IDG Contributor Network: How to optimize requirements scope when purchasing enterprise software

Organizations buy enterprise software for the benefits that accrue from using it, and those benefits are realized from the features of the software. Requirements are used to define the desired features, and there is always the temptation to expand the list of requirements so the new software will do more. However, this increases costs and risks.When buying enterprise software the question becomes one of defining an optimum set of requirements that can be realistically satisfied by software avail