Chapter 5

Question 1

People who ultimately benefit from project

Answer 1

Stakeholders

Question 2

People who will interact with the system regularly

Answer 2

Users

Question 3

Professional who specializes in analyzing and designing business systems

Answer 3

Systems analysts

Question 4

Responsible for modifying or developing programs to satisfy user requirements

Answer 4

Programmer

Question 5

Systems development initiatives (3)

Answer 5

1.Arise from all levels of an organization
2.Can be planned or unplanned
3. Merger and acquisition

Question 6

Play pivotal role in organization’s continued operations and goal attainment

Answer 6

Mission-critical systems

Question 7

Factors essential to success of a functional area of an organization

Answer 7

Critical success factors (CSFs)

Question 8

Traditional Systems Development Life Cycle Stages

Answer 8

1. System investigation
2. System analysis
3. System design
4. System implementation
5. System maintenance and review

Question 9

Identifies problems and opportunities and considers them in light of business goals

Answer 9

System investigation

Question 10

Studies existing systems and work processes to identify strengths, weaknesses, and opportunities for improvement

Answer 10

System analysis

Question 11

Defines how the information system will do what it must do to obtain the problem’s solution

Answer 11

System design

Question 12

Creates or acquires various system components detailed in systems design, assembles them, and places new or modified system into operation

Answer 12

System implementation

Question 13

Ensures the system operates as intended
Modifies the system so that it continues to meet changing business needs

Answer 13

System maintenance and review

Question 14

Detailed description of what is to be done

Answer 14

Project schedule

Question 15

Critical date for completion of a major part of the project

Answer 15

Project milestone

Question 16

Date that the entire project is to be completed and operational

Answer 16

Project deadline

Question 17

Activities that, if delayed, would delay the entire project

Answer 17

Critical path

Question 18

Combines logic of systems development life cycle with power of object-oriented modeling and programming

Answer 18

Object-Oriented Systems Development

Question 19

Feasibility Analysis assesses:

Answer 19

-Technical feasibility
-Economic feasibility
-Legal feasibility
-Operational feasibility
-Schedule feasibility

Question 20

advantages of traditional system development life cycle

Answer 20

1. Formal review at end of each phase allows maximum management control
2. Creates considerable system documentation
3. produces many intermediate products that can be reviewed to see whether they meet the users needs and conform to standards.

Question 21

disadvantages of traditional system development life cycle

Answer 21

1. documentation is expensive and time consuming to create
2. often, user needs go unstated or are misunderstood