Head of Regional Police Waterloo Services (WRPS) was preparing for an important meeting of the Council to discuss the fate of the project CIMS. Earlier this year, he recommended that the contract be canceled with ITG and negotiations in this direction were going. Now the main challenge faced to recommend an alternative supplier and approach to complete this important project. WRPS, needed to install a suitable computer automated dispatch and records management - the key components of CIMS - until December 31, 2005 in 2006, federally mandated deadlines to implement this functionality in the police force. The main knew that WRPS resources will be highly charged meeting December 31, 2005 deadline, even if the vendor has been selected as soon as possible. Mostly it was well known that the decision should be made with regard to the best supplier for the next phase of the project management CIMS as quickly as possible to WRPS and the project team time provider to deliver the necessary solutions. Chief believed that the first step was to select the best suppliers, and then present the recommended solution on board. "Hide
by Jane Movold, Deborah Compeau Source: Richard Ivey School of Business Foundation 5 pages. Publication date: April 11, 2007. Prod. #: 907E09-PDF-ENG
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