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Experiencing MIS
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Computer Science
Not Applicable
12/04/2014

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Term
Characteristics of large scale system development projects.
Definition
  • many features and functions
  • large complex computer programs
  • database with tables, relationships, and terabytes fo data
  • affect many business processes
  • support 100+ users
  • large development team
  • multiple sites
  • localization necessary
  • extended development intervals
Term
system development projects require the balancing of three critical drivers...
Definition
requirements, cost, and time
Term
diseconomies of scales
Definition
the added cost that will eventually occur as more people are added to an IS development project
Term
Trade-off
Definition

a decision that must be made to favor one thing over another.

 

 ex: cost over scope

Term
baseline
Definition
an initial plan for the development of the IS
Term

project management institute 

(PMI)

Definition
an international organizatoin focused on disseminating best practices in project management
Term

project management professional certification

(PMP)

Definition

professionals who have 4500 hours of project work experience and pass the PMP exam qualify

 

Term
communications managment
Definition
methods media and schedules
Term
work breakdown structure (WBS)
Definition
hierarchy of tasks required to complete a project
Term
deliverables
Definition

tasks that compose one of many measurable or observable steps in a development project

ex: documents, designs, prototypes,data models, database designs, working data entry screens, etc.

Term
scope
Definition

define the system boundaries

and or requirements

Term
Gantt Chart
Definition

shows tasks dates and dependencies on each other and schedules them in an optimal way so as to reduce the time it takes to complete them

 

Term
critical path
Definition
sequence of activities that determine the earliest date by which the project can be completed taking into account task dependencies
Term
lines of code
Definition
an estimating technique that attempts to schedule a development project by the number of lines of code developers must write for the project
Term
function points
Definition
estimating technique that attempts to schedule a development project by the number of point functions in a project using each function to determine the number of lines of code and the time for the project
Term
challenges to managing large scale systems
Definition
  • coordination
  • diseconomies of scale
  • configuration control
  • unexpected events
Term
configuration control
Definition
a set of management policies practices and tools to maintain control over a projects resources such as schedules, designs, program code etc.
Term
requirement creep
Definition
process by which users agree to one set of requirements then add a bit more and so forth eventually describing a completely new project.
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