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- End users - who are they, how global is the release?
- Upgrades v. updates - what are we gainingthe benefits?
- Security issues - are people vulnerable, is this critical?
- Costs of not upgrading/patching?
- Product end-of-life/longevity?
- How much control do we have over the software release process? MIT v. Vendor
- Downstream Effects and Implications of decision on various groups: Help Desk and DITR, Security, Pubs and Training.
- Workload, resources, costs for each group.
- External dependencies on a product - laws, regulations, features, functionality
- Estimated Cost - people, equipment, licensing, support, on-time-cost of setup, cost of NOT doing it, cost of not getting involved (i.e. Mathmatica)?
- Alignment with IS&T priorities and mission
- Value v. Cost
- Availability of resources
- Scope of release - just documentation, software licensing, deployment vehicle?
- What is the granularity of the decision?
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