ITPEC IP April 2018 Question 100
When software is procured based on the procedure shown in the diagram below, which of the following is the most appropriate item to be inserted into blank (1)? Here, each of items a) through d) corresponds to one of blanks (1) through (4).
Explanation
Creation of criteria for vendor selection — the user fixes how proposals will be judged right after writing the RFP.
The flow, filling each blank:
- •(1) Creation of criteria for vendor selection, by the user, after the RFP and before any vendor is involved
- •(2) Explanation of RFP, by the user to the candidate vendors, hence the arrow into the vendor lane
- •(3) Creation of proposal, the only step in the vendor lane
- •(4) Evaluation of proposal, by the user, using the criteria set at (1), before selecting the vendor
Answer (b)
Why not others:
- •(a) — explaining the RFP needs candidate vendors to explain it to, so it comes after their selection, at (2)
- •(c) — creating a proposal is the vendor's work, at (3) in the vendor lane
- •(d) — proposals can only be evaluated after vendors have submitted them, at (4)
Key rule: Set the selection criteria before seeing any proposal, so vendors are judged fairly and consistently rather than against criteria bent to fit a favourite.
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