Exam 14: Acquiring Information Systems and Applications

Your company has tried to implement changes in the past, but your employees are highly resistant to anything new. This is a(n) __________ feasibility issue.

The testing of containers started just recently as a replacement to virtual machines.

In the business case approach, ______________________________ write a business case to justify funding one or more specific applications or projects.

_____________ are IS professionals who either modify existing computer programs or write new programs to satisfy user requirements.

The benefits of IT are easy to quantify because IT is so useful to society.

The deliverable in the ________ stage of the SDLC is the new application.

Some companies are reverse outsourcing because they've found the lower cost isn't worth the higher risk.

__________ is a disadvantage of ICASE.

The IT steering committee is comprised of __________.

The 352 case illustrates that the minimum viable product approach can work for every business in any situation.

A(n) __________________________________________ is an agent or a vendor who assembles the software needed by enterprises and then packages it with services such as development, operations, and maintenance.

The deliverable in the ________ stage of the SDLC is a set of system requirements.

_________ is NOT an alternative to Docker.

Describe the information systems planning process. Provide an example of how one or more of these steps could be skipped.

Users don't really need to be involved in systems development as that is an IT issue.

____________ is an advantage of ICASE.

____________ is an advantage of end-user development.

_________ is a disadvantage of outsourcing.

___________ is a method of delivering software in which a vendor hosts the applications and provides them as a service to customers over a network, typically the Internet.

__________ is a disadvantage of the traditional SDLC.