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- 1. When to Build and When to Buy October 4, 2009 PoornimaVijayashanker Software Engineer – Mint.com Blog: Femgineer.com Contact: poornima82@gmail.com
- 13. 2. Buy software solution: shrink wrapped, web service, contractor, consultants
- 26. Security: it will need to be hosted on a secure server if it contains user specific or sensitive data
- 33. Hand off spec to developers to scope and break down
- 43. Investing time to learn a new technology or framework can then be leverage in future projects.
- 46. Integrate code into your current system, may require additional APIs, understand data architecture
- 52. Limits options to what is built. Pay for enhancements. You will have to keep an ongoing relationship.
- 53. You will still need to assign a developer or product manager to communicating the needs of the project.
- 58. Consultants have spent a lot of time learning a particular field such as web security, databases, or data warehousing
- 61. Large customer base, they will have had a lot of experiences that make them good problem solvers