into six to nine months because we need to get the necessary approvals and buy-in , which does demand more education of all involved or impacted .
Processes of partnership The IT team has neither the scale nor the remit to develop software though it can execute interfaces and write small programmes , but there are specialist developers who do . “ There are so many intelligent IT vendors out there that have already done these things . Our philosophy is to see what we can get off the shelf and implement within our own infrastructure .”
This is why Conn looks for the best developers and consultants to bring on board . The process he follows is to open the bidding to multiple vendors , whittle them down to the best three and then open negotiations with each . “ We pick the one that offers the most value , not necessarily the least expensive - we ' re happy to pay the appropriate fee for the service .”
Currently he is overseeing 22 active projects , including the search for a consultant on website design and ease of access . The process delivered an outstanding illustration four years ago with the decision to team up with CivicPlus
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