Which of the following means to postpone IT investments with expected payoff and costs in order to learn about the potential outcomes before committing?

Which of the following means to postpone IT investments with expected payoff and costs in order to learn about the potential outcomes before committing?

Stage


Defer


Explore


Outsource

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A stakeholder could best be described as anyone that is affected by your project.

A stakeholder could best be described as anyone that is affected by your project.

True


False

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Examples of ___________factors to consider include data security, internal controls, effective knowledge transfer, maintenance, well-defined and clear interfaces, and accessibility.

Examples of ___________factors to consider include data security, internal controls, effective knowledge transfer, maintenance, well-defined and clear interfaces, and accessibility.

partner


external


implementation


internal

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The risks that companies consider and then plot on the risk matrix can be grouped into four broad categories. Which of these lists all four of those categories?

The risks that companies consider and then plot on the risk matrix can be grouped into four broad categories. Which of these lists all four of those categories?

Country factors, Firm factors, Employee morale, Wages


Country costs, Employee wages, Firm transaction costs, Vendor costs

External factors, Internal factors, Risk factors, Positive factors


External factors, Internal factors, Partner factors, Implementation factors

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Performance metrics used to determine if a sourcing option was successful include which of these?

Performance metrics used to determine if a sourcing option was successful include which of these?

Customer satisfaction


Modularity


IT-business coupling


Laws broken versus laws followed

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Which of these is one of the four decision stages of sourcing?

Which of these is one of the four decision stages of sourcing?

Identify which country is cheapest to outsource to


Determine which process has the lowest level employees


Where is the process located?


How will the process be ranked when compared to other processes?

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Firms often fail to identify and recognize intangible costs. Why is this often the case?

Firms often fail to identify and recognize intangible costs. Why is this often the case?

These costs are harder to quantify


These costs make up a huge percentage of outsourcing costs they are assumed

These types of costs rarely occur


These costs will likely result in huge cost savings in the long term

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