Exam 12: Systems Development: Investigation and Analysis

The use case diagram is part of the ____________________ language that is used in object-oriented development.

After several meetings with users, Leslie has identified strengths, weaknesses, and opportunities in her company's work processes and made a recommendation for improvement, which the business accepted.Which phase of the systems development life cycle can she now move to?

It is becoming more common for organizations to open IS departments with a team of systems analysts and other IS personnel in foreign countries.

During what phase of the systems development life cycle do people attempt to answer the question, "What must the information system do to solve the problem?"?

Company AVX has not been doing as well as its competitors that have been investing in enabling technologies.Meera has been asked to look into the situation and propose an action plan so Company AVX can develop competitive advantage.What could Meera do?

____________________ is a key metric for technology initiatives, and the business case needs to include both initial development costs and subsequent maintenance costs.

Data about the problems or needs for the new system can come from both sources internal and external to the organization.

During what phase of a systems development project is training end users an important task?

Most organizations avoid using outside resources to perform systems development.

What is the term used to refer to the running of applications such as word-processing and spreadsheet analysis over the Internet rather than on local machines?

The primary outcome of systems investigation is a systems investigation report, which is also called a feasibility report.

A formalized approach called _______________ creates three time estimates for each project activity.

What task are entity-relationship diagrams used to perform?

What activity takes an iterative approach to the systems development process?

In general, continuous improvement projects have a higher degree of success than reengineering projects.

The prototype systems development life cycle allows for a large degree of management control; however, users do not get to use the solution until the system is nearly complete.

Getting users and stakeholders involved in systems development is not critical to the success of a systems development effort.

What phase of the traditional systems development life cycle identifies strengths, weaknesses, and opportunities for improvement in the current system?

A(n) ____________________ is a grid that lists activities and deadlines.

The systems maintenance form is a document that is filled out by someone who wants the IS department to initiate systems investigation.