{"id":8676,"date":"2015-04-09T11:02:16","date_gmt":"2015-04-09T10:02:16","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.swgnew.com\/aus\/news\/good-practice-guide-to-selecting-fm-software\/"},"modified":"2025-06-04T09:40:45","modified_gmt":"2025-06-04T08:40:45","slug":"good-practice-guide-to-selecting-fm-software","status":"publish","type":"news","link":"https:\/\/www.swg.com\/aus\/news\/good-practice-guide-to-selecting-fm-software\/","title":{"rendered":"Good Practice Guide to Selecting FM Software"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.bifm.org.uk\/bifm\/home\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">BIFM<\/a> (British Institute of Facilities Management) has been working with FM software specialist Service Works Group on revisions to the Good Practice Guide to Selecting FM Software.<\/p>\n<p>The guide provides information and guidance about the critical issues involved in selecting and implementing a software solution for facilities management.\u00a0 It highlights the key considerations that must be addressed in advance of vendor selection and looks briefly at some of the technology, innovations and resulting trends that may influence your decision-making processes.<\/p>\n<p>This document also explores:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>What software applications are available?<\/li>\n<li>Understanding your business processes<\/li>\n<li>Reviewing the functionality available from FM software<\/li>\n<li>Initial assessment for an FM system<\/li>\n<li>Preparing your financial case<\/li>\n<li>The invitation to tender<\/li>\n<li>Developing an implementation plan<\/li>\n<li>Training requirements<\/li>\n<li>Technology overview and industry trends<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>To request a copy of the guide, please <a title=\"Request a White Paper\" href=\"https:\/\/www.swg.com\/aus\/insight\/white-papers\/request-whitepaper\/\">click here.<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Published by the BIFM in collaboration with Service Works, the guide provides information about the critical issues involved in selecting and implementing a software solution for FM and looks at key technology trends that may influence the decision-making processes.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":10,"featured_media":5506,"template":"","categories":[186,60],"class_list":["post-8676","news","type-news","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-cmms","category-fm"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.swg.com\/aus\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news\/8676","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.swg.com\/aus\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.swg.com\/aus\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/news"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.swg.com\/aus\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/10"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.swg.com\/aus\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/5506"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.swg.com\/aus\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=8676"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.swg.com\/aus\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=8676"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}