The Web Economy/Total Cost of Ownership Strategy
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Resource type: this resource is a course. |
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Educational level: this is a tertiary (university) resource. |
TCO Strategy
This is a lesson part of the module The Web Economy out of the Open Source ERP/Executive Diploma course conducted by a private university.
Topics
- Open Source is no longer just confined to lower stack technology such as Operating System and Database. It now includes Business Functions and Intellgence.
- The ROI on using Open Source ERP is higher than Linux or OpenOffice.
- However ERP is a complex area and requires specialist subject matter exerptise (SME).
Assignment Tasks
- What skillsets does ERP require?
- What significant savings if an organisation uses Open Source ERP instead of proprietary ones?
- How much are the costs of many ERP implementations in the market?
- What are their success rate and other constraints in their implementations?
- How can OS ERP resolve their pains and be comparatively better?
Activities
- Publish your works in an attractive manner in your user page, stating your own views and findings providing links to your sources. Use the talk page here to score marks.
- Create or edit sub-pages of course materials within wikiversity.
- Discuss in the forum (link shall be provided) by offering your ideas and answering or comment on others' postings.
Links to Student Notes
(Provided by Students - subject to edit ranking by tutor)
Notable Links to Resources
(Provided by Students - subject to edit ranking by tutor)
Sub-Pages
(Done in wikiversity as course material by the students under the guidance of the tutor)