Exam 4: Systems Planning and Selection

A major outcome and deliverable from the project initiation and planning phase that contains an estimate of the project's scope, benefits, costs, risks, and resource requirements best defines:

The development group identifies projects based on the ease with which existing hardware and systems will integrate with the proposed project.

Opening new markets and increasing sales opportunities is a tangible benefit.

Projects identified by top management have a cross-functional focus.

Which of the following would be classified as a tangible cost?

Organizations that have intranets dictate what applications will run over the intranet and the speed and quality of the hardware connected to the intranet.

The first phase of the systems development life cycle is:

The objective of project identification and selection is to transform a vague system request document into a tangible project description.

When developing an Internet electronic commerce application, developers must deal with several unknown factors, including the user, connection speed, and access method.

Using a discount rate of 10 percent, the present value of a $2,500 benefit received 5 years from now is $1,552.30.

Systems analysis is the first phase of the systems development life cycle.

Generally speaking, legal and contractual feasibility is a greater consideration if your organization has historically used an outside organization for specific systems or services that you now are considering handling yourself.

A cost associated with project start-up and development or system start-up refers to a(n):

As a rule of thumb estimate, what percentage of the entire development effort should be devoted to the project initiation and planning process?

A firewall server is an example of a content and service Web-based system cost.

The goal of operational feasibility is to understand the degree to which a proposed system will likely solve the business problems or take advantage of opportunities.

Match each of the following terms with its definition. -A cost resulting from the ongoing evolution and use of a system

Using a discount rate of 12 percent, the present value of a $50,500 benefit received 2 years from now is $40,258.29.

Referencing a walkthrough, the user makes sure that the work product meets the needs of the project's customers.

The major outcomes and deliverables from project initiation and planning are the Baseline Project Plan and the Project Scope Statement.