program selection system

When exploring possible IT solutions to business problems, one of the key questions that is typically asked is whether it makes more business sense to either build the solution entirely, buy an off-the-shelf package, or some combination. This decision can be just as time-consuming and cost intensive as the actual development itself. An opportunity exists to apply agile techniques in order to better focus the buy vs. build decision. In order to maximize business value, the buy vs. build process should make every effort to leverage the strengths of Agile.