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@coreysnipes.hachyderm.io.ap.brid.gyYour state's highly bespoke financial aid application system? That's a case management system. Don't demand that vendors have built a state financial aid application system before. Instead, you want vendors who have implemented case management systems with similar workflows.
Show PostThe solution is to expand the definition of “past performance.” "Has built exactly this thing before" is too narrow. To expand the vendor pool, increase competition, and get more bids from competent vendors, use a more common analog, something that actually exists broadly in the commercial market.
Show PostBlog entry: The past-performance trap. When government agencies need to have custom software built, as a matter of course they require that the bidding vendors have built that exact thing before. I understand why this seems like a good idea, but it’s a mistake.
Show PostYou know what to do. Pass it on. #quietpiggy
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