systems analysis and design

Question 1

What is cloud computing?

Answer 1

Software rented or leased from a third party, Applications accessed through the internet or a vpn, applications bought or maintained by the software provider, user pay-per use or month to month subscription

Question 2

Why do organizations do IT projects

Answer 2

• current system not adequate
• expansion new business opprotunity
• competitive advantage
• They just want it

Question 3

What is a systems request?

Answer 3

• a request for systems work. Usually a request for systems development sometimes for equipment and services
• Used for something new or better, not used for repair.

Question 4

What is a project charter?

Answer 4

Short one page document to announce the creation of project.

Question 5

What is a Gantt chart?

Answer 5

a graphical representation of a project that shows each task as a horizontal bar where length is proportional to its time frame.

Question 6

What are the three sides of the project triangle?

Answer 6

scope, time, and cost.

Question 7

what is the work breakdown structure?

Answer 7

The process of dividing a project into manageable tasks

Question 8

What is a PERT chart?

Answer 8

shows ordering of activities by connecting a task toits predecessor and successor tasks. Represented in a box chart

Question 9

What is expected duration?

Answer 9

The expected duration of a task taking into account optimistic, pesemistic, and realistic estimate

Question 10

What are the main project goals?

Answer 10

BE on time, within budget, quality, functionality, and user satisfaction.

Question 11

What are a project managers responsibilities?

Answer 11

planning, scheduling, monitoring, controlling, reporting, managing problems and conflict.

Question 12

What is critical path?

Answer 12

The shortest possible duration in which a project can be completed.

Question 13

What are the steps to risk management?

Answer 13

Done during the project, Identify sources of risk, estimate consequences of risk, describe possible negative outcomes and their probabilities, and create a risk mitigation plan.

Question 14

What are the sources of risk

Answer 14

Difficulty in creating the system, failure if vendors to supply technology, personnel unavailable, uncooperative users, competative response to the system

Question 15

When does project management occur?

Answer 15

at all phases of the SDLC

Question 16

What Is the SDLC?

Answer 16

Systems Development Life Cycle

Question 17

What is SDM?

Answer 17

Systems development Methodologies.

Question 18

Which number was higher in 2008, people living or number or devices connected to the internet?

Answer 18

Devices connected to the internet.

Question 19

What is systems analysis and design?

Answer 19

Process of maintaining and developing an information system.

Question 20

systems analysts must be what?

Answer 20

business savvy, technically competent, comfortable with both technicians and management.

Question 21

What are the components of an information system?

Answer 21

Hardware, software, data, processes, and people.

Question 22

What is systems integration?

Answer 22

When one system meets another system in order to share data.

Question 23

What are the steps of the Waterfall model for systems analysis?

Answer 23

Systems Planing, Systems Analysis, Systems Design, Systems integration, Systems security and support (in that order)

Question 24

What is prototyping?

Answer 24

Designing a scaled down, working version of an application. To demonstrate user interface.

Question 25

What is ERP?

Answer 25

Enterprise resource planning?

Question 26

What is RAD?

Answer 26

Rapid Application Development.