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        <h1 class="title-qYBywq title titlepage">Process code for software procurement</h1>
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                    >This process code will introduce you to a digital-native approach to procurement. It maintains the
                    core principles of public procurement—fairness, transparency and objectivity—but realigns the
                    process with contemporary software development. <br
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                    >By using this process code, government organizations will obtain the best possible software for the
                    needs at hand and avoid ballooning costs. Public sector employees are in control of how their
                    digital tools are designed, purchased and used.<br
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                  <span class="span2-r1bEox mulish-bold-azure-radiance-16px">Read more about process codes here</span>
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              <div class="titlepage-l0Hxh4"><div class="page-title-WWZJgN titlepage">1a. Welcome!</div></div>
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                  We believe that software can serve the public better! This document is a guide to help you, a public
                  sector employee, source the best possible software. It walks through government contracting
                  step-by-step, aligning legitimate public procurement with the cutting-edge best practices of software
                  development. It is not an inflexible set of mandatory steps. Rather, it introduces fundamental
                  concepts at each stage of a procurement, provides guidelines and best practices, and offers links to
                  additional resources if you would like to read more.
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                  Who should use this process code for software procurement?
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                      >Several people from different departments should be involved in a software design and procurement
                      process—from legal counsel to IT to the end users themselves—each bringing their own expertise and
                      perspective. This guide is intended for all of them, but each will have a more prominent role in
                      certain phases.<br
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                      >There will also be a single person who follows the process from beginning to end: the ‘product
                      owner.’ Product owners are expert generalists who deeply understand end users and their needs,
                      work across different departments, ask good questions, and carry the project from start to finish.
                      The product owner should read this whole guide, and be comfortable with each step of the process,
                      while specialists can read the introduction and basic principles, then focus on the particular
                      step that is most relevant to them.</span
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                      >You should read through this process code and become familiar with its content, now—before you
                      begin working on a specific software project. Successful procurement is built on a solid
                      foundation of staff capacity, collaboration, and shared understanding. It’s important ot lay that
                      foundation before you have the time pressure of a specific project. <br
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                    <span class="span1-BoW30E body">This process code will walk you through four primary phases. </span>
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                    <span class="span0-p5ehFx mulish-bold-black-16px">Orientation<br /></span>
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                    <span class="span1-Y1fgSl mulish-bold-black-16px">Planning<br /></span>
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                    <span class="span2-Q8RDgW mulish-bold-black-16px">Assessment<br /></span>
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                    <span class="span3-IZAVKq mulish-bold-black-16px">Implementation</span>
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                  Within each phase there are number of steps. As you click through the course, each step is a page. On
                  that page, you’ll find key challenges, knowledge content, suggested actions, and takeaways, as well as
                  references and additional reading. In some cases, the actons on a page culminate in a decision
                  – you’ll choose to progress down one path or another.
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                      >The process code ends with an implementation phase that emphasizes ongoing collaboration. That is
                      to say, a software project is never really “finished.” In the best case, you become an active
                      participant in the use, maintenance and improvement of your software, for the benefit of all
                      public sector organizations. <br
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                      >The fundamental purpose of the process code is to anchor a community of practice. Reach out to
                      the Foundation for Public Code with any questions or to learn about joining a group of
                      peers.</span
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                <div class="strategic-paths-HDxxam strategic-paths titlesubsection">Strategic paths</div>
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                      >At the end of the Orientation phase, you will have a clear sense of where your software will come
                      from, based on your needs, your development capacity, and the maturity of the market. At that
                      point, you will choose a path—purchasing existing software, customizing open source software, or
                      contracting a vendor who can build custom software for you—and write an RFP accordingly.<br
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                      >If you decide to build software in-house, you won’t write an RFP. Instead, your team will run an
                      agile development process. Although the details of agile development are out of scope for this
                      process code, we provide some useful resources and references. And the Orientation and
                      Implementation phases are important for all paths, including building in-house.
