Interview someone who was involved in an IT procurement process, such as a manager in your organization's IT department, and have the person explain the process that was followed. Alternatively, find an article describing an IT procurement in an organization. Write a paper describing the procurement and any lessons learned by the organization.

Suppose that your company is trying to decide whether it should buy special equipment to prepare high$-$quality publications itself or lease the equipment from another company. Suppose that leasing the equipment costs $$240$ per day. If you decide to purchase the equipment, the initial investment is $$6,800,$ and operations will cost $$70$ per day. After how many days will the lease cost be the same as the purchase cost for the equipment? Assume that your company would only use this equipment for $30$ days. Should your company buy the equipment or lease it$?$

Search online for samples of IT contracts. Use search phrases Iike $"$IT contract" Or "sample contract." Analyze the key features of the contract. What type of contract was used, and why? Review the language and clauses in the contract. What are some of the key clauses? List questions you have about the contract and try to get answers from someone who is familiar with contracts.

Review a sample RFP for an IT project. Write a paper summarizing the purpose of the RFP and how well you think it describes the work required.