Buying Commercial Off-the-Shelf (COTS) software is a common way to achieve computer processing capabilities quicker, cheaper, and with less risk than building it.  This important interactive presentation reveals the differences and gives guidance on defining requirements that make COTS acquisitions succeed.

Robin F. Goldsmith is a subject expert for BABOK who works with business and systems professionals in requirements, quality assurance and testing, ROI, software acquisition and outsourcing, metrics, and project and process management and improvement.