In leading companies, software development, are often made in the home team to address the specific needs of IS - partly because nothing that fit the specific needs of these were on sale. These projects often ended up taking longer than expected and exceed the ever-increasing budgets. In this case, in-house software development is finally coming to an end (for budget and behind schedule) and beta-testing phase, along with sessions of some initial "train trainers, has already begun. Not all first impressions were positive, so when the director found out recently submitted a proposal, which seemed a very attractive alternative, he was faced with a dilemma: he must renounce the developed project, which was five years and more than $ 1 million for a system that can be the best option? The main character in the case made preliminary comparison of functional in-house information system and proposals, he acknowledged that a new alternative could have spent a number of significant benefits to the company. Potential negative consequences for his career and the career of the people he worked with during the development of the project made him think about whether or not he should be informing others in the firm's commercial alternative, and if he did, what position he should take. "Hide
by Glenn Brophey, Cristobal Sanchez-Rodriguez, Derek Stacey, David Hemsworth Source: Richard Ivey School of Business Foundation 14 pages. Publication Date: October 14, 2011. Prod. #: W11591-PDF-ENG
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