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                      <div class="purchase-existing titlesubsection">Build in-house</div>
                      <p class="get-software-off-the-shelf body">Build software (or adapt OSS) in-house</p>
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                <div class="subsection-title-FcZPWW titlesection">Getting oriented</div>
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                    >Procurement is an opportunity to evaluate how you work today, how you could work more effectively
                    in the future, and how to align with broad municipal priorities like climate change or social
                    equity. Orientation is about creating a solid foundation for your organization to effectively build,
                    buy, use and maintain digital products in the long term. The goal is to build up your colleagues’
                    familiarity with three main things: first, with the steps and objectives of legitimate public sector
                    procurement; second, with contemporary software development processes; and third, with effective
                    design research methods. <br
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                    >Capacity-building starts long before there is any specific software project to work on. Product
                    owners should spend time meeting staff members from various departments, hosting Q&amp;A workshops,
                    debunking myths about government procurement, helping colleagues become fluent with common language </span
                  ><span class="span2-U48sdo mulish-normal-black-16px">(“agile” “DevOps” “exclusionary criteria”)</span
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                    >, and sharing the basics of agile software development. The process of obtaining specific software
                    builds on this foundation. <br
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                    >The next step is to use discovery research methods to understand the challenge or opportunity,
                    define user needs, and develop ideas about potential solutions. The goal is to arrive at a precise
                    problem statement.<br
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                    >A good sense of the problem allows us to evaluate potential solutions that might already exist in
                    the market—including off-the-shelf software and open source software (OSS). If nothing good exists,
                    the problem statement also helps with estimating the costs of building software in-house or
                    contracting a custom solution.<br
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                    >These options should be evaluated in a neutral way, accounting not only for cost, but also for
                    quality, long-term lifecycle costs of ownership and maintenance, and potential unforeseen concerns
                    like vendor lock-in and data ownership.</span
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                    >This process code will introduce you to a digital-native approach to procurement. It maintains the
                    core principles of public procurement—fairness, transparency and objectivity—but realigns the
                    process with contemporary software development. <br
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                    >By using this process code, government organizations will obtain the best possible software for the
                    needs at hand and avoid ballooning costs. Public sector employees are in control of how their
                    digital tools are designed, purchased and used.</span
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                      >This document is a guide to help public sector employees source the best possible software to
                      serve the public better. It walks through government contracting step-by-step, aligning legitimate
                      public procurement with the cutting-edge best practices of software development. <br
                    /></span>
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                      >It is not an inflexible set of mandatory steps. Rather, it introduces fundamental concepts at
                      each stage of a procurement, provides guidelines and best practices, and offers links to
                      additional resources if you would like to read more.</span
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                  Who should use this process code for software procurement?
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                      >Several people from different departments should be involved in a software design and procurement
                      process—from legal counsel to IT to the end users themselves—each bringing their own expertise and
                      perspective. This guide is intended for all of them, but each will have a more prominent role in
                      certain phases.<br
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                      >There will also typically be a single person who follows the process from beginning to end: the
                      product owner. Product owners are expert generalists who deeply understand end users and their
                      needs, work across different departments, ask good questions, and carry the project from start to
                      finish. The product owner should read this whole guide, and be comfortable with each step of the
                      process, while specialists can read the introduction and basic principles, then focus on the
                      particular step that is most relevant to them.</span
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                      >You should read through this process code and become familiar with its content, now—before you
                      begin working on a specific software project. Successful procurement is built on a solid
                      foundation of staff capacity, collaboration, and shared understanding. It’s important to lay that
                      foundation before you have the time pressure of a specific project. <br
                    /></span>
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                    <span class="span1-nBcc8S body">This process code will walk you through four primary phases:</span>
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                  Within each phase there are number of steps. Each step contains key challenges, knowledge content,
                  suggested actions, and takeaways, as well as references and additional reading. In some cases, the
                  suggested actions culminate in you choosing to progress down one path or another.
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                      >The process code ends with an implementation phase that emphasizes ongoing collaboration. That is
                      to say, a software project is never really finished. In the best case, you become an active
                      participant in the use, maintenance and improvement of your software, for the benefit of all
                      public sector organizations. <br
                    /></span>
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                    <span class="span1-2Z1YGD body"
                      >The fundamental purpose of the process code is to anchor a community of practice. </span
                    ><a href="mailto:info@publiccode.net" target="_blank"
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                      >At the end of the Orientation phase, you will have a clear sense of where your software will come
                      from, based on the needs you identify using various discovery methods, your development capacity,
                      and the maturity of the market. At that point, you will choose a path—purchasing existing
                      software, customizing open source software, or contracting a vendor who can build custom software
                      for you—and write an RFP (Request for Proposal) accordingly.<br
                    /></span>
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                    <span class="span1-NKyi6F body"
                      >If you decide to build software in-house, you won’t write an RFP. Instead, your team will run an
                      agile development process. Although the details of agile development are out of scope for this
                      process code, we provide some useful resources and references. And the Orientation and
                      Implementation phases are important for all paths, including building in-house.
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