IDG Contributor Network: How to select enterprise software to maximize value

Buying enterprise software is not like buying a car or a house where there is pride of ownership. Nobody buys software for the sheer joy of owning it. Rather it is bought for the value of the benefits that flow from using it.Market leading software is often seen as delivering this value, but without a detailed value analysis, there is no way to know this before making the purchase. Too often, software is bought only to find that it does not deliver the expected value because it is not a good mat