Once you know what your software needs to achieve, it’s time to sit down and write a feature list with a priority order.
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What are the basic requirements for your core system?
For example, storing customer and/or client information.
What are the essential features you require on top of your core system?
This could be the ability to monitor orders or be alerted when something is overdue.
What features would provide the quickest return on your investment?
For example, could automating the creation and sending invoices save staff time and reduce your wage bill?
What features would be nice, but produce a poor ROI?
Giving customers the ability to track deliveries through a mobile application may be ideal for them, but if they hardly ever phone the office for this, it probably wouldn’t be cost-effective.
What features may be required in the future?
Thinking about this now will help ensure that the software you commission will allow future features to be seamlessly integrated.
Identify every aspect of your current software and rate its performance
What parts run well, adequately or poorly? Are all business tasks being covered by your software or are staff processing certain areas. And if so, what areas are they?