Decision Route Map
Step-by-step questions that lead to a catalog type, a build model, platforms and standards.
Selecting Features
How to turn the tasks of the owner, the users and external obligations into a verifiable list of catalog features, with levels, costs and conditions for review.
From Features to a Platform
How to choose a build model and a specific platform from a feature list, noting where a feature is in the core and where it is in an extension.
Justifying a Decision
How to record a fork in the road (a platform, an extension or a rejected feature) so that years later it is clear why that choice was made and which event reopens it.
Build, Open Source or SaaS
Six ways to set up a catalog, from someone else's portal to a custom build, and what it costs to leave each of them later.
Typical Scenarios
Where different owners should start choosing a catalog: the type, mandatory features and a shortlist of platforms.
Requirements Checklist
What to write in a catalog specification, and how to mark which scenario makes an item mandatory.
Worked Examples
Four choice records (a municipality, a region, a university and a statistical office) from task to platform, with criteria and rejected options.