Make sure the deliverables are very concrete so there is no misunderstanding the expectations. Finally, share the plan with as many stakeholders as possible and revise it constantly to keep it up to date. Use the plan as a communication document for people directly and indirectly involved. The important thing is not to be afraid to revise the steps as you implement and evaluate the activities. Through this process, we have seen vendor overhead cut in half.
Vendors can help schools by listening to the needs of the schools and being sincere.
Of course, vendors need to make some profit and schools will provide them with that if they meet their needs. In the long run, if there is lasting trust between the schools and the vendors, better products and better service will be provided. In the last two years, the World Wide Web has become the only game in town. Now everything that we do is based on the web browser. All applications that we are building for administrative and instructional use will utilize the web.