The Resource Room contains a wealth of information to help you run a successful software selection project for whatever software you may be evaluating. You can now draw on our experience doing software evaluations for organizations both large and small over the past 15 years and 600 software evaluation projects. Whether you just want some free software selection tips, or would like help with a specific consulting engagement the Resource Room should help you get started. 

To start, we recommend that you check out the general software selection tips and software market overview:

Software Selection Tips

This page is a great place to start!  You will get general software selection tips for any type of software you may be considering. We will provide tips to help you navigate the 6 Phases of software selection. We have also included a number of free whitepapers to give you even more information to help through your software selection project. 

Software Market Overview

With all of the marketing hype the software vendors throw out there, how do you make sense of it all? This section will give you an excellent overview of the general software market including our famous Tier Chart that allows you to categorize the vendors. We also give you information about some of the latest buzzwords like SaaS, the impact of vendor mergers, upcoming technologies, and what is happening in the market so that you can focus on the right vendors for your situation.

Software Selection Kit

SoftResources offers software selection consulting services, but for those companies that are looking to do a software selection project in-house, we have created the Software Selection Kit to guide you through this process. The kit will take you step-by-step through the software evaluation process and provides tools and templates that you can modify for your use. Templates include a Differentiating Criteria document, Comparison Chart, Software Demo Script, Cost Equalization Spreadsheet, and many other valuable tools that will help you put together a thorough yet efficient software evaluation project. 

Industry Specific Software Selection Tips

Over the past 15 years, we have found that every industry has unique software requirements that drive their evaluation projects. In order to help you get started on your software selection project, we have put together some key software selection tips and functionality to look for in certain industries that we run into all the time. You can then use the Software Selection Tips (or the Software Selection Kit) in conjunction with tips for your industry below to get your project off the ground. Over the next few months, we will be continually adding specific tips for different industries. 

Financial Accounting Software Selection Tips

Government Software Selection Tips

Manufacturing ERP Software Selection Tips

Process Manufacturing ERP Software Selection Tips 

Distribution Software Selection Tips

Project Management Software Selection Tips

Project Accounting Software Selection Tips

CRM Software Selection Tips

HR - Payroll Software Selection Tips

Retail - POS Software Selection Tips

If you need more help for your software selection project right away, please contact us (Ask an Expert) or give us a call at (425) 216-4030 and we can give you some ideas that should directly apply to your situation. Please call today for a free consultation to get you started.