BI Vendor Selection & Management

Who should my organization select for our BI technology?

With dozens of BI vendors, large and small to evaluate, selecting the BI vendor with a solution that is just right your for requirements can be a nightmare.  NorthBound Solutions Inc. (NBS) has years of experience performing capturing requirements and managing the vendor selection process  for our clients.   NBS’s BI Vendor Selection & Management approach includes:

• Identifying critical features through interviews with business and information users.
• Creating a list of BI vendors whose products meet business and technical requirements
• Drafting and circulating an RFI/RFQ/RFP
• Determining the selection criteria and metrics
• Managing information flow to vendors
• Scheduling vendor presentations & demos
• Building financial viability models & performing sensitivity analysis
• Presenting vendor selection recommendations