This report is the first of a number of publications intended to make it easier for Councils to make decisions about whether to migrate to StarOffice/OpenOffice.org.

Written by Bristol City Council for the Open Source Academy, it offers a guide to the critical issues involved in making a business case for office software migration. Throughout the report, Bristol share information on their experiences, so that other Councils can learn from an early adopter.

"Building a Business Case for StarOffice and OpenOffice.org" includes:

• The Case for Change
• The Costs of Change
• The Benefits of Migrating to Open Source Software
• A Toolkit - detailed prompts to guide the data gathering for a business case

Download "Building a Business Case for StarOffice or OpenOffice.org" (PDF, 1.4MB)