Exam 9: Systems Development and Project Management: Corporate Responsibility

What are specific factors that can limit options including budget,delivery dates,available skilled resources,and organizational policies?

Gantt charts define dependency between project tasks before those tasks are scheduled.

A kill switch is a trigger that enables a project manager to close the project before completion.

Which of the following is a business-related consequence of failing software?

Loose coupling is the capability of two or more computer systems to share data and resources,even though they are made by different manufacturers.

What is project scope?

What is an internal department that oversees all organizational projects?

What is the systems development life cycle?

Which of the following are tangible benefits?

Control objects for information and related technology (COBIT)is a set of best practices that helps an organization to maximize the benefits of an information system,while at the same time establishing appropriate controls to ensure minimum errors.

Integration testing verifies that the units or pieces of code function correctly when integrated together.

Which gate includes building and developing the product?

Gate one includes inception,and this phase ensures that all stakeholders have a shared understanding of the proposed system and what it will do.

What tests individual units or pieces of code for a system?

Project constraints are factors considered to be true,real,or certain without proof or demonstration.

Exception reports organize and categorize data for managerial perusal.

What is the design phase in the SDLC?

Software engineers use computer-aided software engineering (CASE),software tools that provide automated support for the development of the system.

The testing phase takes all the detailed design documents from the design phase and transforms them into the actual system.

What is a simple bar chart that depicts project tasks against a calendar?