Project Management Flashcards
What are the skills necessary to manage a system development project?
Active listening Conflict resolution Negotiation skills Interview techniques Team building
What are the advantages of a group acting as a team?
Increased productivity
Enhanced job satisfaction
The development of a quality system
What’s included in a requirements report?
The purpose of the systems
An analysis of an existing system
Definition of extra requirements
What is involved in a feasibility study?
The benefits, costs and risks of a project.
What kind of standards does a feasibility study test a proposed solution?
Economic feasibility
Technical feasibility
Operational feasibility
Scheduling
What are the appropriate development approaches?
Traditional Outsourcing Prototyping Customisation Participant development Agile methods
What does a Requirement Report detail?
Details the time frame
Details the sub-projects and the time frame for them
Identifies participants
Identifies relevant information technology
Identifies data/information
Identifies the needs of others
What approaches can you use to identify certain problems within an existing information system?
Interviewing/surveying users of the information system
Interviewing/surveying participants
Analysing the existing system by determining: how it works, what it does and who uses it.
What is a requirements prototype?
A working model of an information system, built in order to understand the requirements of the system.
When is a requirements prototype meant to be used?
When the problem is not easily understood
How is a requirements prototype used?
Repetitive process of prototype modification and participants’ feedback until the problem is understood.
What can a requirements prototype also be used for?
The basis for further system development
What are system design tools used for?
Better understanding of the system
Assistance in explaining the operation of the new system
Documenting the new system
What are the tools used in designing?
Context diagrams Data flow diagrams Decision trees Decision tables Data dictionaries Storyboards
What is the Designing process meant for?
It’s meant to clarity the benefits of the new information system to users.
Detailing the roles of the participants, the data and the information technology used in the system.
Designing the system for ease of maintenance and to refine existing prototypes.
