Company A is merging with Company B. Company B uses mostly hosted services from an outside
vendor, while Company A uses mostly in-house products.
The project manager of the merger states the merged systems should meet these goals:
Ability to customize systems per department
Quick implementation along with an immediate ROI
The internal IT team having administrative level control over all products
The project manager states the in-house services are the best solution. Because of staff
shortages, the senior security administrator argues that security will be best maintained by
continuing to use outsourced services.

Which of the following solutions BEST solves the disagreement?

A.
Raise the issue to the Chief Executive Officer (CEO) to escalate the decision to senior
management with the recommendation to continue the outsourcing of all IT services.

B.
Calculate the time to deploy and support the in-sourced systems accounting for the staff
shortage and compare the costs to the ROI costs minus outsourcing costs. Present the document
numbers to management for a final decision.

C.
Perform a detailed cost benefit analysis of outsourcing vs. in-sourcing the IT systems and
review the system documentation to assess the ROI of in-sourcing. Select COTS products to
eliminate development time to meet the ROI goals.

D.
Arrange a meeting between the project manager and the senior security administrator to review
the requirements and determine how critical all the requirements are.