Exam 10: Building Successful Information Systems

With _____,an organization chooses an outsourcing company in a neighboring country,such as when a U.S.organization chooses a company in Canada or Mexico.

A _____ is a tool used in structured systems analysis and design (SSAD)analysis model that shows a process at a more general level and is helpful for showing top management and the task force how a process works.

In the extreme programming (XP)environment,a method where programmers are usually organized into teams of two,sharing a workstation and working on the same code is known as _________.

Explain the three disadvantages of outsourcing.

The most common cost-effectiveness analysis methods are payback,net present value (NPV),return on investment (ROI),and _____.

_________ prototypes are used to market a proposed system to users and management by showing some of its features and demonstrating how beneficial it could be to an organization.

Which of the following is an outcome of the design phase of the systems development life cycle (SDLC)?

The systems development life cycle (SDLC)is also known as the _____.

_____ is a method for developing software applications and information system projects in which a project is divided into smaller functions and developers cannot go on to the next phase until the current phase is finished.

A _____ shows users how a particular task that was not technically feasible can be done.

The creation of a system specifications document indicates the beginning of the analysis phase of the systems development life cycle (SDLC).

Identify a disadvantage of a request for proposal (RFP).

Identify a true statement of extreme programming.

How do the phases of the systems development life cycle (SDLC)relate to each other?

In the design phase of the systems development life cycle (SDLC),the _____ indicates hardware and software,such as specifying Linux servers and Windows clients.

Identify a difference between the systems development life cycle (SDLC)and extreme programming (XP).

_____ helps reduce the backlog in producing information systems and improve flexibility in responding to users' information needs.

While using PERT (Program Evaluation Review Technique)and CPM (Critical Path Method)techniques,activities that are not on the critical path are more inflexible than those activities on the critical path.

During the _____ of the systems development life cycle (SDLC)model,an information systems designer must define the problem an organization faces,taking care not to define symptoms rather than the underlying problem.

A _____ is a tool used in structured systems analysis and design (SSAD)approach that helps analysts understand the data requirements an information system must meet by defining data elements and showing the associations between them.