Your CIO, Zenobia, is negotiating a contract with a solution provider to implement a largescale software application. Including contingency and management reserves, the project budget is

$4,000,000 USD. However, the solution provider is estimating about twice the budget to deliver the work. Without sacrificing scope or quality and still meeting the deadline, Zenobia requests the vendor to present:

a. A work plan elaborated through the first phase of the project

b. A quote using off-shore resources

c. A comparative quote based on adaptive and iterative lifecycles.

d.An incentive-based contract.