August
1997 QUESTION 3 Total Marks: 20 Marks |
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| 3. | You have been made responsible for hardware acquisition within your organisation. | |
| (a) The hardware acquisition process begins with a determination of needs. How can these needs be determined? | [2] | |
| (b) Once identified, hardware needs can be split into two separate categories: mandatory attributes and desirable attributes. Explain these two categories, and give at least two examples for each category. | [6] | |
| (c) What is a Request For Proposal? Is it a legal contract? | [2] | |
| (d) How might a Request For Proposal be formulated so that it can appears to be objective but actually guarantees the selection of a particular product? | [2] | |
| (e) Outline the form and content of a Request For Proposal, explaining the contents of each section. | [8] |