Exam 10: Systems Development

The iPhone software ____ kit is freely available for download to anyone who wants to develop an iPhone app, and many are taking advantage of it.

Today, some organizations use a(n) ____ improvement approach to systems development. With this approach, an organization makes changes to a system when even small problems or opportunities occur.

A ____ review is one that is started after a specified amount of time.

Detailed flowcharts, called ____ flowcharts, are needed to reveal how each software program is to be developed.

When there are a large number of branches or paths within a software program, decision lists are particularly useful. _________________________

The ____ method of capturing system requirements involves a process in which a developer first builds a working model, or prototype, of the system to help a group of stakeholders, users, or managers identify how well the system meets their requirements; the prototypes are then refined to more closely align with stated requirements.

The object-oriented approach views components of an information system as objects, each object with attributes (____).

The systems development process is a(n) ____ activity.

Systems design results in a new or modified system, and thus results in change.

The overall purpose of systems ____ is to determine whether or not the objectives met by an existing system are satisfying the goals of the organization.

Systems development efforts refer to large undertakings. Smaller projects are not classified as systems development.

____ from the existing system, both manual and computerized, are obtained during data collection.

A decision ____ can be used as an alternative to or in conjunction with flowcharts.

In the ____ approach, a new system is slowly phased in while the old one is slowly phased out.

Pilot ____ involves running a pilot or small version of the new system along with the old.

____ occurs when a business uses an outside company to take over portions of its workload.

A key part of the systems investigation phase is ____________________ analysis, which investigates the problem to be solved or opportunity to be met.

The ____ method of capturing system requirements is when users and stakeholders are asked to list only those factors or items that are critical to the success of their area or the organization.

Systems maintenance involves checking, changing, and enhancing the system to make it more useful in achieving user and organizational goals. _________________________

The programmer takes the plans from the systems analyst and builds or modifies the necessary hardware.