Vendor RFP Template

Field notes from Shriram IT Ventures delivery work on Vendor RFP Template: the constraints that matter, the shortcuts that haunt you, and a checklist we still use.

Who this is for

Ship a thin vertical slice, measure, then widen. Big-bang rewrites rarely survive the first month of real traffic.

Decisions that still look smart in 18 months

Ship a thin vertical slice, measure, then widen. Big-bang rewrites rarely survive the first month of real traffic.

Build checklist we actually use

Use boring technology where the risk is operational. Save novelty for the one wedge that makes the product worth buying.

Failure modes we keep seeing

Ship a thin vertical slice, measure, then widen. Big-bang rewrites rarely survive the first month of real traffic.

How we measure rollout

Teams that write trade-offs down before coding burn fewer sprints when a stakeholder changes their mind mid-build. We keep ADRs short on purpose.

We update this when delivery patterns change on live client work.