Exam 13: Systems Development and Project Management

A project plan is specified in a __________.

A responsibility matrix shows who has primary responsibility and who has support responsibility for the activities listed in the WBS.

The Unified Modelling Language (UML)uses symbols to graphically represent the components and __________ within a system.

System development life cycle involves processes that __________,which means that they are revised when new information or conditions make change the smart thing to do.

During project analysis,IT projects should be examined holistically-that is,in combination to identify investment synergies.This approach is known as ________ management.

The system development life cycle (SDLC)is the traditional system development method for large IT projects,such as IT infrastructure or an enterprise system.

The ________ defines the project plan and is a legal contract used to document the agreement between parties.

Information system design projects are not susceptible to scope creep because of the rigorous SDLC methodology.

The systems development methodology that views a system as a collection of modular objects that encapsulate data and processes is ____________.

Once the new systems operations are stabilized,________ are performed during operation to assess the system's capabilities and determine if it is being used correctly.

During the systems analysis stage,__________ studies are done to determine if the hardware,software,and communications components can be developed and/or acquired to solve the business problem.

A project is a series of tasks to produce one or more ________,which are items that you hand off to the client or management for their review and approval.

In a recent survey,Price-Waterhouse-Cooper reported that only ________ of digital projects were completed according to specifications,i.e.set out to do what they said they would do.

The money already spent on the project,or ________,should not be considered in the decision.

The __________ is the traditional systems development method used by organizations for large IT projects such as IT infrastructure.

Michelle Symonds suggested a set of seven deadly sins of project management,that is,the common mistakes that companies commit that contribute to project failure.Which is not one of these deadly mistakes?

Lessons learned to keep projects on track include all of the following except ________.

Which of the following issues about the SDLC methodology is false?

Because scope creep is expensive,project managers impose controls on changes requested by users,which help to prevent runaway projects.

Postproject reviews,or _________,identify the reasons the project was successful or not,strengths and weaknesses of the project plan,how problems were detected and resolved,and how the project was successful in spite of them