Vendor demonstrations are designed to look like your process. Your exceptions are not in the demo.
We score options against the operating model, integration load, and the cost of reversing the decision in three years.
Sometimes the answer is still to buy. The value is that the organisation knows why.
Modernisation of a system that still earns its keep is often cheaper than a greenfield platform with a new name.
This frame is how a fictional advisory practice would run a selection. It is not an endorsement of any commercial vendor.
Share a short brief. We work discovery-first, treat security as default, and will say honestly whether we are the right team - then what a first release could look like.