Chapter 5 Flashcards

1
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People who ultimately benefit from project

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Stakeholders

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2
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People who will interact with the system regularly

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Users

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3
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Professional who specializes in analyzing and designing business systems

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Systems analysts

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4
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Responsible for modifying or developing programs to satisfy user requirements

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Programmer

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5
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Systems development initiatives (3)

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

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6
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Play pivotal role in organization’s continued operations and goal attainment

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Mission-critical systems

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7
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Factors essential to success of a functional area of an organization

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Critical success factors (CSFs)

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8
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Traditional Systems Development Life Cycle Stages

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  1. System investigation
  2. System analysis
  3. System design
  4. System implementation
  5. System maintenance and review
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9
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Identifies problems and opportunities and considers them in light of business goals

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System investigation

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10
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Studies existing systems and work processes to identify strengths, weaknesses, and opportunities for improvement

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System analysis

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11
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Defines how the information system will do what it must do to obtain the problem’s solution

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System design

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12
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Creates or acquires various system components detailed in systems design, assembles them, and places new or modified system into operation

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System implementation

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13
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Ensures the system operates as intended
Modifies the system so that it continues to meet changing business needs

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System maintenance and review

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14
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Detailed description of what is to be done

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Project schedule

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15
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Critical date for completion of a major part of the project

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Project milestone

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16
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Date that the entire project is to be completed and operational

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Project deadline

17
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Activities that, if delayed, would delay the entire project

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Critical path

18
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Combines logic of systems development life cycle with power of object-oriented modeling and programming

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Object-Oriented Systems Development

19
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Feasibility Analysis assesses:

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

20
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advantages of traditional system development life cycle

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  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.
21
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disadvantages of traditional system development life cycle

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