09.A. SDLC - Stage (IV) - System Acquisition

1.       HARDWARE ACQUISITION :- 1.1    Points of consideration 1.2    Steps of Acquisition 1.3    Vendors’ Proposal :- 1.3.1    Validation of vendor :- 1.3.2    Methods of validating proposal :- A)      Checklist :- i)   Software validation ii)  Support validation B)      Point scoring C)      Public evaluation i)    About Equipment ii)   About Vendor 1.3.3   Benchmarking :- A)           Definition B)           Purpose C)           Disadvantages 1.3.4   Test problems

2.       SOFTWARE ACQUISITION :- 2.1    Source of acquisition 2.2    Disadvantages of acquisition 2.3    Precautions in acquisition