Definition
A vendor scorecard is a weighted-criteria framework for comparing vendors on evidence - capability, risk, cost, and references - rather than demo impressions.
A scorecard forces the decision out of the room where the best demo wins and onto the criteria that actually predict success. Set and weight the criteria before the demos, so the evaluation can't be reverse-engineered to a favourite.
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