Chapter 11 - IT Procurement Planning and Strategic Sourcing

11.6.0 Key steps and milestones of IT procurement planning

For a full discussion on the principles and background of complex IT solution procurements, technical and functional requirements definition, evaluation guidelines, etc., refer to Chapter 24 of this manual, Requests for  Proposals. For the purpose of this chapter, however, the high-level key steps in developing a thorough IT procurement plan are shown in subsections 11.6.1 through 11.6.4 below.