Technique for Risk Identification of Software Acquisition and Information Technologies

2. Risk Management From The Acquisition Organization’S Point Of View

Currently, organizations have increased their capacity of IT-PS acquisition, and few continue to develop software in-house. This phenomenon occurs for various reasons, such as:

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  Increased demand for IT-PS in organizations

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  High costs of maintaining development teams with technical skills than can support Information Technology (IT) demand.

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  Increasing number of competitive organizations with high technical capabilities for developing Information Technology (IT).

Therefore, organizations nowadays adopt IT-PS acquisition as a business strategy to improve operational efficiency. This is accomplished using the suppliers’ capabilities to offer quality solutions quickly, at a lower cost and with the most appropriate technology (Software Engineering Institute, 2010).