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However, agency efforts to use COTS products have been hampered by the government's failure to communicate requirements and functionality effectively to the vendors and a proclivity on the part of agencies to modify software to meet existing business processes and to replicate previous system functionality.
To encourage the use of COTS, OMB and JFMIP are working to improve (1) the testing and certification of COTS systems, (2) existing procurement schedules, and (3) processes to obtain COTS systems.
Compare COTS products against the agency's requirements and identify the COTS packages that most closely match the agency's needs.
The advantages of using COTS software include (1) COTS software is less costly than developing inhouse applications, (2) software upgrades are affordable and are regularly available, and (3) COTS software is designed to include best practices.
Reevaluate user requirements not supported by COTS software and determine, before customizing software, whether each requirement is still valid or whether alternatives exist that may be more costeffective.