Exam 12: Systems Development: Investigation and Analysis

CASE tools are used by the project manager to determine the critical path of the project.

During each ____________________ of the prototyping approach, requirements and alternative solutions to the problem are identified and analyzed, new solutions are designed, and a portion of the system is implemented.

The bigger the project, the more likely that poor planning will lead to significant problems.

The systems steering committee ____.

This factor is likely to affect the quality of the systems development effort ____.

______ involves investigating new approaches to existing problems.

The term _______________ development describes any systems development project in which business managers and users assume the primary effort.

The primary outcome of the systems analysis phase is ____.

Identify and briefly describe the various types of project feasibility that must be evaluated.

The data flow diagram is a technique to show the relationships among data entities.

Determining the ____________________ involves an analysis of existing and future laws to determine the likelihood of legal action against the systems development project and possible consequences.

With the object oriented systems analysis, a class is used to describe different types of ______.

A(n) ______ is a critical date for the completion of a major part of the information system project such as program design, coding, or testing.

____________________ uses pairs of programmers who work together to design, test, and code parts of the system they develop.

A professional who specializes in analyzing and designing business systems is called a(n) ____.

A problem with the traditional systems development life cycle is that formal end-of-phase reviews do not occur. Thus, it is very difficult to contain the scope of the project, and the project never seems to end.

Mission critical factors are factors that are essential to the success of certain functional areas of an organization.

A(n) ____________________ is a graphical tool for planning, monitoring, and coordinating projects.

The ____________________ consists of all activities that, if delayed, would delay the entire project.

The purpose of the ______ phase of the traditional system development process is to ensure that the system operates as intended and to modify the system so that it continues to meet changing business needs.