Exam 5: Determining System Requirements

While being observed, employees may follow exact procedures more carefully than they typically do.

Prototyping is most useful for requirements determination when:

When performing observations, it is best to select typical people and sites as opposed to atypical people and sites.

Briefly identify and discuss four types of documents that would be helpful in determining future system requirements.

Traditional methods of collecting systems requirements include:

Good interview guidelines consist of:

For each of the following statements, answer "a" if it is characteristic of an observation, or answer "b" if it is characteristic of document analysis. -In terms of information richness, it is judged low (passive) and old.

The primary purpose of using JAD in the analysis phase is to collect systems requirements simultaneously from the key people involved with the system.

Match each of the following terms with its corresponding definition. -The structured, measured set of activities designed to produce a specific output for a particular customer or market

Match each of the following terms with its corresponding definition. -The way a system actually works

Open-ended questions are usually used to probe for information when you cannot anticipate all possible responses or when you do not know the precise question to ask.

One advantage of open-ended questions in an interview is:

As a systems analyst, it is part of your job to create a document for a missing work procedure.

Match each of the following terms with its corresponding definition. -A repetitive process in which analysts and users build a rudimentary version of an information system based on user feedback

When comparing observations and document analysis, the expense of observations is rated moderate.

When reviewing job procedures, you may find:

In terms of BPR, activities deemed important, changeable, and dysfunctional are primary candidates for alteration.

Requirements creep is a term used to describe a project that has bogged down in an abundance of analysis work.

The official way a system works as described in organizational documentation is referred to as a(n):

Open-ended questions can put interviewees at ease because they can respond in their own words using their own structure.