Which is an advantage of 'best of breed' approaches over single vendor options?

• A. Competency development is facilitated.
• B. Massive process reengineering is avoided.
• C. Software maintenance is easier.
• D. Contract management is streamlined.

Answer: (A)

Choosing the strongest module for each function from different vendors means your team must evaluate, compare, and integrate multiple systems. That process builds broad hands-on experience with diverse technologies, data standards, interfaces, and workflows. As staff work with several best-of-breed solutions, they develop deeper expertise in how these tools work together, learn effective integration and data exchange practices, and gain governance skills to coordinate across systems. This accumulation of cross-domain knowledge and practical know-how is what makes competency development the standout advantage of the best-of-breed approach.

(Other aspects, like potential increases in maintenance or contract management complexity, can be challenges rather than guaranteed benefits, and massive reengineering is not an inherent outcome of choosing best-of-breed.)