{"id":32626,"date":"2021-03-23T13:53:44","date_gmt":"2021-03-23T12:53:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pitss.org\/de\/?p=32626"},"modified":"2021-03-31T09:44:40","modified_gmt":"2021-03-31T07:44:40","slug":"individual-software-implementation-or-off-the-shelf-software","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pitss.org\/de\/individual-software-implementation-or-off-the-shelf-software\/","title":{"rendered":"Individual Software implementation or off-the-shelf software"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>[et_pb_section fb_built=&#8220;1&#8243; custom_padding_last_edited=&#8220;on|tablet&#8220; _builder_version=&#8220;4.7.0&#8243; _module_preset=&#8220;default&#8220; background_color=&#8220;#247df2&#8243; background_image=&#8220;https:\/\/pitss.org\/de\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2021\/01\/Header-BLOG-2000x550px.png&#8220; min_height=&#8220;400px&#8220; min_height_tablet=&#8220;475px&#8220; min_height_phone=&#8220;475px&#8220; min_height_last_edited=&#8220;on|desktop&#8220; custom_margin=&#8220;||||false|false&#8220; 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_module_preset=&#8220;default&#8220; text_font=&#8220;Poppins||on||||||&#8220; text_letter_spacing=&#8220;1px&#8220; text_line_height=&#8220;1.6em&#8220; background_color=&#8220;rgba(255,255,255,0.53)&#8220; custom_margin=&#8220;8px|0px|8px|0px|false|false&#8220; custom_padding=&#8220;12px|0px|12px|0px|false|false&#8220; border_radii=&#8220;on|12px|12px|12px|12px&#8220;]<\/p>\n<p><span>Individual or standard Software? is a question many companies have to face in a decision making process.\u00a0<\/span><span>This subject involves an endless discussion, comprised in countless documents.\u00a0<\/span><span>Migration scenarios are not considered in one of them!\u00a0<\/span><span>We need to understand that in such scenarios, decision making criteria differ.\u00a0<\/span><span>Migration expert Stephan La Rocca examines the pros and cons regarding this topic for you.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>[\/et_pb_text][\/et_pb_column][\/et_pb_row][et_pb_row _builder_version=&#8220;4.7.0&#8243; _module_preset=&#8220;default&#8220;][et_pb_column type=&#8220;4_4&#8243; _builder_version=&#8220;4.7.0&#8243; _module_preset=&#8220;default&#8220;][et_pb_blurb title=&#8220;Modernization projects have their own rules  &#8220; _builder_version=&#8220;4.7.0&#8243; _module_preset=&#8220;default&#8220; header_font=&#8220;Poppins|600|||||||&#8220; header_letter_spacing=&#8220;1px&#8220;]We are involved in a huge amount of legacy software modernization projects in the past, and in many of those the opportunity of getting rid of the legacy software with migrating to a off-the-shelf software is existing. The more the modernization of the legacy software will cost, the more likely an evaluation of a switch to an existing standard solution will be. From the psychological perspective it is absolutely evident, because with kicking out my legacy application, I could get rid of all my sorrows at once. <\/p>\n<p>But &#8211; you\u2019ll also lose all your business implementation, your rules, you in readable code written understanding of the uniqueness of your company. Especially if the legacy application covers your main business. <\/p>\n<p>Already in December 2010 the center of European Economic Research (ZEW) headline in a discussion paper that \u201cthe use of customized enterprise software is<br \/>\nrelated to service innovation in a positive and significant way.\u201d \u201cThe positive impact of individual enterprise software on service innovation stays robust among different specifications.\u201d Download of paper<\/p>\n<p><b>There are a lot of websites out there that explain the pros and cons of Individual Software vs. off-the-shelf software, and we will cover them in a second. But none of them takes care about this decision in a situation, where an existing legacy application already covers their business. This will change the rules. <\/b>[\/et_pb_blurb][\/et_pb_column][\/et_pb_row][et_pb_row _builder_version=&#8220;4.7.0&#8243; _module_preset=&#8220;default&#8220;][et_pb_column type=&#8220;4_4&#8243; _builder_version=&#8220;4.7.0&#8243; _module_preset=&#8220;default&#8220;][et_pb_blurb title=&#8220;The value of the legacy application&#8220; _builder_version=&#8220;4.7.0&#8243; _module_preset=&#8220;default&#8220; header_font=&#8220;Poppins|600|||||||&#8220; header_letter_spacing=&#8220;1px&#8220;]The question is, to invest into a huge modernisation of the existing software and stay in the way of running an individual Solution or redirect the investment into an existing solution.<\/p>\n<p>As an important baseline for the following chain of arguments it\u2019s necessary to know how we see and enable Modernization projects: If you stay in individual development we follow and advise the staged approach described by Gartner. That is, in a couple of iterations replacing the existing legacy application with the new solution. Integration technologies allow us to run both applications in parallel and ensure a stable and smooth move to the new application.