You developed a risks/mitigations guide to assist you in developing a solution to the problem question or statement.

In this step , your team will apply this guide to the analysis of a potential low-cost country(ies) as a site for outsourcing.

This guide will allow you to an informed report to your company's Board of Directors. The deliverable(s) for this step are: The Solution as a Knowledge Driven Outsourcing Report to the Board of Directors The outsourcing report to the Board of Directors is your team's solution to the problem. It should be professionally written and include recommendations related to outsourcing to a selected low-cost country or region of the world. The Change Management Plan Good problem-solvers know that finding the solution is not the end of the process; the solution must be implemented. Some solutions are easy to implement and others can be incredibly challenging. All solutions, however, require a change. Good leaders know that managing change requires a strategy.

Your team has reached a conclusion on the solution in the form of a Risks/ Mitigations Report to the board of Directors of your company. For implementation of this report's findings, your team should develop and recommend an abbreviated change management plan.