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The search for the best solution: third party or open source?

What does the journey look like when you've decided to buy?
June 15, 2021

What does the journey look like when you’ve decided to buy?

About four years ago, I led a project to find the best solution to replace our in-house, buggy, slow, and unscalable reporting tool. And so I did (or at least tried).

As you can imagine, not all the considerations and decisions we took initially made sense over time, and, in hindsight, I would have made changes. In this article, I’ll share my learnings from the decision-making process and hope that it helps you reach the decision that is right for you when looking at build vs. buy.

Everything starts with requirements

I needed to find something better than the existing solution in every aspect that wouldn’t take more than a few months to integrate with our system – a piece of cake.

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