature matrix proves whatever you already believed
The two biases that decide most selections
Trials
Trials — section index
Designing a pilot that can fail
What to test, and what you can safely skip
Using real data, carefully
Putting it in front of the people who will use it
The exit test: getting your data out before you put it in
Making the decision once the trial is over
Cost
Cost — section index
Pricing models, and which one fits your shape
The five-year number
The contract terms that actually matter
Renewal is where the discount is taken back
The implementation cost nobody quoted
When the cheaper option costs more
Adoption
Adoption — section index
Rolling it out when nobody is assigned to it
Training that survives contact with the job
Measuring whether it actually worked
When people quietly do not use it
Retiring the old system properly
Reviewing the decision a year on