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<blockquote data-quote="chriton227" data-source="post: 6551105" data-attributes="member: 33263"><p>Four months really doesn't surprise me, especially if they are going through a full RFP process and everything is having to be vetted by Hasbro/WotC Legal at each step. An RFP process for something like a digital tools suite is going to be much more complex than the RFP for a 3rd party developed adventure or sourcebook, there are lot more details to work through (hosting model, revenue model, information security concerns, patch responsibility, whether the code and other digital assets are the property of the developer or WotC, indemnification/code escrow for if the developer goes under, etc.). And I'm sure after things fell through with Morningstar that the RFP will be different from the original and there will be additional scrutiny of both the proposals and the final contracts. The team would be very restricted on what they could say until everything is finalized and signed. The D&D team may be small, but they are still part of a much larger corporate entity. In my career with a major corporation, it hasn't been unusual to see things take 4-8 weeks just for the legal departments on both sides to finally nail things down after we selected the winning proposal. Heck, less than a year ago I was in a situation where it had taken 3 months of back and forth on a contract to bring in a couple IT contractors for a short engagement for specific project I was to be working on, I finally got tired of waiting and did the project without the contract help (it took me longer to do it solo, but saved money overall).</p><p></p><p>If they got an RFP out to selected vendors shortly after the Morningstar thing fell through, and they found a proposal they liked in the first round of responses, and there are no major holdups in negotiating the contract, I would be hoping to see something announced in the next 4-8 weeks. If they had to do multiple rounds of proposals or if they hit snags in contract negotiation, it could take much longer.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="chriton227, post: 6551105, member: 33263"] Four months really doesn't surprise me, especially if they are going through a full RFP process and everything is having to be vetted by Hasbro/WotC Legal at each step. An RFP process for something like a digital tools suite is going to be much more complex than the RFP for a 3rd party developed adventure or sourcebook, there are lot more details to work through (hosting model, revenue model, information security concerns, patch responsibility, whether the code and other digital assets are the property of the developer or WotC, indemnification/code escrow for if the developer goes under, etc.). And I'm sure after things fell through with Morningstar that the RFP will be different from the original and there will be additional scrutiny of both the proposals and the final contracts. The team would be very restricted on what they could say until everything is finalized and signed. The D&D team may be small, but they are still part of a much larger corporate entity. In my career with a major corporation, it hasn't been unusual to see things take 4-8 weeks just for the legal departments on both sides to finally nail things down after we selected the winning proposal. Heck, less than a year ago I was in a situation where it had taken 3 months of back and forth on a contract to bring in a couple IT contractors for a short engagement for specific project I was to be working on, I finally got tired of waiting and did the project without the contract help (it took me longer to do it solo, but saved money overall). If they got an RFP out to selected vendors shortly after the Morningstar thing fell through, and they found a proposal they liked in the first round of responses, and there are no major holdups in negotiating the contract, I would be hoping to see something announced in the next 4-8 weeks. If they had to do multiple rounds of proposals or if they hit snags in contract negotiation, it could take much longer. [/QUOTE]
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