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| What is the primary goal for any project? |
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Definition
| Create value for the organization |
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| Name three reasons for project failure |
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o System never used after it is installed
o Fails to provide the expected benefit
o Canceled before the system is completed |
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| What are the four phases of the systems development life cycle? What question will be answered in each phase? |
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Definition
o Planning – Why build the system?
o Analysis – Who, what, when, and where will the system be?
o Design – How will the system work?
o Implementation – How will the system be delivered (System Delivery)? |
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| Be able to assign activities to phases of the systems development life cycle Give a definition of system architecture. E.g. develop work plan – planning phase |
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o Planning
§ Identify business value
§ Analyze feasibility
§ Develop work plan
§ Staff the project
§ Control and direct the project
o Analysis
§ Analysis Strategy
§ Information gathering
§ Use-Case Modeling
§ Process or structural modeling
§ Data or behavioral modeling
o Design
§ System Design
§ Architectural design
§ Interface design
§ Database and file design
§ Program design
o Implementation
§ Construction
§ Installation
§ Support |
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| Each phase of the systems development life cycle results in a product. Name the phases and the resulting products |
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Definition
o Planning > Project Plan
o Analysis > System Proposal
o Design > System Specification
o Implementation > New System and Maintenance Plan |
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| What is the Unified Process? |
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Definition
| maps out when and how to use the various UML techniques for object-oriented analysis and design |
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| What are the four phases of the Unified Process? How do they relate to the systems development life cycle phases? |
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Definition
• Inception - Similar to the planning phase in that a business case is made for the proposed system
• Elaboration - Combines elements of both the analysis and design phases of the SDLC.
• Construction - Focuses heavily on programming, related to the implementation phase of the SDLC.
• Transition - Emphasis on testing and deployment work flows, also related to the implementation phase of the SDLC. |
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| • Unified Modeling Language - Provides a common vocabulary of object oriented terms and diagramming techniques rich enough to model any systems development project from analysis through implementation |
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| There are two major groups of UML diagrams. What are they and name one UML diagram for each group. |
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Definition
| • Structure Diagrams - Class diagram • Behavior Diagrams - Activity diagram |
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| What are the three dimensions of a project goal? How do they relate to each other? |
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Definition
| • Specification Objectives (What?) • Time Objectives (When?) • Cost Objectives (How much $?) |
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• A dynamic schedule that records and keeps track of all tasks to be accomplished over the course of the project
• The main item in a project management software application |
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Term
| What is the difference between duration and effort? |
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Definition
• Duration is the time elapsed from the start to the finish of a particular activity
• Effort is the time one spends performing an activity once he/she sits down to do it. |
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Term
| Name and describe the two kinds of requirements that need to be defined for a project. |
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Definition
• Functional Requirements: A process the system needs to perform or information it needs to contain.
• Non-Functional Requirements: Behavioral properties - operational, performance, security, cultural & political |
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| Name and briefly describe the three requirements analysis strategies. |
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Definition
• Business Process Automation (BPA): Leaves basic operations the same but uses computer automation to do some of the work (low risk, low payoff).
