Exam 4: Identifying and Selecting Systems Development Projects

An orderly means of assessing the information needs of an organization and defining the systems,databases,and technologies that will best satisfy those needs best defines:

Match each of the following terms with its definition. -An orderly means of assessing the information needs of an organization and defining the systems,databases,and technologies that will best satisfy those needs.

"What information requirements will satisfy our business's decision-making needs today and well into the future?" is a question that might be asked by a planning-based approach to project identification and selection.

Which of the following best describes the top-down planning approach advantage,better understanding?

__________ is the amount and type of resources the project requires and their availability.

The South Korean-produced Hyundai uses a product focus competitive strategy.

An Intranet refers to the use of the Internet between firms.

Match each of the following terms with its definition. -A generic information systems planning methodology that attempts to gain a broad understanding of the information system needs of the entire organization.

Which of the following characteristics is associated with the steering committee selection method?

Briefly describe three of the ten types of matrices that are beneficial during information systems planning.

A low-cost producer competitive strategy reflects competing in an industry on the basis of product or service cost to the consumer.

__________ refers to the level of technical difficulty to successfully complete the project within given time and resource constraints.

The extent to which the project is viewed as improving profits,customer service,etc.,and the duration of these benefits best defines which of the following evaluation criteria?

When classifying and ranking projects,resource availability,potential benefits,and project size/duration are possible evaluation criteria.

"We are in the business of selling high-quality men's shoes" is an example of a mission statement.

"Baker's Fitness Center will increase market share and profitability" is an example of a mission statement.

Match each of the following types of matrices with its corresponding definition. -Identifies which business functions utilize which data entities.

Promoting your product as having an ingredient that competing products do not,setting the product apart from the competition,best exemplifies the product differentiation competitive strategy.

Organizations that have Intranets dictate what applications will run over the Intranet and the speed and quality of the hardware connected to the Intranet.

The rising costs of information systems is one reason why improved information systems project identification and selection is needed.