Forecasting your PLM project costs

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There are many PLM solutions available. Some vendors will require an extensive hardware, software and services investment; others are more sensitive to a limited budget, and will try to work with existing hardware, low-cost (or free) databases, and minimize the use of consultants.

This list suggests some possible expenses to explore:

• Staff time to research & evaluate alternatives

• Software solution costs

  • per-user or concurrent-use client licenses

  • per-CPU (or other) application license

  • database license

  • special administrator licenses

  • annual maintenance, support, upgrades

• Hardware costs

  • workstations

  • application and/or database servers

  • backup devices

• Special file viewers

• Downstream ERP file import or integration

• Network & bandwidth costs

• Deployment costs

  • Consulting services for process reengineering and application configuration

  • Legacy data import and migration

  • Pilot (proof of concept)

  • Production deployment

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