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____ consists of stakeholders, users, managers, systems development specialists, and various support personnel.
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systems development team
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Who is responsible for determining the objectives of the information system and delivering to the organization a system that meets its objectives
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development team
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Other support personnel on the development team include __________________, either IS department employees or outside consultants. It depends on the size of the development project
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technical specialists
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What refers to the translation of strategic and organizational goals into systems development initiatives.
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Information planning
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Benefits of IS planning include a long-range view of information technology use and better use of information systems resources.
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information systems resources.
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Planning requires developing overall IS objectives; name some
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identify IS projects; set priorities and select projects; analyze resource requirements, set schedules, milestones and deadlines; develop IS planning document
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What are the 5 phases of the tradiditonal SDLC
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investigation, anaysis, design, implementation, and maintenance and review
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Use of RAD does these things
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reduces paper-based documentation, automates program source code generation, and facilitates userparticipation in development activities.
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This aproach also called extreme programming, allows systems to change as they are being developed
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agile
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Effective use of the automated tools
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enables project mannager to deliver a higih-quality stystem and to make intelligent trade-offs among cost, schedule and quality.
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Instead of requiring thousands or millions of lines of detailed computer instructions or code, the ________might require a few dozen or maybe a hundred objects
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systems development project
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The ___ ___ ___ can measure an organization's experience with systems development using five levels from initial to optimized
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CMM capability maturity model
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The ___ ___ ____ is designed to assess the feasibility of implementing solutions for business problems.
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systems investigation phase
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An ______ follows up on the request and performs a feasibility analysis that addresses technical, economic, legal, operational, and schedule feasibility.
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investigation team
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Systems analysis is the examination of ___ ____, which begins once approval for further study is received from management.
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existing systems
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Who is assembled to collect and analyze data on the existing system
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analysis team
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____ ____ ____ include organizational objects and associations using text and graphical diagrams
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data collection methods
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____ _____ is used to model organizational objects and associations using text and graphical diagrams. It is most often accomplished through the use of _____ diagrams
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Data modeling; ER or entity-relationship
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____ ____ is often accomplished through the use of data-flow diagrams
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Activity modeling
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Who is assembled to collect and analyze data on the existing system
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analysis team
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____ ____ ____ include organizational objects and associations using text and graphical diagrams
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data collection methods
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____ _____ is used to model organizational objects and associations using text and graphical diagrams. It is most often accomplished through the use of _____ diagrams
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Data modeling; ER or entity-relationship
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____ ____ is often accomplished through the use of data-flow diagrams
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Activity modeling
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The purpose of the _____ ____ is to prepare the detailed design needs for a new system or modifications to an existing system.
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systems design
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What ar e the three alternatives that organizations for acquiring computer systems
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purchase, lease, or rent
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What from vendors are reviewed and narrowed down to thte few most liekly candidates.
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RFPs
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Towards the end of the design stage, the organization _______ further changes in the design of the system at which point the design specs are said to be_________
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prohibits; frozen
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The purpose of the ____ ____ is to install a system and make everything, including users, ready for its operation
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systems implementation
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____ _____ includes hardware acquisition, software acquisition or development, user preparation, hiring and training of IS personnel, site and data preparation, installation, testing start-up and user acceptance
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Systems implementation
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_________ _________ requires purchasing, leasing, or renting computer resources from a vendor
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hardware acquisition
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______ must also address database and telecommunications systems, user preparation, and IS personnel requirements
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Implementation
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______involves readying managers, employees, and other users for the new system
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User preparation
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The ____ ____of the system must be prepared, and any existing data to be used in the new system must be converted to the new format.
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physical site
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_____ includes program (unit) testing, systems testing, volume testing, integration testing, and acceptance testing
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Testing
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When everyone is confident that the new system is performing as expected, the phased out.
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old system is completely
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The output of the new system is compared closely with the output of the old system, and any
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differences are reconciled
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The final step of implementation is
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user acceptance
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____ _____ involves checking, changing, and enhancing the system to make it more useful in obtaining user and organizational goals
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Systems maintenance
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_____ is critical for the continued smooth operation of the system.
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Maintenance
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Some major reasons for maintenance are
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changes in business processes; new requests from stakeholders, users, and managers; bugs or errors in the program; technical and hardware problems; corporate mergers and acquisitions; government regulations; change in the operating system or hardware; and unexpected events, such as terrorist attacks
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____ ____is the process of analyzing systems to make sure that they are operating as intended and it involves monitoring systems to be sure they are operating as designed
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Systems review
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