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Cards Term enterprise analysis Definition An analysis of organization-wide information requirements that examines the entire organization in terms of organizational units, functions, processes, and data elements; helps identify the key entities and attributes in the organization's data. Term benchmarking Definition Setting strict standards for products, services, or activities and measuring organizational performance against those standards. Term systems development Definition The activities that go into producing an information systems solution to an organizational problem or opportunity. Term systems analysis Definition The analysis of a problem that the organization will try to solve with an information system. Term feasibility study Definition As part of the systems analysis process, the way to determine whether the solution is achievable, given the organization's resources and constraints. Term systems design Definition Details how a system will meet the information requirements as determined by the systems analysis. Term programming Definition The process of translating the system specifications prepared during the design stage into program code. Term unit testing Definition The process of testing each program separately in the system. Sometimes called program testing. Term system testing Definition Tests the functioning of the information system as a whole in order to determine if descrete modules will function together as planned. Term acceptance testing Definition Provides the final certification that the system is ready to be used in a production setting. Term test plan Definition Prepared by the development team in conjunction with the users; it includes all of the preparations for the series of tests to be performed on the system. Term conversion Definition The process of changing from the old system to the new system. Term parallel strategy Definition A safe and conservative conversion approach where both the old system and its potential replacement are run together for a time until everyone is assured that the new one functions correctly. Term documentation Definition Descriptions of how an infomation system works from both a technical or an end-user stand-point. Term production Definition The stage after the new system is installed and the conversion is complete; during this time the system is reviewed by users and technical specialists to determine how well it has met its original goals. Term maintenance Definition Changes in hardware, software, documentation, or procedures to a production system to correct errors, meet new requirements, or improve processing efficiency. Term prototype Definition The preliminary working version of an information system for demonstration and evaluation purposes. Term iterative Definition A process of repeating over and over again the steps to build a system. Term end-user interface Definition The part of an information system through which the end user interacts with the system, such as on-line screens and commands. Term customization Definition The modification of a software package to meet an organization's unique requirements without destroying the package software's integrity. Term Request For Proposal (RFP) Definition A detailed list of questions submitted to vendors of software or other services to determine how well the vendor's product can meet the organization's specific requirements. Term outsourcing Definition The practice of contracting computer center operations, telecommunications networks, or applications development to external vendors. Term rapid application development (RAD) Definition Process for developing systems in a very short time period by using prototyping, fourth-generation tools, and close teamwork among users and systems specialists. Term joint application design (JAD) Definition Process to accelerate the generation of information requirements by having end users and information systems specialists work together in intensive interactive design sessions. Term SOAP (Simple Object Access Protocol) Definition Set of rules that allows Web services applications to pass data and instructions to one another. Term WSDL (Web Services Description Language) Definition Common framework for describing the tasks performed by a Web service so that it can be used by other applications.