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Build versus buy comparison

Compare delivery options using observed workflow requirements.

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Decision

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Choosing a reporting preparation route

Invented teaching example. No client outcome is claimed.

Need

Prepare agreed reports for several invented client variations with checkable sources.

Comparison

Test whether an existing reporting tool can handle the source and review requirements.

Test configuration of current systems for the same jobs.

Estimate a custom layer only for requirements those routes cannot meet.

Decision evidence

Acceptable reports, complete review effort, maintainable changes and exportable client requirements.

Limit

No named product is scored and no route is assumed to win before the tests.