Keywords: acquisition initiation
Acquisition Initiation is the initial process within the Information Services Procurement Library (ISPL) and is executed by a customer organization intending to procure Information Services.
The process is composed of two main activities: the making of the
acquisition goal definition and the making of the acquisition planning.
During the acquisition initiation, an iterative
process arises in which questions about the goal of the acquisition are
usually asked. In response to these questions the Library provides
details of the requirements, covering areas such as cost, feasibility
and timelines. An example of such requirements is the "planning of the
acquisition", a component that may also lead to more questions about the
acquisition goal (thus, it is reasonable to state that a relationship
exists between the acquisition goal and the acquisition planning).
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