Exam 13: Business Process Management and Systems Development

Project managers must manage the __________,which consists of tasks that must start and finish on schedule or the project will be delayed unless corrective action is taken.

What was the underlying reason for the failure of the 2010 U.S.Census Bureau's Handheld Project?

Systems development involves __________,which is the revising of results of any development process when new information makes revision the smart thing to do.

Project managers need to recognize the risk of __________,which is the piling up of small changes that by themselves are manageable,but collectively can cause significant project growth.

The __________ spec,also called the technical spec,is important to managers because it identifies how the business process will be implemented in as much detail as possible.

An advantage of JIT is that it significantly decreases transportation and ordering costs.

__________ is a technology approach to implementing a business process,but it's only part of the technology required to implement business processes.

If organizations focus exclusively on automation and cost savings,they might achieve significant operational efficiencies but lose their competitive edge.

To add rigor to the programming process,programmers use __________ that improve the flow of the program by decomposing the computer code into modules.

The advantage of the __________ is that any tier can be upgraded or replaced independently as business requirements or technology change.

__________ specifications include the design of outputs,inputs,processing,databases,telecommunications,controls,security,and IS jobs.