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IARSA

Consultancy

Technology Selection

Independent guidance on selecting technology to manage, preserve and provide access to your digital or physical assets.

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Selecting technology to help manage, preserve and provide access to your digital or physical assets can be daunting. The association takes the view that technology serves people, not data, and that successful selection is enabled by a deep understanding of users' needs and goals. Whether you are looking for open source or commercial solutions, it can help you articulate your requirements, identify potential solutions and find the right fit for your organisation.

One of the basic accountabilities of the owner or operator in realising a capital project is to ensure that the right projects are selected. That includes ensuring a good fit with the company's business strategy, understanding future trends in product markets, and selecting the best and most cost-effective technology for the particular project.

With new technologies constantly emerging, and a large number of software vendors offering similar products, selecting the right technology can be very challenging. Software and service providers are consistently developing new functionality and delivery models that must be evaluated. In that scenario you need a trusted partner who can understand your needs and has a strong knowledge base of the software products in the market.

Services include

  • Request for proposals creation
  • Education on the technology landscape
  • Business case creation and validation
  • Facilitation of internal discussions
  • An independent view of which technology provides the maximum return on investment

How the association works it out

  1. Meet with your organisation's stakeholders to understand their needs and goals.
  2. Turn your input into specific, measurable requirements and use cases that bring your vision to life, which your team then prioritizes.
  3. Create a shortlist of candidate solutions that have the potential to meet your requirements.
  4. Package your requirements into a request for proposals, including response worksheets.
  5. Help manage the proposal process, answer vendors' questions, and organize demonstrations of shortlisted solutions.
  6. Provide a detailed comparative analysis of proposals, giving you the information you need to make a final selection.