Project Management

Question 1

What are the communication skills required in system development project?

Answer 1

– active listening
– conflict resolution
– negotiation skills
– interview techniques
– team building

Question 2

Why is it important to apply project management tools to develop a system using a team approach?

Answer 2

Can lead to:
- financial loss
- employment loss
- missed opportunities

Question 3

What are the advantages of groups that function as a team?

Answer 3

• increased productivity
  – enhanced job satisfaction
  – the development of a quality system

Question 4

What are project management tools?

Answer 4

– Gantt charts
– scheduling of tasks
– journals and diaries
– funding management plan
– communication management plan

Question 5

Name social and ethical issues associated with IT.

Answer 5

• Designs of Systems (Human and Machine centered)
• Health and Safety
• System Ethics and Equity

Question 6

What are some approaches to identifying problems?

Answer 6

• Interviewing users and participants.
• Analysing existing system

Question 7

What are the components to a requirements report?

Answer 7

– the purpose of the systems
– an analysis of an existing system
– definition of extra requirements

Question 8

What is a requirements prototype?

Answer 8

A working model of an information system, built in order to understand the requirements of the system and problem to be solved.

Question 9

What does the feasibility study entail?

Answer 9

– economic feasibility
– technical feasibility
– operational feasibility
– scheduling

Question 10

What are the development approaches?

Answer 10

• traditional
  – outsourcing
  – prototyping
  – customisation
  – participant development
  – agile methods

Question 11

What does the requirements report entail?

Answer 11

– details the time frame
– details the subprojects and the time
frame for them
– identifies participants
– identifies relevant information
technology
– identifies data/information
– identifies the needs of users

Question 12

What are tools used in the design process?

Answer 12

– context diagrams
– data flow diagrams
– decision trees
– decision tables
– data dictionaries
– storyboards

Question 13

What are methods of conversion?

Answer 13

• parallel conversion
• direct conversion
• phased conversion
• pilot conversion

Question 14

What are test data?

Answer 14

– volume data
– simulated data
– live data

Question 15

What is done during the testing, evaluating and maintaining part.

Answer 15

• compare the new system to the old and evaluate whether the requirements have been met
• update system documentation