Vendor selection is a strategy test

Placeholder draft copy: This guide will outline how vendor selection exposes strategy gaps when criteria, risk appetite, and implementation realities are not aligned.

Lorem-style placeholder: Evaluation matrices can create a sense of objectivity, but the real work is deciding which trade-offs the organisation is willing to carry after contract signature.

Questions before scoring

• What capability must improve, and by when?
• Which constraints are genuine and which are inherited preferences?
• What would make the preferred vendor the wrong decision?

“Selection work is strategic when it changes the clarity of the choice, not only the weightings in the spreadsheet.”