December
1998 QUESTION 2 Total Marks: 20 Marks |
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| 2. | (a) The acquisition of a piece of hardware begins with a determination of needs and a preliminary investigation. Explain with the aid of examples exactly what is involved in each of these steps. | [6] |
| (b) The next step in the hardware acquisition process may involve a request for proposal: | ||
| (i) what is a request for proposal? | [2] | |
| (ii) why would we wish to send out a request for proposal? | [1] | |
| (iii) when is a request for proposal unnecessary? | [1] | |
| (c) A proposal may be evaluated by theoretical and physical benchmarking: | ||
| (i) What is theoretical benchmarking, and why is it important? | [2] | |
| (ii) Is it better to conduct physical benchmarking at your own site or at the vendor’s site? Explain your answer. | [2] | |
| (d) List and explain three reasons why software acquisition may be more complex than hardware acquisition. | [6] |