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X201 Lecture Final
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Business
Undergraduate 2
03/06/2009

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systems development life cycle (SDLC)
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the overall process for developing information systems from planning and analysis through implementation and maintenance
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Planning phase
Definition
establishing a high-level plan of the intended project and determining project goals. First and most critical phase
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Analysis
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analyzing end-user business requirements and refining project goals into defined functions and operations of the intended system
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business requirements
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are the detailed set of business requests that the system must meet in order to be successful
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design
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describing the desired features and operations of the system including screen layouts, business rules, processs diagrams, pseudo code, and other documentation
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development
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involves taking all of the detailed design documents from the design phase and transforming them into the actual system
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testing
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bringing all the project pieces together into a special testing environment to test for errors, bugs, and interoperability and verify that the system meets all of the business requirements
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implementation
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placing the system into production so users can begin to perform actual business operations with the system
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maintenance
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involves performing changes, corrections, additions, and upgrades to ensure the system continues to meet the business goals
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waterfall methodology
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a sequential, activity based process in which each phase in the SDLC is performed sequentially from planning to maintenance
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Rapid application development
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emphasizes extensive user involvement in the rapid and evolutionary construction of working prototypes of a system to accelerate the systems development process
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prototype
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a smaller scale representation or working model of the users' requirements or a proposed design for an information system
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Extreme programming methodology
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breaks a project into tiny phases and developers cannot continue on to the next phase until the first phase is complete
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agile methodology
Definition
a form of xp, aims for customer satisfaction through early and continuous delivery of useful software components
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Information technology infrastructure library (ITIL)
Definition
a framework of best practice approaches intended to facilitate the delivery of high quality IT services
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project management
Definition
the application of knowledge, skills, tools, and techniques to project activites in order to meet or exceed stakeholders needs or expectations
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project management software
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specifically supports the long-term and day-to-day management and execution of the steps in a project
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core competency
Definition
an organizations key strength, a business function that it does better than any of its competitors
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core competency strategy
Definition
an organization chooses to focus specifically on what it does best and forms partnerships with other specialists to handle non-strategic processes
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information partnership
Definition
when 2 or more orgs cooperate by integrating their IT systems
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collaboration system
Definition
IT based set of tools that supports the work of teams by facilitating the sharing and flow of info
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unstructured (information) collaboration
Definition
document exchange, shared whiteboards, discussion forums, email
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structured (process) collaboration
Definition
shared participation in business processes, such as workflow.
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Knowledge Management
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involves capturing, classifying, evaluating, retrieving, and sharing information assets in a way that provides context for effective decisions and actions
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knowledge management system
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organizes knowledge management
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social networking analysis
Definition
process of mapping a group's contacts to identify who knows whom and who works with whom
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content management system
Definition
provides tools to manage the creation, storage, editing, and publication of info in a collaborative environment
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wikis
Definition
web-based tools that make it easy to add remove and change online content
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business wikis
Definition
wikis that allow users to edit documents share ideas or monitor the status of a project
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workflow
Definition
defines all the steps or business rules required for a business process
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workflow management systems
Definition
facilitate the automation and management of processes and control the movement of work through the business process
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messaging-based workflow systems
Definition
send work assignments through an email system
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database based workflow systems
Definition
store documents in a central location and automatically ask the team members to access the document when its their turn
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groupware
Definition
software that supports team interaction and dynamics including calendaring, scheduling, and videoconferencing
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videoconference
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set of interactive telecommunication technologies that allow 2 or more locations to interact via 2-way vidoe and audio transmission
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web conferencing
Definition
blends audio, video, and document sharing to create a virtual meeting room where people gather at a password protected website
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instant messaging
Definition
type of communications service that enables someone to create a private chat room with another person
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Wireless Fidelity (Wi-Fi)
Definition
linking computers using infrared or radio signals
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bluetooth
Definition
an omnidirectional wireless technology that provides limited range voice and data transmission over the unlicensed 2.5Ghz frequency band
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Radio Frequency identification (RFID)
Definition
technologies use active or passive tags in the form of chips that can store unique ids and relay info to electronic readers
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RFID tags
Definition
contain microchip and an antenna and typically work by transmitting a serial number via radio waves to an electronic receiver
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Microwave transmitters
Definition
commonly used to transmit network signals over great distances, use atmosphere as medium to send signals
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Global positioning system (GPS)
Definition
device that determines current latitude, longitude, speed, and direction of movement
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Geographic information system (GIS)
Definition
designed to work with information that can be shown on a map
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Insourcing, in house development
Definition
common approach using professional expertise within an organization to develop and maintain IT systems
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Outsourcing
Definition
an arrangement by which one org provides a service for another org that chooses not to perform them in-house
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Business process Outsourcing (BPO)
Definition
contracting of a specific business task, such as payroll, to a third party provider
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Offshore outsourcing
Definition
using orgs from developing countries to write code and develop systems
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