Development vs acquisition of software

• Decision to acquire or develop the software: government institutions should seek advice from RISA about the acquiring or developing the software.
  The below criteria should be based on in order to take a decision between acquisition and
  development:
• Government institution can go for development in case:

− Requirements are very specific and cannot be found on the market;
− Commercial solutions have prohibitive prices;
− Commercial solutions’ vendors do not supply source codes;
− The support is critical and it is not to be provided by a vendors; and
− The institution should have and ensure the development and software maintenance capabilities are available in house or locally by Rwandan companies.

• Government institution can go for acquisition in case:

− The software is readily and cheaply available on the market;
− The delivery time is critically short; or
− The software reliability is very critical.