Exam 6: Systems Development

Does selfsourcing encompass prototyping?

_____ is an iterative process in which a model of the information system is created from business requirements, demonstrated to end users, then refined and enhanced based on end user comments.

_____ is the process of building a model that demonstrates the features of a proposed product, service, or system.

_____ outsourcing is contracting with a company that is geographically far away.

"The proposed information system must connect 25,000 employees working in Europe, US, and Canada working in 5 satellite sites". This would be an example of a _____.

A help desk is a group of people that respond to end users' questions.

During the _____ phase of the SDLC, software is actually written.

Component based development is a general approach to systems development that focuses on building small self-contained blocks of code that can be reused across a variety of applications within an organization.

The _____ is a written definition of the project scope and is usually no longer than a paragraph.

A U.S. bank doing onshore outsourcing of some of its work is using another U.S. company.

What is the difference between insourcing and selfsourcing?

Joint application development is a meeting between users and IT specialists to define and review business requirements for the project.

The prototyping process involves four steps. Which of these items is not one of these steps?

The analysis phase develops the detailed steps the system must perform along with the expected results of each step.

What is a prototype?

Which of the following is considered a technical architecture for the proposed system?

The systems development life cycle is an unstructured approach for developing information systems.

_____ represents key dates for which you need a certain group of activities performed.

While planning for a new information system or application, which of the following is not an activity?

When you contract the services of an outsourcing organization, you will most likely do so using a service level agreement.