Labels:text | diagram | screenshot | plan | rectangle | parallel OCR: Start: Buy a large-scale "core application" package (release N} Customize Implement Implement industry- Get beta release The impossible dream? Do it ourselves the package in plain vanilla specificstandard version {tutti frutti) N+1. It has features The vendor folds in features we want Install a Go our new release own way Ohstade: Dodge bullets Obstacle: These from end users versions are hard Obstade: Watch Obstade: Will the to find out for bugs! relationship work? The Ideal: Obstade: Obstade: Miss Customize a Reapply out on software mature release customizations enhancements with no migration impact Successful migration to release N + 1 Scary for end -user groups Scary for the information technology group FIGURE 1. The core applications obstacle course.
