2. Identify the candidate suppliers.
3. Audit the candidates and score them against the criteria.
a. Assess supplier test competence.
b. Review the supplier??™s process model.
c. Read the proposed staff CVs.
4. Identify:
a. The supplier??™s quality management system (QMS) and map it against the process model.
b. Any claimed certification to any international standards. If you notice any gross shortcomings
inform the classification society and seek another candidate supplier.
c. Any evidence the supplier has ever estimated the code size and bug numbers of other projects.
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There is an argument in favor of letting (say) three contracts to build a small pilot on terms slightly unfavorable
to the supplier on the grounds that only very competent and confident suppliers will bid. This assumes a large group
of competent suppliers.
FIGURE 10.3
Find the supplier process model A
Start/Stop
Write a supplier
assessment list
Identify the
candidate suppliers
Audit the candidate
suppliers
Identify the supplier??™s
QMS and update the outsourcing
process model
Choose the supplier(s)
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Due diligence report
Supplier
assessment list
Contract
SLA
O?¬?-shoring
process model
Supplier QMS
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5. Choose the supplier(s). There may be an advantage in minimizing lock-in by having more than
one supplier or by having different suppliers developing and testing.
6. Identify and agree the development process (Figure 10.
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