Question CHNG-02

Does your Change Management process also verify that all required third-party libraries and dependencies are still supported with each major change?

Standard Guidance

EDUCAUSE provides no guidance here

Answering "NO"

Please describe any plans to implement third-party library dependancy tracking.

Answering "YES"

Please describe your program to track these dependancies.

Reason for Question

This question is fundamentally about supply chain. The vendor should be able to document its procedures around tracking third-party maintained libraries.

Follow-Up Inquiries

If the vendor's response does not cover the details outlined in the reasoning, follow-up and get specific responses for each, as needed.

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