State the advantages Off-the-shelf
- tends to be less expensive as development costs can be spread over many users
- can be more sophisticated as large sales bring in considerable revenue that can be used to enable a lot of development to be done.
- There would be considerable support from other user groups
- sharing of files with other packages is generally easier as they are likely to be compatible (e.g. Word and Excel)
- Package is available immediately - no need to wait for development period
- Tried and trusted software as usually highly developed because of considerable user feedback