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.