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1. Role of Accounting Software in Business
Welcome Networks
Evaluating Cloud Accounting Software
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2. The Process
BACKGROUND
Getting Organized
Macro Selection
Concerns
PERPARATION
Selection Process
Short Listing
EVALUATION
Software
Demonstration
Decision Making
APPROVAL
Selling the
decision

3. What the guide will do?
Help your
organization get
productive
quickly
Accelerate your
selection team’s
learning curve
Address many of
the issues the
selection team
will encounter
Condense the best ideas
in accounting system
selection into one easy-
to-read publication
Provide practical
guidance to
choosing the
right solution
Make sure you
are more self-
sufficient and
successful.
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4. BACKGROUND
Getting Organized
Your evaluation team size should
be commensurate with the size and
complexity of your organization.

5. PERPARATION
The Evolving Software selection Process.
Software selection activities have evolved over the years.
Key advice:
 Avoid a non-value added replacement
 Find full process support
 Evaluate the platform as much as the application
 Make flexibility a priority
 Focus on the organization of tomorrow
 Make accounting a real partner in the organization

6. EVALUATION
Evaluation phase: the software ‘demo’
In the cloud world, you don’t need to call in the
vendor straight away..
Get very
familiar via
online
resources
Consider a
free trial
Document
what you
saw
Review
Platform and
Integration
Then call in
the vendors
Step 1
Step 2
Step 3
Step 4
Step 5

7. APPROVAL
Contract issues
Service level agreement
Exit strategy (what happens to your data if you
do not renew)
Liability issues
Performance requirements
Don't forget...

8. Thanks For Visit
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