[\/et_pb_blurb][\/et_pb_column][\/et_pb_row][et_pb_row _builder_version=&#8220;4.7.0&#8243; _module_preset=&#8220;default&#8220; custom_margin=&#8220;14px||||false|false&#8220;][et_pb_column type=&#8220;4_4&#8243; _builder_version=&#8220;4.7.0&#8243; _module_preset=&#8220;default&#8220;][et_pb_blurb title=&#8220;#LegacyCodeMatters&#8220; _builder_version=&#8220;4.7.0&#8243; _module_preset=&#8220;default&#8220; header_font=&#8220;Poppins|600|||||||&#8220; header_letter_spacing=&#8220;1px&#8220;]So let\u2019s pick up the arguments from the perspective of the individual solution. [\/et_pb_blurb][et_pb_blurb title=&#8220;Availability of the solution&#8220; _builder_version=&#8220;4.7.0&#8243; _module_preset=&#8220;default&#8220; header_font=&#8220;Poppins|600|||||||&#8220; header_font_size=&#8220;18px&#8220; header_letter_spacing=&#8220;1px&#8220;]Due to the staged approach there is no wait time. In an agile approach sprint by sprint the legacy application will be replaced by the new application. With this you could start earlier with the most important improvements as with an off-the-shelf solution, where you have to run a lot of interviews for all departments, creating a GAP analyse and implement the customizations before you could schedule the Go-life. On the other hand you finish later with the most unimportant parts of the application.[\/et_pb_blurb][et_pb_blurb title=&#8220;Influence of business&#8220; _builder_version=&#8220;4.7.0&#8243; _module_preset=&#8220;default&#8220; header_font=&#8220;Poppins|600|||||||&#8220; header_font_size=&#8220;18px&#8220; header_letter_spacing=&#8220;1px&#8220;]Going life with a big off-the-shelf system, like an ERP, is a fragile timespan for an organisation. In most cases, it\u2019s a big bang, because business is not able to run two different systems sync in their daily business. All processes have to describe, analyse, and train &#8211; the system has to set up with all master data, perhaps some customization has to implement. This will bound the business and perhaps ends up in a way, that business has to make some compromises and sacrifice functionalities.<br \/>\nModernising the legacy application removes this stress from business. [\/et_pb_blurb][et_pb_blurb title=&#8220;Integration&#8220; _builder_version=&#8220;4.7.0&#8243; _module_preset=&#8220;default&#8220; header_font=&#8220;Poppins|600|||||||&#8220; header_font_size=&#8220;18px&#8220; header_letter_spacing=&#8220;1px&#8220;]Off-the-shelf solutions need an integration into the existing infrastructure. Interfaces, data exchange, system integration has to be adjusted and reimplemented.<br \/>\nThis is not necessary for the legacy application. All those interactions stay more or less the same. Perhaps some refactoring, if the data model change. [\/et_pb_blurb][et_pb_blurb title=&#8220;Lower Training Costs&#8220; _builder_version=&#8220;4.7.0&#8243; _module_preset=&#8220;default&#8220; header_font=&#8220;Poppins|600|||||||&#8220; header_font_size=&#8220;18px&#8220; header_letter_spacing=&#8220;1px&#8220;]Business is used to run the legacy application and you define it with them, in which way \u201ctranslate\u201d the existing application into a new one. So they will be familiar with the new application very fast and very easy. Due to the stage approach, there is no need to learn a big application from scratch &#8211; it\u2019s learning by transformation. [\/et_pb_blurb][et_pb_blurb title=&#8220;Better scalability&#8220; _builder_version=&#8220;4.7.0&#8243; _module_preset=&#8220;default&#8220; header_font=&#8220;Poppins|600|||||||&#8220; header_font_size=&#8220;18px&#8220; header_letter_spacing=&#8220;1px&#8220;]Your system administrator is used to host the application with hardware, performance, user accounts, backups, etc. There is no uncertainty about the right infrastructure. The new application will extend step by step the legacy application. With this the administrator has time to get familiar with scalability and hosting.[\/et_pb_blurb][\/et_pb_column][\/et_pb_row][et_pb_row _builder_version=&#8220;4.7.0&#8243; _module_preset=&#8220;default&#8220; custom_margin=&#8220;14px||||false|false&#8220;][et_pb_column type=&#8220;4_4&#8243; _builder_version=&#8220;4.7.0&#8243; _module_preset=&#8220;default&#8220;][et_pb_blurb title=&#8220;Off-the-shelf software&#8220; _builder_version=&#8220;4.7.0&#8243; _module_preset=&#8220;default&#8220; header_font=&#8220;Poppins|600|||||||&#8220; header_letter_spacing=&#8220;1px&#8220;]If you decide to replace the existing legacy application with an off-the-shelf solution, you could benefit from following advantages.[\/et_pb_blurb][et_pb_image src=&#8220;https:\/\/pitss.org\/de\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2021\/03\/Individual-vs-Standard-Standard.jpg&#8220; title_text=&#8220;Individual-vs-Standard-Standard&#8220; _builder_version=&#8220;4.7.0&#8243; _module_preset=&#8220;default&#8220;][\/et_pb_image][et_pb_blurb title=&#8220;Accuracy of fit&#8220; _builder_version=&#8220;4.7.0&#8243; _module_preset=&#8220;default&#8220; header_font=&#8220;Poppins|600|||||||&#8220; header_font_size=&#8220;18px&#8220; header_letter_spacing=&#8220;1px&#8220;]Off the shelf solution fits well for standardised processes, e.g. CRM, accounting, HR.