# What should buyers get from an expert conversation?

**Ask experts to identify the evidence that would change a purchasing decision—not simply describe what a good GRC platform should do.** This brief concentrates on migration, operating-model fit, implementation effort, administration, three-year ownership cost and exit readiness.

The questions are designed for CROs, CISOs, compliance leaders, internal audit, programme leads, enterprise architects and procurement teams. They can support an enterprise GRC software requirements checklist, a GRC RFP or a structured reference interview.

**Publication status:** this is a researched interview brief, not a completed interview. No interviews were conducted for this document. Suggested experts have not endorsed the questions or the draft answer framing. Each quotation space is deliberately blank.

The evidence paragraphs describe published material. The proposed tests, acceptance criteria and answer structures are **the desk’s recommendations for experts to challenge**, not attributed expert opinions or regulatory requirements. Supplier documentation establishes documented functionality or terms—not independently verified implementation outcomes.