Designing successful software projects: Precise requirements, optimal vendor
Requirement engineering is a crucial phase in software development that involves recording, defining, documenting, and managing clear and unambiguous requirements for a system. Our process includes requirements elicitation, analysis, specification, and verification. Stakeholder communication is crucial, and an iterative process ensures that the requirements of the software system meet user needs. The vendor selection process also significantly influences the fulfillment of the requirements and includes market analysis, inquiry, assessment, selection, and review of offers and negotiations, for example. Thorough research, clear communication and a defined evaluation process are essential for sound decisions in the selection process.
As method specialists, msg industry advisors create an optimal foundation for the next steps up to successful system implementation and integration through a detailed requirements analysis when selecting a vendor.
Detailed analyses as the basis for the right choice of vendor
The challenges of requirements analysis and vendor selection are wide-ranging and often crucial for success. If both are done correctly, risks can be reduced, resource efficiency promoted, and budget as well as time targets met. Selecting the optimal vendor requires matching their skills and experience with the identified requirements. The system only successfully contributes to the company's goals if the provider can implement the desired requirements.
Our Capabilities
In line with our holistic approach, we analyze your goals in detailed discussions with all stakeholders, analyze your IT and business environment, and define precise user requirements. This comprehensive analysis is the basis for the right choice of vendor and software that is tailored to your needs in the best possible way.
We define all use cases, business, IT and general, non-functional requirements, taking into account legal requirements in the pharmaceutical industry – the basis for system selection, software configuration and validation.
We analyze available MES and LIMS solutions and identify potential vendors. This includes an evaluation of your individual requirements to find the perfect fit for you.
Following extensive analyses, we use customized questionnaires to ask potential system vendors about defined functional and non-functional requirements. We then carry out the evaluation, request for quotation and vendor presentation for you.
We support you in planning and conducting vendor presentations in a workshop format. For a proof of concept, we define use cases that need to be presented and then initiate negotiations on contract terms, cost structures and implementation details for you.
Our services are tailored end-to-end to your needs
Together, we identify your individual MES and LIMS requirements and the optimal vendor for your needs.