How much of your decision to purchase a tool is based on your technical lead/experts in the team?

IT Strategy & Roadmap

0-25%11%

26-50%56%

51-75%28%

76-100%4%

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Director in Manufacturing2 years ago

We are probably in the 65% bracket but ROI and budget can have total veto power over a great too choice

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no title2 years ago

This is why even the most technical people still need basic understanding of budgets and financial concepts. Our Finance Department does in-house training on ROI, expense and capital etc once a year and anyone in IT can attend

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Director in Manufacturing3 years ago

The technical experts lead the effort but costs/economics with the budget trump everything. It is very rare for us to purchase the most expensive option unless the cost differences are not significant

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