IPA IP 2022 Question 8
A question IPA Japan published in 令和4年度 ITパスポート試験 公開問題 問8, translated into English. ITPEC is based on the same exams.
Same question on ITPEC: Apr 2023 Q99
For the reconstruction of a business system, an RFI is scheduled to request multiple vendors to submit an implementation image of the new system. In that regard, which of the following is appropriate information that the vendors are requested to submit at the same time?
Explanation
Applicable technology and its trend — what vendors are asked to submit in an RFI, alongside the implementation image.
An RFI (request for information) comes before the RFP. The acquirer is still shaping the new system, so it asks several vendors for information: what solutions they could offer, an image of how the system might be implemented, and which technologies apply and where they are heading. The acquirer uses the replies to define its requirements and write the RFP. In an RFI, information flows from the vendors to the acquirer.
Answer (d)
Why not others:
- •(a) — the overview of the current system is the acquirer's own information; it gives it to the vendors so they can answer, not the other way round
- •(b) — the aim for reconstruction is decided by the acquirer and passed to the vendors with the RFI
- •(c) — the requirements of the new system are defined by the acquirer and presented to vendors in the RFP; vendors cannot supply them
Key rule: In an RFI the acquirer describes its situation and aims and vendors reply with available technology and solutions; in an RFP the acquirer states its requirements and vendors reply with proposals.
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