Information Technology
Leading Commercial Practices for Outsourcing of Services Gao ID: GAO-02-214 November 30, 2001It is essential that the U.S. military--the government's largest user of information technology (IT)--adopt effective IT acquisition practices. This report presents a generic framework of IT acquisition practices from leading commercial firms. Grouped into seven phases, the practices and underlying critical success factors provide the underpinnings for an effective IT outsourcing process.