[\/et_pb_blurb][et_pb_blurb title=&#8220;Resources&#8220; _builder_version=&#8220;4.7.0&#8243; _module_preset=&#8220;default&#8220; header_font=&#8220;Poppins|600|||||||&#8220; header_font_size=&#8220;18px&#8220; header_letter_spacing=&#8220;1px&#8220;]Rather than bind internal resources for maintenance and support you could transform this into regular external costs, which may be easier for your cost structure. This depends on the personal and financial structure of your company.[\/et_pb_blurb][et_pb_blurb title=&#8220;Benefit from best practices&#8220; _builder_version=&#8220;4.7.0&#8243; _module_preset=&#8220;default&#8220; header_font=&#8220;Poppins|600|||||||&#8220; header_font_size=&#8220;18px&#8220; header_letter_spacing=&#8220;1px&#8220;]With regular updates and patches you could benefit from markets best practise without investing into your own headcount or running your own business development. <\/p>\n<p>One major task, which is very often overlooked in the replacement of a legacy application with an off-the-shelf software is the fact of running a <b>GAP analysis<\/b>. The legacy application is more or less covering the actual business, but the requirements are documented out of interviews and outdated documentation. Sometimes very time consuming code reading is used to understand the actual implementation of business rules. All this could end up in a GAP analysis, which cost intensive and failure affected.<br \/>\nUnfortunately we saw a couple of customers, who were getting aware of missing functionality after the Go-life, due to the fact of rare or obvious functionalities which are missed in the interviews. [\/et_pb_blurb][\/et_pb_column][\/et_pb_row][et_pb_row _builder_version=&#8220;4.7.0&#8243; _module_preset=&#8220;default&#8220; custom_margin=&#8220;14px||||false|false&#8220;][et_pb_column type=&#8220;4_4&#8243; _builder_version=&#8220;4.7.0&#8243; _module_preset=&#8220;default&#8220;][et_pb_blurb title=&#8220;Individual Software&#8220; _builder_version=&#8220;4.7.0&#8243; _module_preset=&#8220;default&#8220; header_font=&#8220;Poppins|600|||||||&#8220; header_letter_spacing=&#8220;1px&#8220;]Independent from the existence of a legacy application, the following points describe the pros of an individual application. The chapter covers the results from the center of European Economic Research. [\/et_pb_blurb][et_pb_image src=&#8220;https:\/\/pitss.org\/de\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2021\/03\/Individual-vs-Standard22.jpg&#8220; title_text=&#8220;Individual-vs-Standard22&#8243; _builder_version=&#8220;4.7.0&#8243; _module_preset=&#8220;default&#8220;][\/et_pb_image][et_pb_blurb title=&#8220;Differentiation through individualisation&#8220; _builder_version=&#8220;4.7.0&#8243; _module_preset=&#8220;default&#8220; header_font=&#8220;Poppins|600|||||||&#8220; header_font_size=&#8220;18px&#8220; header_letter_spacing=&#8220;1px&#8220;]With an individual solution it\u2019s easier to follow the uniqueness of your Business Processes and differentiate your company from the competitors. [\/et_pb_blurb][et_pb_blurb title=&#8220;Individualisation enables specialisation&#8220; _builder_version=&#8220;4.7.0&#8243; _module_preset=&#8220;default&#8220; header_font=&#8220;Poppins|600|||||||&#8220; header_font_size=&#8220;18px&#8220; header_letter_spacing=&#8220;1px&#8220;]With the individual approach you could specify your business in a way, which is not yet covered by any off-the-shelf solution.[\/et_pb_blurb][et_pb_blurb title=&#8220;High accuracy of fit&#8220; _builder_version=&#8220;4.7.0&#8243; _module_preset=&#8220;default&#8220; header_font=&#8220;Poppins|600|||||||&#8220; header_font_size=&#8220;18px&#8220; header_letter_spacing=&#8220;1px&#8220;]The software is able to follow your business &#8211; not the other way around. If you run your business a little bit different, due to whatever reason, an individual solution will fit to your needs. [\/et_pb_blurb][et_pb_blurb title=&#8220;More flexibility through individual software development&#8220; _builder_version=&#8220;4.7.0&#8243; _module_preset=&#8220;default&#8220; header_font=&#8220;Poppins|600|||||||&#8220; header_font_size=&#8220;18px&#8220; header_letter_spacing=&#8220;1px&#8220;]You do not have to wait for the next update, release, or training session. If Business rules change, you could directly adjust this in your individual solution.[\/et_pb_blurb][et_pb_blurb title=&#8220;No manufacturer dependency&#8220; _builder_version=&#8220;4.7.0&#8243; _module_preset=&#8220;default&#8220; header_font=&#8220;Poppins|600|||||||&#8220; header_font_size=&#8220;18px&#8220; header_letter_spacing=&#8220;1px&#8220;]You are not bound to the rules of the vendor in case of pricing models, verified hard\/software, maintenance, enhancement. 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