Exam 12: Information System Development

When reviewing project requests, projects that receive the lowest priority are those mandated by management or some other governing body.

Horizontal market software typically is more expensive than vertical market software.

Figure 12-4 As shown in Figure 12-4, a Gantt chart, developed by Henry Gantt, is a ____.

For each system development project, a company usually forms a(n) ____________________ to work on the project from beginning to end.

Unlike ERDs, systems analysts seldom use DFDs to review processes with users.

The request for system services triggers the last phase in the system development cycle: support.

A(n) ____________________ is a formal review of any system development cycle deliverable.

When the systems analyst identifies the data and process requirements, the next step is to develop detailed design specifications for the components in the proposed system.

On a data flow diagram, an arrow indicates a ____.

A ____ is a less formal method that uses a standard form to request information about a product or service.

A(n) ____ publication is a magazine written for a specific business or industry.

Although used in all types of business modeling, the ____ has been adopted as a standard notation for object modeling.

Figure 12-1 A(n) ____, such as that shown in Figure 12-1, graphically shows classes and subclasses in a system.

The ____ follows these six steps: (1) analyze the requirements, (2) design the solution, (3) validate the design, (4) implement the design, (5) test the solution, and (6) document the solution.

A user may request a new or modified information system to correct a problem or to improve the information system.

The project dictionary helps everyone keep track of the huge amount of details in a system.

The ____ phase consists of two major activities: (1) if necessary, acquire hardware and software and (2) develop all of the details of the new or modified information system.

____________________ occurs when one activity in a project has led to another that was not originally planned; thus, the scope of the project has grown.

A project that is feasible at one point of the system development cycle might become infeasible at a later point.

Two of the more common tools in the UML are entity-relationship diagrams and data flow diagrams.