Why would a company choose in$-$house software development?

What is outsourcing?

What is SaaS?

What is the primary objective of the evaluation and selection team in selecting a development strategy?

What is an RFP$,$ and how does it differ from an RFQ$?$

Explain the relationship between logical and physical design.

Cases: Read each case and answer question$/$s at the end:

Case $1)$ Turnkey Services is an ASP that offers payroll and tax preparation services for hundreds of businesses in the Midwest. The firm is considering a major expansion into accounting and financial services and is looking into the possibility of supporting this move by hiring IT subcontractors in several foreign countries. Turnkey$$s president has asked you to help him reach a decision. Specifically, he wants you to cite the pros and cons of off shoring. He wants you to present your views at a meeting of Turnkey managers next week. How will you proceed?

Case $2)$ Sterling Associates specializes in advising clients on IT projects and information systems development.

Marketing is creating a brochure for prospective new clients, and they want you to develop a section that describes payback analysis, ROI, and NPV in simple terms and mentions the pros and cons of each financial analysis tool. How would you describe each one including pros and cons?