問24
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システム開発における，委託先の選定に関する手順として，適切なものはどれか。
| 記号 | 項目 |
|---|---|
| a | RFP の提示 |
| b | 委託契約の締結 |
| c | 委託先の決定 |
| d | 提案書の評価 |
平成26年度 秋期 ITパスポート試験 問24
ストラテジ系システム企画 › 調達計画・実施
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解説
問 24
Incorrectア
In a→c→d→b, c (deciding on the contractor) comes before d (evaluating the proposals). Evaluating the proposals provides the material for choosing a contractor, so deciding on a contractor without evaluating leaves the selection without grounds. The order of c and d is reversed, so this is wrong.
- イ
正解 The correct answer is イ “a→d→c→b”. When system development is outsourced, the procurement steps follow this flow led by the ordering side. First comes a, issuing the RFP (Request For Proposal): a document stating the purpose, requirements, budget, and delivery deadline of the system to be developed, together with the required format and submission deadline for proposals, is handed to candidate vendors to ask them for proposals. Next, the proposals submitted by each company are compared and examined against evaluation criteria such as how well the functions are met, price, technical capability, project organization, and maintenance; this is d, evaluating the proposals. Based on the objective grounds provided by those evaluation results, the ordering side decides which vendor to entrust the work to, which is c, deciding on the contractor. Finally, it carries out b, concluding the outsourcing contract, in which the scope of work, deliverables, costs, schedule, and division of responsibility are agreed with the chosen partner, and then development starts. In other words, the order is “ask for proposals → compare → decide → contract,” which gives a→d→c→b. Note that before the RFP stage an RFI (Request For Information) is sometimes issued to gather information about the market and individual companies, but it is not among the items in this question.
Incorrectウ
In c→a→b→d, the contractor is decided first and only then is the RFP issued, so the purpose of selection — asking several companies for proposals and comparing them — cannot hold. In addition, evaluating the proposals (d) after concluding the contract (b) is unnatural as a sequence, so this is wrong.
Incorrectエ
In c→b→a→d, deciding on the contractor and concluding the contract are finished first, and only afterwards are the RFP issued and the proposals evaluated, so the steps are almost completely reversed. Because the contract is signed before the requirements are communicated, the ordering side is bound while the content of the order is still undecided, so this is wrong.
ここがポイント
- Selecting a contractor for system development proceeds in the order: issuing the RFP → evaluating the proposals → deciding on the contractor → concluding the outsourcing contract. It helps to memorize it as a chain of cause and effect: only with the grounds given by evaluation can you decide, and only after deciding can you contract.
- An RFP (Request For Proposal) is a document in which the ordering side presents requirements, budget, delivery deadline, and so on and asks vendors for proposals. What is issued at the earlier stage, to gather information about the market and individual companies, is an RFI (Request For Information); the order RFI → RFP is another point worth distinguishing and remembering.
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