ITPEC IP April 2023 Question 17
ITPEC IP April 2023 — Question 17 of 100
Installing a packaged business application can reduce development cost compared with building equivalent software from scratch. The vendor spreads development and maintenance costs across many customers, and the organization can reuse tested standard functions. Configuration, integration, data migration, licenses, and process changes still create costs, but custom coding can be substantially reduced.
Answer (b)
Why not others:
- (a) using a package does not primarily enhance the organization's development environment
- (c) it reduces the need to develop the functions and therefore is not mainly a way to learn development methods
- (d) it is not intended to train application developers
Key rule: Packages trade some customization freedom for reusable functionality, shorter implementation, and potentially lower cost.
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