Term
| Identify the main participants in systems development |
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Definition
| Stakeholders, users, systems analyst, the programmer |
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| What type of diagrams are data modeling most suited to |
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Definition
| Entity Relationship (ER) diagrams |
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| Contrast systems investigation and analysis |
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| Systems Investigation is the first step in the TSDL and its purpose is to identify potential problems and opportunities where as system analysis is the second phase and it's purpose is to evaulate the entire system and business processes associated by "data collection" and "data analysis" |
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| Describe the types of feasibility analysis |
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Definition
| Technical, economical, legal and operational and schedule feasibility |
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| What type of diagrams are activity modeling most suited to |
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| Define: systems development |
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| The process of transforming organisational problems or opportunities into information technology enabled solutions |
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| Define: information system planning |
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| The translation of strategic and organisational goals into systems development initiatives. |
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| What are the 3 steps in IS planning |
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| Strategic plan, IS planning, Systems development initiatives |
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| Define: System development methodologies |
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| The framework that is used to structure, plan and control the process of developing an information system. |
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| List 4 different types of system development methodologies |
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Definition
- Waterfall
- Prototyping
- Spiral
- Rapid Application Development |
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| Describe the system development methodologies for Waterfall |
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Definition
| the project is completed in five segments with emphasis on planning, timelines, target dates, budget and implementation. Each section is seen to flow onto the next. Some 'splash back' may occur |
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| Describe the system development methodologies for Prototyping |
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| not a stand alone methodology, takes portions of a larger methodology and breaks it down, creates mock ups for testing, high user involvment increases user acceptance |
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| Describe the system development methodologies for Spiral |
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| software development process, combines top down and bottem up concepts. Each trip around the spiral travereses four basic quadrants 1) determine objectives 2) evaluate alternatives 3) develop and verifiy deliverables 4)plan the next iteration |
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| Describe the system development methodologies for Rapid Application Development (RAD) |
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| RAD involves interactive development and construction of prototypes |
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| What is the Traditional System Development life cycle stages? |
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Definition
System Investigation - Understand the problem
System Analysis - Understand Solution
System Decision - Select and plan best solution
System Implementation - Place solutions into effect
Systems Maintenance and Review - Evaluate results of solution |
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| What are the internal sources for data? |
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Definition
- Users, stake holders, managers
- Organisational charts
- Forms and documents
- procedure manuals and policies
- financial reports
- IS manuals
- Other measures of business process |
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| What are the external sources for data? |
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Definition
- Customers
- Suppliers
- Government agencies
- Competitors
- Outside groups
- Journals etc
- Consultants |
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| What is the System Design phase |
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Definition
To prepare the detailed design needs for a new/modified system in two major components:
- Logical design: describes the functional design
- Physical design: specifies the components needed ie, hardware, software, database systems |
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| What is System Implementation |
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Definition
| The purpose is to install a system and make sure everything, including users are ready for it's operation |
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| What is system maintenance and review |
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| The purpose is to check, change and enhance the system to make it more useful in obtaining user and organisational goals |
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| What are the two types of review procedures? |
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Definition
Event driven review - triggered by a problem of opportunity
Time driven review - performed after a specified amount of time |
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| What is parallel run and which phase would you find it in? |
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Definition
| Parallel Run] involves running both the old and new systems for a period of time to compare systems and fix any issues. This is in the implementation phase. |
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Term
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| A project s a temporary endeavor with a defined beginning and end |
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| What are a project major characteristics? |
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Definition
•It is limited by time
•Repetition
•Every project is unique
•Indicators (To measure the performance, whether achieved or not!)
•Structure (organizational structure) |
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| What is a projects objectives? |
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Definition
- Meet the budget
- Finish on schedule
- Meet specifications |
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| What are the benefits of project management? |
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Definition
- Better control of finance, physical and human resources
- Higher working morale |
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| What is project management? |
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Definition
| The discipline of planning, organizing, securing, and managing resources to achieve specific goals |
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Term
| What is triple constraint? |
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Definition
- Scope
- Schedule
- Budget |
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| What are the advantages and disadvantages of Project Management |
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Definition
Advantages
- Higher worker morale
- Better control of financial, physical and HR
- Improver customer relationships
Disadvantages
- projects with excessive funding levels as opposed to their benefits
- projects unrelated to organisations mission statement, strategy and goals. |
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| What are the 9 project management knowledge areas? |
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Definition
- Project scope management
- Project time management
- Project cost management
- Project quality management
- Project human resources management
- Project Communications Management
- Project Risk management
- Project procurement management
- Project integration management |
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| What are the key elements of project management frameworks? |
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Definition
1.the project stakeholders
2.project management knowledge areas
3.project management tools and techniques
4.the contribution of successful projects |
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Term
| What are the 4 stages of the project life cycle? |
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Definition
- Defining
- Planning
- Executing
- Delivering |
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Term
The Project Life Cycle
- What is in the defining stage |
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Definition
- Goals
- Specifications
- Scope and task
- Responsibilities
- Teams |
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The Project Life Cycle
- What is in the Planning stage |
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Definition
- Budgets
- Resources
- Risks
- Schedule
- Staffing |
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The Project Life Cycle
- What is in the Executing stage |
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Definition
- Status Reports
- Change Orders
- Quality Audits
- Forecasts |
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The Project Life Cycle
- What is in the Delivering stage |
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Definition
- Train customer
- Transfer documents
- Release resources
- Release staff
- Lessons learned |
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Term
Describe the 4 different transmission types?
(Transmission) |
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Definition
Four of the commen (guided) tranmission types are;
1.Twisted-pair wire
2.Coaxial cable
3.Fiber-optic cable
4.Broadband over Powerlines |
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| Diagram of Project Life Cycle |
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