Exam 2: A Systems View and Systems Methodology

Using the ________ approach will aid project managers to identify and understand all of the pressures that the external environment can create.

In evolutionary prototyping, requirements are discovered throughout the process and the system is repeatedly ________ based on those discoveries.

An open system is not ________.

Describe the relationship between the project management life cycle (PMLC) and the system development life cycle (SDLC) and how they work together.

A "Close Iteration" phase addresses those process steps that happen at the end of each iteration.

Define and explain "objectives" with respect to a system and project.

Which of the interrelated components comprising a system is what project management is all about?

In the ________ life cycle model, a working version of the software is produced during the first iteration.

There are two broad categories of systems - open and ________.

The "Close Project" phase occurs after we have determined to complete the iteration.

A system is a set of interacting, interrelated, or interdependent elements working to create a whole.

In traditional system development projects, a systems designer studies the needs presented by users and attempts to understand them and have them understood by others.

Which term best describes the limitations forced on a system by internal or external forces.

One of the strengths of the iterative and incremental life cycle model is that it is easier to test and debug during a smaller iteration.

Systems ________ is a "problem-solving technique that decomposes a system into its component pieces for the purpose of studying how well those component parts work and interact to accomplish their purpose" [Whitten, Bentley, Dittman].

Evolutionary ________ focuses on gathering correct and consistent requirements and is the approach of building a system incrementally.

The systems approach is a process that allows projects to be viewed in the context of the entire internal organization.

Project managers divide projects into ________ to facilitate better communication and control.

Which of the following is NOT an XP practice?

The primary disadvantage of the waterfall model is that it does not easily accommodate ________.