ITPEC IP October 2023 Question 56
In the development of a system, the decision is made to subcontract the development from program implementation to integration testing to a vendor. A contract is concluded with the vendor that has the condition of reporting the progress and quality status at a weekly regular meeting, along with all the details of resolutions to any problem that has an impact on these things. Which of the following is the appropriate activity to confirm that the vendor is complying with the contract conditions?
Explanation
Confirming progress, quality and all problem responses in the report at the regular meeting — the contract requires all three every week, so compliance is checked on all three every week.
The contract condition has two parts: what is reported (progress status, quality status, and every detail of the resolution of problems affecting them) and when (at the weekly regular meeting). Checking compliance means confirming, at each regular meeting, that the vendor's report covers all of it. Only option (c) checks every item at the agreed timing.
Answer (c)
Why not others:
- •(a) — asks for a report only when a problem has occurred, so the routine weekly progress and quality reports go unchecked
- •(b) — confirms problem resolutions only at delivery, too late to act on, and never checks progress and quality
- •(d) — confirms results only at the completion of each phase instead of every week, and leaves out the problem resolutions
Key rule: Subcontracting the work does not hand over responsibility for the project; the acquirer monitors the vendor through the reports the contract requires, at the frequency the contract sets.
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