If the decision has been made to acquire software rather
than develop it internally, this decision is normally made
during the:

A. requirements definition phase of the project.

B. feasibility study phase of the project.

C. detailed design phase of the project.

D. programming phase of the project.



If the decision has been made to acquire software rather than develop it internally, this decision ..

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Answer: B

Software acquisition is not a phase in what is regarded as
the standard system development life cycle. However, if a
decision is made to acquire rather than develop software,
this process should occur after the requirements definition
phase and a decision is normally made in the feasibility
study phase.

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