AWWA IMTECH62879

This slide presentation outlines how to reduce the cost-per-customer of a CIS implementation project. Topics covered include: key problem of basing implementation costs on the marketplace of the early 1990s; current marketplace for CIS vendors; twilight of licensed software industry within 5-7 years; per-transaction model will dominate; reasons for shift in pricing model; elements of the new CIS project; incentives for vendors; benefits for clients; and, decline of IT as CIS project driver; and, reasons for coming cultural shift.