Chp 6 Flashcards
The official way a system works as described in organizational documentation is?
Formal System
The way a system actually works is an?
Informal System
What is a Joint Application Design
A structured process in which users, managers, and analysts work together for several days in a series of intensive meetings to specify or review system requirements
The trained individual who plans and leads Joint Application Design sessions is a
JAD session Leader
Who is the person who makes detailed notes of the happenings at a Joint Application Design session?
Scribe
What is Prototyping?
an iterative process of systems development in which requirements are converted to a working system that is continually revised through organized user collaboration
How is Evolutionary prototyping different to throwaway prototyping?
Evolutionary, You begin by modeling parts of the target system and, if the prototyping process is successful, you evolve the rest of the system from those parts; throwaway does not preserve the prototype, there is never an intention to convert prototype into a working system
The search for and implementation of radical change in business processes to achieve breakthrough improvements in products and services is?
Business Process reengineering (BPR)
What is Key Business processes?
the structured, measured set of activities designed to produce a specific output for a particular customer or market
Technologies that enable the breaking of long-held business rules that inhibit organizations from making radical business changes is known as?
Disruptive Technologies
What are close-ended questions?
Questions in interviews that ask those responding to choose from among a set of specified responses
What are open-ended questions?
Questions in interviews that have no pre-specified answers
Nominal Group Technique
facilitated process that supports idea generation by groups
