- Keeping the RFI simple and free from extraneous information
- Assessing accurately and objectively vendors and their products
- Getting feedback from current customers of products under consideration
- Ensuring that all stakeholders and the community in general are kept informed throughout the selection process
- Validating assumptions or measurements to include in the RFP
- Assessing accurately whether the gap between the requirements and a proposed solution is acceptable
- Regarding internal development as a form of partnership and formally treating it as such
- Presenting a recommendation within a reasonable timeframe
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- Committing to a vendor product before thorough vendor and product evaluations can be conducted
- Failing to consider production scalability
- Failing to pay attention to detail in this highly detailed process
- Focusing too much on measurements and missing the bigger picture
- Failing to communicate expectations to the broader campus community during the selection process
- Getting "sold" on a product on the basis of a slick demonstration rather than its ability to meet requirements
- Failing to clearly articulate the parameters of any desired partnership
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