Ch 2 - Modern Systems Analysis & Design

Question 1

Ways to acquire systems

Answer 1

• In-house Development
• Outsourcing
• Purchasing

Question 1

How is in-house development used?

Answer 1

Made in-house & from scratch; uses prof expertise within org to develop & maintain its info tech systems

Question 2

What is outsourcing?

Answer 2

Turning over responsibilities for some or all of an org’s info systems applications & operations to outside firm

Question 3

What are the three subtypes of outsourcing projects?

Answer 3

Onshore (same country)
Nearshore (nearby country)
Offshore (foreign country)

Question 4

What is purchasing?

Answer 4

Prepackaged software that is off-the-shelf & not customizable (or only to a limited extent) ie MWord

Question 5

How to evaluate off-the-shelf software:

Answer 5

Send Request for Proposal (RFP); doc provided to vendors asking them to propose hard- and software that will meet reqs of a new sys

Question 6

What major groups can sources of software be categorized into?

Answer 6

Information Technology Services firms (outsourcing)
Packaged software producers (purchasing)
In-house Development
Enterprise Solutions Software
Cloud Computing
Open-source software

Question 7

What is Cloud Computing as an alternative?

Answer 7

the provision of computing resources, including apps, over the Internet so customers don’t need to invest in computing infrastructures