Chapter 9 Project Management

Question 1

legacy systems

Answer 1

an old system that is fast approaching or beyond the end of its useful life

Question 2

7 phases of the sdlc (systems development life cycle)

Answer 2

planning
analysis
design
development
testing
implementation
maintenance

Question 3

business requirements

Answer 3

the specific business requests the system must meet to be successful

Question 4

agile methodologies

Answer 4

aims for customer satisfaction through early and continuous delivery of useful software developed by an iterative process using the bare minimum requirements

Question 5

waterfall methodology

Answer 5

sequence of phases in which the output of each phase becomes the input for the next

Question 6

prototyping

Answer 6

modern design approach where the designers and system users use an iterative approach to building the system (test run)

Question 7

outsourcing

Answer 7

arrangement where one org provides a service for another org that chooses not to perform them in house

Question 8

project management

Answer 8

applying knowledge skills and tools to project activities to meet project requirements

Question 9

feasability

Answer 9

measure of the tangible and intangible benefits of an information system

Question 10

onshore outsourcing

Answer 10

using another org from the united states

Question 11

nearshore outsourcing

Answer 11

using an org from a nearby country

Question 12

offshore outsourcing

Answer 12

using orgs from developing countries