Question

compare and contrast the advantages and disadvantages of building vs buying a software system. Be sure to include at least 4 advantages of each and 4 disadvantages of each. What would make you choose one over the other? Give 3 reasons for why to choose.

Answer 1

Arguments in favor of buying

• Buying is better because developing software is not the core business of a company.
• Can help in focus only on the core business area of an organization.
• Setting up of labs, research team and infrastructure is costly.
• Need more office size and building for more employees.
• Cost is high for small software and in the maintenance of it.
• May not have expert resources and environment for software development.
• No worry about buying and licenses of third-party software.

Advantage in Building

• No products are available that match your needs, so the building is better.
• Dependency on a single vendor is not there when an organization its own team.
• The software can be built in less time and the changes in the software can be applied quickly.
• An in-house built software team can be used to train employees and up-gradation is less risky.
• An organization can customize its software according to its need and capacity.

Disadvantages of buying

• Buying software from the vendor can lower the cost of the product.
• Vendors give an overestimation and some time product misses the deadline of the project.
• Standing a software development team is costly.
• software maintenance is costly.

Disadvantages in building

• A large infrastructure and resources needed for creating the environment and developing software.