EXAM 1 Flashcards
What groups of people do Info Systems connect?
Tech Pros & Business People
The Systems Development Life Cycle (SDLC) is an approach for designing and developing systems. The five stages in order are:
analysis, requirements, design, development, and
implementation.
What is Analysis?
Review current plans and blueprints.
Check Market Segments
What is “Requirements” in SDLC?
EX. Find out what the client wants. What features? Check Market Segments
What is “Design” in SDLC?
EX. Develop sketches and add ons for the client
What is “Development” in SDLC?
The building of the product for the client. The actual creation. NEW SYSTEM IS CHECKED AGAINST OLD SYSTEM
What is “Implementation” in SDLC?
Put it all together and prepare the product for the reveal to the client
What are some things information systems should be designed with in mind?
usability, graphic design and analytical design principles
What are “Wire Frames”?
The very rough sketch up of the product for the client
What are “Mock Ups”?
The more refined blueprint of the product for the client
What is a “As-Is” Diagram show?
“As-Is” diagrams show the way the business process is currently desgined. Done in the analysis state of SDLC
What is a “To-Be” Diagram show?
A “To-Be” Diagram shows how the new business process will work. Done in the Requirements of SDLC
What is business process?
A set of goal directed activities
What is a Business process diagram?
Business processes may be
represented by process diagrams containing actors in swimlanes and actions connected by arrows. Decision points in a business process are represented by diamonds
What is a “Swim Lane”?
A vertical portion of a business process diagram. Each represents an actor
What is an “Actor”?
A person or computer who takes actions or makes
decisions in a business process
What is a “Cloud System”?
A term used to describe computing services
that live on the Internet rather than on a
user’s workstation. Cloud services may be
accessed from any internet enabled device.
Gmail and Dropbox are services that live in the
“cloud.” These services may be accessed by
web browsers or even smartphones.
What does “C.R.A.P” stand for?
Contrast Repetition Alignment Proximity
What is “Contrast”?
Draws attention; creates visual interest
What is “Repetition”?
Unifying the theme with a coherent whole
Ways to achieve “Contrast”?
visual weights, differing print type, San Serif for title and Serif for content, and use fill and outlines
Ways to achieve and use “Repetition”?
Color repetition and using common interface design
What does “Alignment” do?
It creates strength and organization
What is”Proximity” and what does it do?
The distance between objects and features. Creates relationship among items and groups items together
What should every ad have?
Every ad should have a picture, headline, text, and logo
What is a “Market Segments”?
groups of potential customers for a
company’s product or service. Criteria would be things such as age, gender, income, and so forth.
What is a “Target Market”?
a chosen market segment to pursue
What is “Majority Fallacy”?
go after the segments that make up the
majority of the market
– Targeting all females is an inefficient use of marketing funds
What is a “Niche Market”?
a smaller, highly defined market segment
– Males, age 21-25 who live in Savannah, GA and drive Subaru Foresters
What is “Brand Power”?
specific image evoked by a brand name,
usually proportional to its focus
– Lexus: Luxury
– Mini Cooper: Sporty
What are “Brand Planners”?
They devise the marketing strategy.
What are “Project Managers”?
schedule the term members, determine how much
their time will cost and maintain the budget.
What are “Copywriters and Designers”?
They produce the creative material for the site
Where should the logo be located on a website?
Upper left corner and links back to the home page
Where should Corporate Info be?
Grouped in the “About Us” page
What are images and graphics for?
Not just to decorate but to show off products
What type of text should you use in a website?
Black or dark body text color
What color background should be used?
Light or White background color?
Where should the search box go?
Upper Right hand corner or Center, white background, and at least 27 letter size
Should you include a tagline?
Yes, with clear purpose.
Should you use a distinct window title?
YES!
What should be emphasized?
Important tasks
How should the links be labeled?
Distinctively
What should be remembered when formatting website?
Use meaningful not decorative graphics and keep it simple
Who is the best name in usability?
Jakob Nielsen
What should be remembered when using website images?
mages used on a website need to be small enough to load quickly; PNG, GIF, and JPEG are both compression standards to squeeze images down in size.
What is “DSS”?
Decision Support System- it is used for business and organization decision making
What is “CRM”?
Customer Relationship Management- a model for managing a companies interactions with future and current customers
What is “ERP”?
Enterprise Resource Planning -is business management software—usually a suite of integrated applications—that a company can use to store and manage data
What is “SCM”?
Supply Chain Management-the management of the flow of goods
What should be inlcuded in a website window title?
Company Name and Tag Line or short site description
Why should you include logs, search boxes, or pictures?
It creates standarzation
What allows information to be gathered from a form on a website to be stored in a database?
Database intergration
A collection of one or more related tables is called a?
A database
System that analyzes data to spot trends and oppurtunities for a business
Business Intelligence
What does the diamond represent on a swimline diagram?
a decision
Category of systems to manage day to day transactions or business orperations?
Enterprise System?
When creating an information system, system analysists need to keep the BLANK is mind at each stage of the process
User
A method for creating INFO SYSTEMs
SDLC?
