IM Flashcards

1
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(ISA) Data

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EDM

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2
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(ISA) Processes

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  • Data flow
  • Diagrams
  • Process Decomposition
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3
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(ISA) Data Network

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Topology Diagrams

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4
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(ISA) People

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People in management that use management tools such as Gantt charts

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5
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(ISA) Event and points in time

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Where processes are performed

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6
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(ISA) Reasons for event and rules

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Decision tables

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7
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Blueprint of how an organization wants to structure its information systems

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Information Systems Architecture (ISA)

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8
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A methodology that creates and maintains information systems

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Information Engineering

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9
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An IS planning methodology to gain a broad understanding of the IS needed by the organization

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Top-down planning

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10
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What are the four steps to Top-down planning?

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  1. Planning
  2. Analysis
  3. Design
  4. Implementation
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What is the purpose of Information Systems Planning (ISP)?

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To align IT with an org’s business strategies

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What are the three steps to ISP?

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  1. Identify strategic planning factors (SPF)
  2. Identify corporate planning objects (CPO)
  3. Develop an EDM
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13
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(ISP) What are the strategic planning factors?

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  1. Org’s goals - what you want to accomplish
  2. Critical success factors - what must work for us to survive
  3. Problem areas - weaknesses
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(ISP) What are the corporate planning objects?

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  1. Org. units
  2. Org locations
  3. Business Functions - groups of business processes
  4. Entity types - things we try to model for the database
  5. IS - application programs
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15
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A process that breaks a system description into fine details

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Functional decomposition

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16
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What is the full form of SDLC?

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System Development Life Cycle

17
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It is a detailed, well-planned development process

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SDLC

18
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It is time-consuming but comprehensive; long development cycle

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SDLC

19
Q

What is the full form of RAD?

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Rapid Application Development

20
Q

You repeat implementation and maintenance activities with new prototype versions

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Prototyping

21
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What are the two approaches to Database and IS development?

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  1. System Development Life Cycle (SDLC)
  2. Prototyping
22
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What approach is RAD under?

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Prototyping

23
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What are the parts of SDLC?

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  1. Planning
  2. Analysis
  3. Logical Design
  4. Physical Design
  5. Implementation
  6. Maintenance
24
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What is included in the Prototyping Database Methodology?

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  1. Identify the problem
  2. Develop an initial prototype
  3. Implement and use the prototype
  4. Revise and enhance the prototype
  5. Convert to an operational system
25
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Software tools that provide automated support for system dev.

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Computer Aided Software Engineering (CASE)

26
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What are the three database features?

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  1. Data modeling - drawing entity-relationship diagrams
  2. Code generation - SQL code for table creation
  3. Repositories - knowledge base of enterprise information
27
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A planned undertaking of related activities to reach an objective that has a beginning and an end

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Project

28
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Review of systems development project after each development phase with re-justification after each phase

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Incremental Commitment

29
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Organized collection of logically related data accessed electronically from a computer system

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Database

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