Selection criteria for products include consideration of end-of-life and end-of-support timelines
Context and Guidance: Third parties should be selected according to an organised and thorough process and according to explicit specifications and selection criteria. The selection process and criteria should be designed to ensure that the selected entity can fully meet the organisation’s specifications as established. These criteria should include expected product life and product support periods.
Related Practices • Progression: This practice is part of a practice progression. Practice progressions are groups of related practices that represent increasingly complete or more advanced implementations of an activity. The practices in this progression include: THIRD-PARTIES-2b, THIRD-PARTIES-2i, THIRD-PARTIES-2j, THIRD-PARTIES-2k, THIRD-PARTIES-2l, THIRD-PARTIES-2m.