The size of your organisation is one of the most critical factors in making your decision about your choice of software, some solutions would be hopeless in large organisations and vice-versa.

However, there is a dichotomy here because many small organisations will want to grow and will not look forward to changing their software systems in the future. It is a fact that changing your software system can be quite a traumatic experience, apart from the new knowledge to acquire such change may temporarily make some staff feel uncomfortable.

Nevertheless, it is common practice these days for companies to change software as they outgrow their original solutions.  Probably the most common reason is that most companies reach a size where the need to use live data across disparate geographical locations becomes an overriding business requirement.

Please refer to the most appropriate menu item on the left of this page for a fuller discussion of the issues that should concern you related to the size of your organisation.