Description
Week 5 Discussion - IT Sourcing
Discuss the key decision criteria that IT managers need to examine to make an IT sourcing decision.
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Explanation & Answer
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Running head: IT SOURCING
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IT sourcing
IT sourcing involves a process of procuring resources of information technology from a
party that is outside the organization. In the early days, organizations did their outsourcing
through a single contract using the lowest bid as a way of cost optimization solution. However,
with the fast-growing economy in the world and with the ever-changing objectives of businesses,
it is essential for the IT managers to form a strategic plan to enable the company to adapt to the
changes. In making an outsourcing decision, the IT managers follow given critical decision
criteria, which assist in examining the decision of IT sourcing.
The first criterion is the technology that will be used in the outsourcing process. In the
current era, there are a lot of techniques, ...