• Business Process Improvement (BPI): Makes moderate changes to organizational opportunities to take advantage of advances in technology or to copy competitors
• Business Process Reengineering (BPR): Changes the fundamental operations of the company. Focus is on new ideas and new ways of doing business, little regard for current system. |
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| Name three requirement gathering techniques. |
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Definition
• Interviews
• Joint Application Development (JAD)
• Questionnaires |
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Term
| What are the three main goals in controlling a project? |
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Definition
• Identify problems
• Solve problems
• Get the project back on track once the problem has been addressed |
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Term
| What are activity diagrams used for? |
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Definition
| model the behavior in a business process |
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Term
| What are use cases and what function do they have? |
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| • A use case illustrates the activities performed by a user of the system • Describes the basic functions of a system |
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Term
| What are structural models? |
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Definition
| • A formal way of representing the objects that are used and created by a business system |
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| What is the main goal in developing structural models? |
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Definition
| • To discover the key data contained in the problem domain |
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Term
| What are behavioral models? |
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Definition
| how the classes interact in support of the use cases |
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| What is the purpose of “Walkthroughs”? |
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Definition
• Test the fidelity of the models
• Uncover errors or faults |
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| Name and describe two design strategies. |
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Definition
• Custom Development
o Allows for meeting highly specialized requirements
o Allows flexibility and creativity in solving problems
o Easier to change components
o Builds personnel skills
o May tax firm’s resources
o May add significant risk
• Packaged Software
o Software already written
o May be more efficient
o May be more thoroughly tested and proven
o May range from components to tools to whole enterprise systems
o Must accept functionality provided
o May require change in how the firm does business
o May require significant “customization” or “workarounds” |
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| What needs to be considered in selecting a design strategy? |
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Definition
| • Business need • Project skills • Time frame |
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| Name and describe two principles of user interface design? |
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Definition
• Layout
o Each area may be further subdivided
o Each area is self-contained
o Areas should have a natural intuitive flow
- Users from western nations tend to read from left to right and top to bottom
- Users from other regions may have different flows
• Content Awareness
o Intuitively answers the users’ questions:
- Where am I?
- What am I supposed to be doing here?
o Content awareness applies to sub-areas within a form or window
- Related form fields (e.g. address information) are grouped together
- Related report information (e.g. records) are grouped together |
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| What are three basic navigation design principles? |
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Definition
• Prevent mistakes
• Simplify recovery from mistakes
• Use consistent grammar order |
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| What are three basic input design principles? |
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Definition
• Online versus Batch processing
• Capture data at the source
• Minimize keystrokes |
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| What are three basic output design principles? |
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Definition
• Understand report usage
• Manage information load
• Minimize bias |
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| Name two external forces that drive change. |
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Definition
• Expansion of economy to include global markets
• Abundance of easily accessible information and markets |
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Term
| Name and describe the four stages of testing. |
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Definition
• Unit tests-
• Integration tests- Assess whether a set of classes that must work together do so without error
• System tests- How well the system meets business requirements
• Acceptance tests- Primarily by users with support from project team |
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Term
| What are the two types of documentation? |
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Definition
• System documentation- for those who install, maintain or build upon the system
• User documentation- for those who use it |
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Term
| What are two communication challenges for project managers? |
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Definition
-Project team members often from diverse departments and are unfamiliar with each other
-Projects are made up of highly specialized people who may prefer to interact only with those of their specialty
-Project team members understand less about the intricate interdependencies of the tasks required than the project manager |
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Term
| Why is matching communication styles important? |
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Definition
-People tend to sent out messages in the manner they take in information best
-Some avoid certain media altogether even when doing so may create a problem for them |
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Term
| Name and describe three ways to motivate team members. |
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Definition
-Determine task preferences: See what the team member likes
-Define the team members role: mutually develop a set of goals or action plans that will define the employees contribution to the final goal.
-Openly invite solutions: invite employees to alert you of diffiiculties, encourage them to report progress honestly and discourage whiners. |
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Term
| Why is the inability to delegate a major deterrent to success? |
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Definition
-Shows disrespect to the team member and a lack of confidence in that person’s ability to perform the assigned job.
