As DAR is a formal evaluation process so it has a formal template as well where the following points should be considered before and during evaluation process:

Before evaluation process:

• Identify evaluation criteria:
  • Understand the business needs
  • Identify the required capabilities of the product/solution which you are looking for. Here you need to think from both technology and business standpoints
  • Note down all criteria for which you will be evaluating the alternative products/solutions.
• Define scale for each criteria:
  • Define the scale between 0 to 5 ( 0 – poor and 5 very good) and mention clearly when to give which score during evaluation.
• Give weightage to each criteria:
  • This is very important to give the weightage to each identified criteria so that it can be evaluated quantitatively and not qualitatively.
• Identify the possible alternative solutions/products: Identify all the possible solutions/products which can serve the business need.

During evaluation process:

• Evaluate each identified solution/product against identified criteria.
• For each criteria, mention the score by considering its mentioned scale (0 to 5)
• Mention the facts in supporting excel sheet or other docs.
• Calculate the weightage score by multiplying the given score with weightage.
• Final score will help you in recommending the best possible solution.