Technical Risks - 2

• So, in general, a COTS solution is much cheaper

  • Because a lot of the development and testing work has been done on the core software
  • And the product should be available sooner
• While successful commercial software requires less testing

  • Compared to all-custom built products
  • Integrating several such products requires more testing
• COTS software usually has support available

  • But coordinating multiple sources complicates maintenance and support
  • And may stretch beyond the support available

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