A software development project requires the delivery of specialized servers from a third-party supplier before the development team can begin configuration. This reliance on the supplier represents which type of dependency?
This scenario describes an external dependency. External dependencies involve tasks, resources, or events outside of the project team's direct control, such as deliverables from a third-party vendor. An internal dependency, by contrast, is a relationship between tasks managed within the project team. A discretionary dependency is a preferred, but not mandatory, sequencing of tasks. A start-to-start relationship is a type of logical dependency that dictates two tasks must begin at the same time, but it does not describe the origin of the dependency (internal vs. external).
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