Give three reasons why a company may prefer a tailor made software over off the shelf software.

Give three reasons why a company may prefer a tailor made software over off the shelf software.

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-The solutions it offers give the greatest depth, and flexibility possible in meeting the needs of an organization.
-The software developer delivers and installs the software and trains the end users in the use of the new software.
-They perform tasks that the general purpose software cannot perform.
-This kind of software can be quickly changed when the needs of the organisation change, since the source code belongs to the company.

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Kavungya answered the question on November 6, 2019 at 05:32

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