-Gap eventually shows up in the overall coordination effort of the project. Pieces will eventually slip through the holes left by the project manager's lack of attention. |
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Term
| What are the three major steps to a conversion plan? |
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Definition
| -Install hardware -Install software -Convert data |
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Term
| What is the purpose of a system/project review? |
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Definition
-Examine the extent to which the costs and benefits of the system are realized
-Use this information to more accurately estimate costs and benefits for future systems |
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Term
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Definition
| the belief that one’s own culture is the “correct” culture, and all others are inferior in some way |
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Term
| Name two likely areas of misinterpretation on a diverse work team. |
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Definition
-The way respect is shown
-The way conflict is handled
-The requirements one has for personal space
-The work ethic one holds |
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Term
| Name two ways to improve understanding among employees |
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Definition
-Ask about family
-Find out religious observances
-Offer voluntary language classes
-Invite suggestions and input |
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Term
| What does being a team player mean? |
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Definition
| Is the same term with different meanings based upon our gender differences? |
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Term
| If you are a judging personality, how do you tend to live your life? |
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Definition
| you like to have a your life stable, planned, and organized |
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Term
| How does the analogy of handedness apply to Myer Briggs? |
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Definition
| sometimes we use both hands even though you have a dominant hand. So sometimes your personality can have traits on both sides on the 4 common preferences. |
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Term
| What is the most challenging obstacle to success in a DSDT environment? |
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Definition
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| Name a tool that can be used in a DSDT environment to facilitate development |
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Definition
-email
-phone calls
-instant messages
-shared calendars
-remote control software |
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Term
| What is the largest disadvantage to moving to the cloud? |
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Definition
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| Cloud computing is most easily compared to what public service? |
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| In the Scrum programming methodology, what is a burndown chart? |
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Definition
| It is a graphical representation of work left to do versus time. |
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Term
| What are the three different roles in Scrum? |
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Definition
| product owner, ScrumMaster, and team |
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Term
| How does open source development foster innovation? |
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Definition
| People do not have to pay the license fee to develop applications |
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Term
| Why isn't open source bigger? |
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Definition
| They are not user friendly and they are lack of documentation and support |
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Term
| Which feature of SOA more than any other makes it so versatile when implemented in the business world? |
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Term
| SOA treats each component in the design like a what? |
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Definition
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| What are the benefits do you see in utilizing Use Case diagrams? |
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Definition
| Processes are broken down into specific tasks and how they might be performed best by starting with use cases. |
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Term
| Could any of your current projects benefit from Rational Rose software? |
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| What are some of the pros of using revision control systems? |
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Definition
| Centralized work, Auto-saves work, Track the history of the files, Break the code and revert back, Merge sub projects, Better team collaboration. |
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| Name one revision control system commonly used today. |
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Term
| What are two of the principles for good HCI? |
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Definition
Layout: The layout should have a common theme of controls throughout the system.
Aesthetics: The interface should be user friendly and inviting. |
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Term
| What are two of the challenges associated with designing HCI? |
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Definition
| - Communication: Designers vs. Users, Feedback, Documentation. -Accessibility: Language, Technological Ability, Disabilities. |
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Term
| What is a DDOS attack and how can you prevent it? |
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Definition
- Where multiple systems are used to target a single system result in a Denial of Service (DOS).
- Build from the Ground up with security in mind
- Don’t assume the company is no vulnerable
- Always assume Malicious intent |
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Term
| How does salting your hashes further secure your hashing algorithm? |
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Definition
| Makes it less predictable because you are prepending the hash with your own secure combination. |
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Term
| What does ERP stand for? What is the main reason ERP projects fail? |
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Definition
-Enterprise Resource Planning
-People |
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| What is Automated Software Testing? |
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Definition
| A test program that automates software testing. This usually involves a mini-development life cycles of it’s own. |
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| Why would you use automation testing? |
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Definition
| Improve what you do and reduce cost |
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Term
| Where can you get to know your coworkers? |
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Definition
| The Majles “the guest room” |
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Term
| What is the main religion in Saudi Arabia |
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Definition
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Term
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| One company contracts with another to provide service that could be performed in-house. |
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Term
| What is one of the largest scale industries in India? |
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Definition
| Transportation, Entertainment, IT |
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Term
| Ghana was formally called? |
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Definition
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Term
| Give an advantage of doing business in Ghana. |
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Definition
•A stable, multiparty government
•Speak english
•An expanding stock market
•A competitive labor force
•Ongoing infrastructure development |
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