The purpose of the Vendor Dossier is to capture all of the information regarding a single vendor who sells or supports
a COTS package. The Vendor Dossier provides an index that identifies and locates all of the information that represents
the identification and description of a vendor. This information is produced and stored in different formats. Some of
it (for example, contact information for the vendor)might be physically stored as part of the Vendor Dossier. Other
information might be indexed by the Vendor Dossier but stored elsewhere. For example, vendor demographics might be at a
web site or contained in vendor survey reports.
The Vendor Dossier artifact accumulates and organizes information sufficient to:
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Record the history of contacts with the vendor regarding a COTS
package(s) they sell or support
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Record raw (unfiltered) information about a vendor gathered
directly from the vendor and from third parties (for example, correspondence and reviews by other users, trade
journal articles, business/financial analysis, etc.)
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Record processed (filtered) vendor data obtained during due
diligence including vendor financial/ business strengths and weaknesses
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Prescribe the development and managing of the relationship with
a vendor
A Vendor Dossier is a living document that represents the state of knowledge about a vendor during the time the
vendor's COTS package(s) is considered for, used in, and maintained in the Executing System.
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