Sorting out the Build vs. Buy Conundrum - Get Elastic #8

Podcast host DaveO chats with Strategic Advisor Gord Janzen about the recently released “Build versus Buy in Four Easy Steps” White Paper.

They begin by discussing scenarios in which companies need to decide whether to build software in-house or buy a ecommerce solution and then review a four step process developed to aid teams in systematically reaching the best decision for the company by: 1) Picking criteria; 2) Playing them off each other; 3) Coming up a “base” solution; and finally 4) “Gut checking” it.

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[Photo of Gord Janze by DaveO]

They also review the current state of ecommerce software world, the current trend towards re-provisioning and replacing home-grown systems, and the importance of assembling a multi-disciplinary team when starting an ecommerce software project.

Finally, after explaining how to obtain a copy of the Build vs Buy White Paper, including related Worksheets, Dave reveals Gord hidden prowess as a marathoner.