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Management Information Systems, Sixth Edition: Choices in Systems Acquisition
Management Information Systems, Sixth Edition: Choices in Systems Acquisition
Sixth Edition
Chapter 13:
Choices in Systems Acquisition
Objectives
• Explain the differences among the alternatives to
tailored system development: outsourcing,
licensing ready-made software, using software
as a service, and encouraging users to develop
their own applications
• List the business trade-offs in the various
methods of acquiring systems