Exam 10: Management Issues in System Development

The only way to determine system benefits is to measure organizational performance.

Distinguish between forward and reverse engineering.

The best way to upgrade legacy systems is to re-architect them.

When the business requirements have been extracted from the application programs, files, and database descriptions, the system has been:

Cost and benefits for most IT projects are calculated at the beginning of the project because they remain static throughout the life of the project.

If a legacy system is basically doing its job but is inefficient and difficult to maintain, it may be best to ________ the system.

If enough new functions are added to a legacy system so that its value is significantly increased, the system has been:

When a system is so obsolete that it does not exist in many places then it is best to ________ it.

________ percent of IT projects fail.

Describe Gibson's three step risk management process.

Risk analysis is a key part of IT project management.

Every project encounters the following:

What is a project charter? What specifics should a project charter clearly spell out?

Although most IT projects fail, most ERP projects are successful because they are packaged systems.

The goal of infrastructure management is to reduce costs.

IT Project Management is 10 good business practice and 90 percent common sense.

The process of assisting people to make major changes in their working environment is called:

When project managers are managing projects their focus should be on the date that tasks are completed rather than the percentage of the overall project that has been completed.

Describe how a systems value can be measured based on its role in the organization.

A project charter should contain a brief background of the project and the business objectives to be achieved.