Architecture is the art and science of designing buildings and also describes the act of providing services. “Software selection”is the art and science of determining the best solution for automating the operation of your business, but there is more to the process than just selecting the software. Just as a home owner wouldn’t spend thousands of dollars on a new home without assistance; we expect business owners would treat buying software as an equally complex task and call on similar outside assistance.
 
In some ways this complex task has become simpler. The software market is shrinking due to acquisition. The software vendors are providing graphical users interfaces (GUI) as a standard feature. The web and EDI has provided a standard approach to the sharing of data and …