Software Selection Resources for Professionals

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of the Accounting System Requirements RFI/RFP Checklist

Sample page: Purchase Order Processing (as you receive it)

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Separate worksheets for each module.
Click tabs to access.

Columns for:
- (Cu) criteria currently in use
- (Wt) importance weighting of future requirement
- Vendor response
- (Sc) scoring vendor response
- (WS) weighted score

Sample page: Purchase Order Processing: e-procurement (as you receive it)

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Complete flexibility. Amend worksheets
and layouts as you require.

WS: weighted score
automatically calculated:
(Wt x Sc = WS)

Sample page: Accounts Receivable (with example requirements specified)

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Example: Cu column -  amended
with (Y) to note functions which
are currently used.

Wt - for importance weighting of a future requirement. Various numerical ranges can be used - an easy-to-use range is:
3 - an essential requirement
2 - a desirable requirement
1 - a nice to have requirement
0 - not needed

Sample page: Systems Operations (with vendor responses received and then scored)

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Example: Vendor
response: stating how
their software &
which version meets
your requirements.

Example: Sc - evaluation and scoring of the software vendor responses. Various numerical ranges can be used - an easy-to-use scoring range is:
3 - requirement exceeded
2 - requirement fully met
1 - requirement partially met
0 - requirement not met

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Use the weighted scores
& summarised scores 
to compare different
software / vendor solutions
and how well they meet
your requirements

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