Choosing and owning software

Self-check

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1. A colleague says: 'It is build or buy, so we pick one for the whole company.' What is true?

   • Not true: you should connect everything instead
   • True: building it all is the safer choice
   • Not true: usually all three, for different pieces
   • True: mixing them makes everything messy

2. Your buyer manages all prices in one file. He falls ill. What happens?

   • The ERP takes over the prices by itself
   • The process stalls, because only he understands it
   • Nothing: anyone can open the file
   • A colleague restores last week's version

3. A builder offers a custom app with a yearly licence on it. What do you ask?

   • Whether code, documentation and data become yours
   • Nothing: a licence is normal for custom work
   • Whether the licence can be paid monthly
   • How many users the licence covers

4. Before you sign with a new supplier, which question matters most?

   • How soon can you start the project?
   • Can the demo run on our own laptops?
   • How do we get our data back if we leave?
   • Which other customers use your package?

5. You have used Exact for years, but it does not talk to your webshop. What is the first step?

   • Switch to a package with a webshop built in
   • Retype the orders once a day
   • Have the whole ERP rebuilt as custom software
   • Connect the webshop to the package you have

6. A colleague says: 'Old system? Replace it all in one weekend, then we are done.' What is true?

   • True: one clean cut is the least work
   • Not true: piece by piece, the old one as safety net
   • Not true: old systems are best left alone
   • True, as long as the new system is tested first

7. The source code of your app seems to be gone. What is a sensible first move?

   • Keep it running and change nothing
   • Buy a package that looks similar
   • Accept it: without code nothing can be done
   • Check what is left: a server, a backup, the old builder

8. Nobody looks at an automation after go-live. What can happen?

   • It stops without anyone noticing
   • It sends itself a maintenance ticket
   • The supplier quietly takes it over
   • It keeps working, it only gets older