Successful firms are very careful in selecting the work to be outsourced. if expectations and requirements are fuzzy or open to debate, working together can become very difficult. the following are ways to clarify requirements and procedures except

a. make sure that different firms' project management systems are integrated.

b. contract only work with clearly defined deliverables with measurable outcomes.

c. establish who has access to certain information through robust safeguards.

d. make sure communication is well structured and interactions are managed to avoid confusion.

e. document your requirements.

Variable rate cd’s = $90 treasury bills = $150 discount loans = $20 treasury notes = $100 fixed rate cds = $160 money market deposit accts. = $140 savings deposits = $90 fed funds borrowing = $40 variable rate mortgage loans $140 demand deposits = $40 primary reserves = $50 fixed rate loans = $210 fed funds lending = $50 equity capital = $120 a. develop a balance sheet from the above data. be sure to divide your balance sheet into rate-sensitive assets and liabilities as we did in class and in the examples. b. perform a standard gap analysis and a duration analysis using the above data if you have a 1.15% decrease in interest rates and an average duration of assets of 5.4 years and an average duration of liabilities of 3.8 years. c. indicate if this bank will remain solvent after the valuation changes. if so, indicate the new level of equity capital after the valuation changes. if not, indicate the amount of the shortage in equity capital.