BARC Software Selection
Find the right software for data intelligence platforms, catalogs, and marketplaces with a tailored shortlist. Our experts capture your requirements, quickly narrow the relevant products and vendors in the market, and explain the trade-offs so you can invest with confidence.
We start by gathering your business, technical, and organizational requirements in a well-prepared and structured workshop. Together, we set priorities and use them to create your shortlist. In a second session, we present the shortlist, explain why each product made the list, compare them in detail, and discuss strengths and weaknesses for your specific situation. We also provide an overview of the best practices for implementing and operating a data catalog.
A data catalog initiative is more than just a technology purchase. Its success depends on the right strategic and organizational foundation. Employees must actively capture knowledge about data (in the form of metadata) and integrate it into their daily work to generate value from a data catalog.
Our consulting is tailored to end-user organizations.
13.900,00 € plus statutory VAT
First, we assess your current system landscape and work with you to identify key business and technical requirements.
Together, we ensure that the solution aligns with your architecture and meets your current and future needs. This lays the groundwork for successfully implementing your new data intelligence software.
BARC is the leading analyst firm for data intelligence offering unbiased and trusted adice with experience from over 1,000 software selection projects. We use data from the world’s largest user surveys on BI & analytics, data intelligence, and data fabric. This gives you maximum confidence in your investment.
Workshop preparation
Pre-work analysis
Workshop agenda (4–5 hours, remote)
Shortlist documentation
Results presentation (3–4 hours remote)
Further support:
The success of a data intelligence initiative depends on its strategic alignment, organizational structure, and use case design. We provide expert guidance on these topics to support your team throughout the software selection process. Contact us to learn how our consulting services can ensure the success of your project.
| Scope of services | Compact | Shortlist |
|---|---|---|
| Preparation | ||
| Prepare the workshop | ✓ | ✓ |
| Review existing materials for preparation | ✓ | ✓ |
| Requirements workshop | ||
| Capture current state, goals, and requirements | ✓ | ✓ |
| Provide a market overview of the relevant segment | ✓ | ✓ |
| Discuss options for the target architecture | ✓ | ✓ |
| Identify relevant vendors (no written documentation) | ✓ | ✗ |
| Discuss focus areas plus vendor strengths and weaknesses | ✓ | ✗ |
| Shortlist | ||
| Consolidate and document requirements | ✗ | ✓ |
| Record reasons for exclusion when deriving the shortlist from the longlist | ✗ | ✓ |
| Present strengths and weaknesses of shortlist candidates | ✗ | ✓ |
| Provide license price indications where possible | ✗ | ✓ |
| Results presentation | ||
| Present findings and align on key takeaways | ✗ | ✓ |
| Documents | ||
| Relevant BARC Score | ✓ | ✓ |
| Excerpts from the BARC Survey (if available for relevant products) | ✓ | ✓ |
Timm Grosser is a Senior Analyst Data & Analytics at BARC with a focus on data strategy, data governance and data management. His core expertise is the definition and implementation of data & analytics strategy, organization, architecture and software selection.
He is a popular speaker at conferences and seminars and has authored numerous BARC studies and articles.
Please contact us via the contact form or reach out directly to Ricarda Stützel, +49 172 1544582.
We usually run workshops for up to six participants.
We offer workshops on-site at your offices or remotely.
We usually need three to six weeks' lead time to schedule. In some cases, we can support at shorter notice.
Workshops are usually offered at a fixed price and invoiced after delivery.
BARC supports small businesses, mid-market organizations, and enterprises across all industries. We work independently of sector. To see companies we have worked with, explore our success stories.
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13.900,00 € plus statutory VAT
