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Tips on Building an Effective RFP

Posted on Thursday, September 21, 2006 10:10:00 AM                                  Digg This Article   Add to Delicious

When it's time to update a software system, many IT people dread what they see as the onerous process of creating the request for proposal, or RFP. These documents -- sometimes hundreds of pages long -- seem to take forever to create, collect and review.

At the same time, RFPs are vital to setting the rules of the game with potential vendors and eliminating misunderstandings, says Jay Hollander, managing member of Hollander and Co. LLC. With that in mind, here is some advice from a collection of experts on making this process more effective so that you get started down the right path to choosing not just the right software but also the right vendor to partner with. (Click here for additional online resources.)

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