Based on this chapter extension, choose the category of functional application that is closest to your major. Select one application from the list of applications described for that category. For that application:

a. Google or Bing your application and identify five possible off-the-shelf applications.

b. Characterize the differences among those five applications.

c. Describe, in general terms, how you would go about evaluating those five applications.

d. List criteria you would use to select one of those applications.

e. Summarize the risks of choosing the wrong application.