Attribute
|
Cost |
Interoperability
|
Long term relationship |
Deployment readiness |
? |
| 1 |
over market price |
proprietary standards, risk of vendor lock-in |
cannot reliably communicate, needs aggressive follow up and management
|
timeline unclear or unknown
|
|
| 3 |
close to or exactly at market price |
use some open and proprietary standards
|
can communicate reliably but needs incentives to do so
|
timeline is known but is volatile or longer than what is needed
|
|
| 5 |
under market price |
fully using open standards |
communicates reliably and incentives are already aligned
|
timeline is known and predictable or within acceptable duration |
|
