Evaluating vendors' architecture fit
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In this lesson
look beyond features at how a product fits the architecture.
Planned topics
- Functional fit: required journeys supported out of the box or by configuration.
- Architecture fit: API coverage and quality, event support, data ownership and export, security, extensibility, observability.
- Viability: financial health, roadmap, references, support model.
- Exit cost: how hard it is to extract data and replace the product.
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Demonstration
vendor questionnaire excerpts: Are all functions available through APIs? Can we export all our data in documented formats? What are API rate limits? How are customizations preserved across upgrades?
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Why ask about data export?
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It determines exit cost and data ownership.
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