How do you think the crisis facing Yrisket will affect the Mulder and Scully projects? The two

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How do you think the crisis facing Yrisket will affect the Mulder and Scully projects? The two projects are very similar, yet do you expect Yrisket to treat them the same?

X-Philes Data Management (XDM) Corporation (motto: “The truth is out there”) is preparing to contract out work for two large projects: Scully and Mulder. The projects are comparable in terms of size, technical requirements, and estimated completion time but are independent and will be performed by separate project teams.
Two managers at XDM, one each assigned to Scully and Mulder, prepare RFPs for the projects and send them to several contractors. The RFP for Scully includes the following: a SOW that specifies system performance and quality requirements, maximum price, completion deadline, and contract conditions; an incentives clause stating the contractor will receive a bonus for exceeding minimal quality requirements and finishing the project early or will be penalized for poor quality and late completion; and a requirement that the contractor submit detailed monthly status reports showing progress on key quality measures. The RFP for Mulder includes a brief SOW, a maximum budget, the desired completion date, but nothing else.
Based on proposals received in response to the RFPs, the managers responsible for Scully and Mulder each select a contractor. Unknown to either manager is that they select the same contractor, Yrisket Systems. The Scully manager selects Yrisket because its bid price is somewhat below the budget limit and its reputation in the business is good. The Mulder manager selects Yrisket for similar reasons—good price and reputation. In preparing the Scully proposal, Yrisket managers had to work hard to meet the maximum price specified on the RFP, but they felt that by doing quality work, they could make a tidy profit from the incentive offered.

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