Ch 6 - Determining System Requirments

Question 1

Traditional Methods for Determining Requirments

Answer 1

• Interviews with Individuals
• Observation of workers
• Business documents

Question 2

What kind of question to ask for Interviewing for Requirments? Trad

Answer 2

• Open-Ended Questions (no pre-sepecified answers)
• Close-Ended Questions (asked to choose from specified responses)

Question 3

What does Directly Observing Users entail for Requirment Gathering? Trad

Answer 3

Observing actual measures of how employees itneract with info systems & how they do their jobs. But it’s often difficult to obtain unbiased data

Question 4

What types of information can be found from analyzing procedures & other documents? Trad

Answer 4

• Problems with existing system
• Opportunities to meet new needs
• Special information processing circumstances
• Rules for processing data
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Question 5

What are the three ways of determining requirements?

Answer 5

• Traditional
• Modern
• Radical

Question 6

What is the Modern Method JAD?

Answer 6

Joint Application Design - brings toghether key users, managers, & systems analysts to collect system reqs simultaneously from key people involved with system.

Question 7

What is modern method Prototyping?

Answer 7

It’s goal is to develop concrete specficiations for ultimate systems. It’s helpful when few users are involved & user requests are not clear.

Question 8

What is Radical Method BPR?

Answer 8

Business Process Reengineering - search for & implementation of radical change in business processes to achieve breakthrough improvements in products & services