Application of the Wenger Taxonomy for classifying goods procured by the Federal Government to Commercial off-the-shelf computer hardware equipment
By: William M. Harrison
Contributors: Naval Postgraduate School (U.S.) ; Naval Postgraduate School (U.S.) 
Publisher: Naval Postgraduate School; Available from National Technical Information Service
Published: 1997
Place of publication: Monterey, Calif; Springfield, Va
Language: eng
Number of pages: 137
Description: The Wenger Taxonomic Model provides a means to classify goods procured by the Federal      Government so as to provide procurement professionals with strategic buying insight. Several aspects      of the model have been explored by various researchers. These researchers have found that the      model is both valid and useful. This study focuses on application of the Wenger Taxonomic Model to      Commercial Off-the-Shelf computer hardware equipment procured by a specific buying activity. It      proposes a slightly different version of the Wenger Taxonomic Model. It also proposes five areas      where the model would help procurement professionals make smarter Information Technology      investments. These areas are: cost-benefit analysis source selection evaluation, warranty purchases,      contingency contracting, and evaluating the organizational impact of Information Technology      acquisitions.
Notes: "December 1997."

Thesis advisor(s): David V. Lamm, Mark E. Nissen.

Thesis (M.S. in Management) Naval Postgraduate School, December 1997.

Includes bibliographical references (p. 133-135)

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