Chapter 11 - Systems Analysis Methods (1.2)

Question 1

What is Analysis?

Answer 1

Stakeholders state what they want from the finished product to define the problem and system requirements

Question 2

What is Design?

Answer 2

Designing different aspects of the system

Question 3

What is Development?

Answer 3

Using the designed product and splitting it into individual self-contained modules which are allocated to teams for programming

Question 4

What is Alpha Testing?

Answer 4

Testing carried out by the software development teams in the company

Question 5

What is Beta Testing?

Answer 5

Testing carried out by end-users after alpha testing, who will then give feedback to improve the program

Question 6

What is White Box Testing?

Answer 6

Testing carried out by software development teams based on the internal structure of the program, all possible routes of the program are tested

Question 7

What is Black Box Testing?

Answer 7

Testing carried out by software development teams or end-users, they aren’t aware of the structure of the software and traces through inputs and outputs within the system

Question 8

What is Implementation?

Answer 8

Software installed onto user’s systems once changes are made to it after testing

Question 9

What is Evaluation?

Answer 9

Effectiveness of the software is evaluated against system requirements in analysis stage to evaluate its suitability in solving the problem