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Answer first: SaaS: Vendor Evaluation Rubric — a practical field guide from Shriram IT Ventures for engineering and product leads who need decisions, not decks.
Context & who this is for
Teams that document trade-offs before coding waste fewer sprints when requirements shift mid-build.
Architecture decisions that age well
Prefer boring technology where the risk is operational, and reserve novelty for the actual product wedge.
Implementation checklist
Skip the buzzwords. For SaaS: Vendor Evaluation Rubric, the constraint that matters is usually data ownership, not feature count.
Failure modes we see in the wild
Skip the buzzwords. For SaaS: Vendor Evaluation Rubric, the constraint that matters is usually data ownership, not feature count.
Measurement & rollout
Instrument the happy path and the exception path — silent failures are what turn launches into fire drills.
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