Exam 6: Fact-Finding Techniques for Requirements Discovery

An advantage of discovery prototyping is that it aids in determining the feasibility and usefulness of the system before high development costs are incurred.

A(n) ________________________ (advantage or disadvantage) of an interview is that it gives the analyst the opportunity to observe the interviewee's non-verbal communication.

During the interview conclusion, you should express appreciation and provide answers to any questions posed by the interviewee. The conclusion is important for maintaining rapport and trust with the interviewee.

The JRP facilitator is responsible for keeping records pertaining to everything discussed in the JRP meeting.

A disadvantage of discovery prototyping is that it may increase the time spent on fact-finding.

A(n) ________________________ (advantage or disadvantage) of an interview is that it gives the analyst an opportunity to motivate the interviewee to respond freely and openly to questions.

_______________________________ are conducted with only a general goal or subject in mind, and with few, if any, specific, questions. The interviewer counts on the interviewee to provide a framework and direct the conversation.

An interview question should be long and complex enough to cover all points for which an interviewer wants answers.

A technique for generating ideas during group meetings where participants are encouraged to generate as many ideas as possible in a short time without any analysis until all ideas have been exhausted is known as:

A disadvantage of a questionnaire is that responses take a long time to tabulate.

To help set the context of a question, it is best to give your own opinion to preface asking a question of an interviewee.

Interviewing is a very time consuming process.

Based on Boehm's findings, an erroneous requirement that goes undetected and unfixed until the operations phase may cost 1,000 times more than it would have cost if it were detected and fixed in the requirements phase.

_______________________ requirements are ones that are defined so that they can be demonstrated during testing.

A disadvantage of discovery prototyping is that users may develop unrealistic expectations based on the performance, reliability and features of the prototype. Prototypes can only simulate system functionality and are incomplete in nature.

Preliminary investigation includes those techniques used by systems analysts to identify or extract system problems and solution requirements from the user community.

Questionnaires are documents that allow the analyst to collect information and opinions from respondents.

Interviewers should prepare an interview guide in advance and not skip any of the planned questions.

_________________________ is a fact-finding technique that allows users and developers to experiment with the software.

Interviews are a fact-finding technique whereby the systems analysts collect information from individuals through face-to-face interaction.