Individual Software Development vs. Tooling Configuration
Most managers are familiar with the traditional “make or buy” decision. With digital projects, it is not that simple
Whenever you start to build a new digital project, no matter if is a simple website or a complex enterprise application, you face the following major question:
Should we buy and customize existing systems or build it from scratch?
Imagine this question as the one, you should ask immediately after “make or buy”. Mind that no matter if you make it yourself or buy it by paying some external service provider, you need to decide “from scratch or configure existing things”.
What to expect
This article sheds more light on the difficulties of this question, while highlighting its importance and impact, as well as providing you with some decision helpers.
It is mainly written for business managers, who need to make decisions in digital matters without being IT architects themselves.
The Difficulties
Multiple Levels
To be honest, this is no real black or white decision. This question happens on multiple levels and even when it is smart to choose “from scratch” at…
