Archives: COTS

Selecting a Vendor Package (COTS)

There is a good article on the Requirements Network Group on Modifications to COTS by Bill Flowers.  www.requirementsnetwork.com I’ll be talking about Developing Requirements for Purchased Software (COTS) in Atlanta on July 21st at the SPIN (Software Process Improvement Network) chapter meeting. www.atlantaspin.org These are both important topics for project managers and business analysts. As Bill [...]

COTS, anyone?

In an informal survey with our customers we recently found that many business analysts are often working on requirements to enhance COTS applications. ERP and CRM processes have been commoditized for a number of years and have been implemented in many diverse organizations with interesting results. Examples of some well-known COTS packages are SAP, PeopleSoft, [...]