Exam 12: Information System Development

The purpose of the ____ is to provide ongoing assistance for an information system and its users after the system is implemented.

On a class diagram, every object in a class shares methods and attributes that are part of its higher-level class.

Depending on the type and complexity of an information system, the length of each activity in the system development cycle varies from one system to the next.

Some vendors will give a demonstration of the product(s) specified in a vendor proposal.

____________________ combines the data with the processes that act on that data into a single unit, called an object.

During ____, a systems analyst identifies the required programs and the relationship among each program, as well as input, output, and database specifications.

Businesses use many types of systems.

Horizontal market software is designed for a particular business or industry.

For each input and output, a systems analyst typically develops a(n) ____________________, which is more technical than a mockup and contains programming-like notations for the data items.

____ helps system developers to understand exactly how a task is performed.

____ measures whether the established deadlines for a project are reasonable.

Although the system development cycle contains a set of four phases, several ongoing activities take place during the entire process.

With relational database systems, during database design the systems analyst defines the structure of each table in the system, as well as relationships among the tables.

During physical design, the systems analysts make no attempt to identify the procedures that should be automated and those that should be manual.

List the capabilities included in an integrated case product.

Many people should review the detailed design specifications before they are given to the programming team.

____ measures whether a company has or can obtain the hardware, software, and people needed to deliver and then support a proposed information system.

Maintaining up-to-date documentation should be a one-time part of the system development cycle.

____________________ is the collection and summarization of data and information.

Critical Thinking Questions Case 1 You have taken a temporary position as an IT consultant for a large firm with a variety of database solutions that you and your team are working to consolidate into one enterprise-wide solution. You are currently in the process of gathering information about where things stand with each of the individual database solutions. One of the functions of the database solutions is to register users for a major conference sponsored by the firm. The managers are looking to minimize transition costs and implement a new single solution very quickly, and they are willing to take the risk of the registration system possibly not working when the conference registrations begin. What conversion type is a good match for this set of circumstances and attitudes?