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chapter fourteen Flashcards

1
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“you don’t really choose a career…”

A

a career chooses you

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2
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why do IT professionals have an easier time changing careers than other professionals?

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information technology is everywhere (broader opportunities)

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3
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information technology _____ business

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enhances

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“know the business”

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require a deep understanding of the inner workings of a business and what it does before they can start applying information technology solutions

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5
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IT professionals are…

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business professionals first

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“value-added”

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refers to the added value of a product or service over the cost of products and services used to produce it from the previous stage of production

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7
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what are the two types of IT professionals?

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service and IT consulting

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perception problem

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generated because IT departments exist outside of the core business departments and are somehow deemed not as important to the organization

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Chief Information Officer (CIO)/Chief Technology Officer (CTO)

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the board-level head of an information technology department within a business organization

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“CIO” replaced the term ____

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“IT Director”

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head applications developers

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in charge of software application development teams that develop, design, program, and test software applications

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System Development Life Cycle (SDLC)

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a process for creating and altering computer applications through an approach that includes planning, system analysis, design, implementation, and system maintenance

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legacy systems

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more difficult to deal with than developing a brand new system because they are typically already in use by an organization

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14
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Unified Modeling Language (UML)

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includes a set of graphical notation techniques to create computer models and applications

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what is a “blueprint” for developing applications?

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UML

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application architects

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design parts of applications, like screen interfaces, middleware and programming infrastructure, that complies with head applications developer’s design principles and falls into line with their SDLC

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middleware

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the computer programming and software that connects the components an applications architect designs

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18
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programming infrastructure

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includes the actual programming language components that help an application work as designed

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database administrators

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categorize data requirements and create the database entities and models that ensure accurate and smooth-flowing information throughout a business

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network administrators

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directly responsible for the smooth operations and maintenance of the business’ networks and networking technology that includes its hardware and software

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21
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what are some networking software companies that offer certification in all aspects of networking?

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Novell

Microsoft

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senior web developers

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prepare, plan, and implement web-based software applications

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business intelligence analysts

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make sense out of an organization’s data and information, and present their findings to senior staff for the purpose of making tactical and strategic decisions

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24
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Information Technology Staff Consultants

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must have great communication skills, as they are the conduit between IT and the rest of the organization

25
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what are the stems to increase business efficiency?

A

understand a business

apply information technology

26
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“high-quality data”

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databases can check data input (reconciliation issues would be greatly reduced)

27
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query information

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biggest advantage of the database

28
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what is part of “knowing the business”?

A

the understanding what effects technology will have on business

29
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Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP)

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a business-wide computer system used to administer and organize all the computer resources and information for functional departments of a business from shared data stores to a centralized database residing on a local area network

30
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what are parts of ERP?

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finance/accounting
human resources
manufacturing
supply chain management
project management
customer relationship management
31
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data integrity

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a term that means data is whole or complete and accurate

32
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“holy grail” when it comes to overall business solutions

A

ERP

33
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what are the advantages of ERPS?

A

increase in production, collaboration by sharing information
enhance tactical and strategic decision making
information can be analyzed to a finer degree

34
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what are the disadvantages of ERPS?

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businesses often have to re-engineer their own processes to fit ERP solutions
ERPs can be expensive
controls must be implemented
ERPs are difficult to modify

35
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Unified Modeling Language (UML)

A

a standardized visual modeling language for developing computer software

36
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what is a blueprint for constructing a computer application?

A

UML

37
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many times, software developers use UML to develop software and then…

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outsource the project for another programmer to finish

38
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actors

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end-users that will be involved with a new system

39
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object-oriented programming languages

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a type of programming language that encourages the programmer to reuse parts of an application like forms, programming modules, and code

40
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what are the four basic steps in UML?

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case scenarios
object oriented analysis
object oriented design
sequence diagrams

41
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case scenarios

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an explanation of a computer system’s behavior as it receives and responds to requests that start off from outside that system

42
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what does case scenarios do?

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use “who” can do “what” with the system

43
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Object Oriented Analysis (OOA)

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requires the computer programmer to start analyzing what a new system will need and apply object-modeling techniques to analyze the functional requirements for a system

44
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Object Oriented Design (OOD)

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takes the OOA diagrams and information and expands it to make implementation specifications

45
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Sequence Diagrams

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illustrations that show how computer processes relate and interact with each other and in what order

46
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IT consultants need a _____ to developing an entire software solution.

A

systematic approach

47
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System Development Lifecycle (SDLC)

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the process of creating or altering systems that takes a strictstep-by-step approach to every phase of development

48
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what are the stages of SDLC?

A 
initiation
concept development
planning stages
requirements stages
design
development
testing and integration
implementation

“I Can Prevent Really Dull Development Testing It”

49
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initiation

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brainstorming
determine the goals of the project
develop a feasibility study

50
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concept development

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starts to define the scope of a project like how big or small it will be and what part of an organization it will affect

51
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what is one of the most important documents produced at the concept development?

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cost and risk analysis statements

52
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planning stages

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allows a project manager to allocate resources and identify who is responsible for completing each step of the overall project
(Microsoft Project and Gantt chart)

53
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requirement stage

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break the intended or existing system down to analyze problems

54
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design

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the stage where a computer system starts to look like a computer system

55
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development

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takes the subsystems from the design stage and converts them to an overall system by installing them on their appropriate operating system and conducting preliminary testing

56
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testing and integration

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start when the development stage is complete to make sure it conforms to the previous requirements of the SDLC

57
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implementation

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the introduction of the new or improved computer system into the production environment

58
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Rapid Application Development (RAD)

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a computer system development methodology that takes a minimalist approach

59
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Software Prototyping

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a methodology that can be used during software development by creating software prototypes

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