Tool Selection

"If the only tool you have is a hammer, you tend to see every problem as a nail" - Abraham Maslow

In business, getting to market as early as possible may mean the difference between growth and stagnation. Tools can allow for business streamlining and the automation of processes. When implemented correctly, tools can reduce error and enhance the manual effort.

More often than not, the implementation of a new tool in an organisation can be an expensive exercise, fraught with difficulties and result in eventual abandonment.

Tool selection and implementation are faced with the following risks:

  • Some tools can prove to be very expensive to purchase and license.
  • The tool incurs high over heads in ramping up knowledge, approach and support and may be abandoned due to operational demands.
  • The tool incurs technical difficulties to assemble in your environment and is abandoned.
  • The tool is forced upon the users and it is ignored.
  • Tool is too much effort to use and it is abandoned.
  • No one learns the tool to utilise it to its maximum benefit and it is ignored.
  • The tool forces negative changes in your approach and is abandoned due to project risks.

To get the best out of a tool, organisations must approach the selection and implementation of a tool with great care.

EQE's consultants have identified, implemented and administrated tools that will prove excellent catalysts to your delivery approaches. We have extensive experience of open sourced and commercial tools within the software lifecycle and particularly within testing.

EQE will work with you and your staff to elicit the requirements for a tool and we will analyse and list a selection of tools that can meet your needs. We will provide you with objective information so that you can make your choice. We will compose the rationale to support your decision.

Why don't you utilise EQE's knowledge and expertise to pilot the new tool on a project and work with your staff to help ensure the tool's uptake and maximise value add for your organisation.

Please contact us and we will meet to discuss your needs. Our no obligation, initial meeting lasts 1 hour and is free.