Chapter 5
When determining how to allocate IS resources, organizations have traditionally used a systematic planning process.
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The criteria used to evaluate projects will vary by organization.
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The development group identifies projects based on the ease with which existing hardware and systems will integrate with the proposed project.
True
Mission statements are a series of statements that express an organization's qualitative and quantitative goals for reaching a desired future position.
False
A business objective statement is a statement that makes it clear what business the company is in.
False
Mission statements are often referred to as critical success factors.
False
Projects identified by top management have a cross-functional focus.
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A disciplined approach, driven by top management commitment, is a prerequisite to most effectively apply information systems in order to reach organizational objectives.
True
Nonintegrated systems used in the past are being replaced with cooperative, integrated enterprise systems that can easily support information sharing.
True
Objective statements are a series of statements that express an organization's qualitative and quantitative goals for reaching a desired future position.
True
When classifying and ranking projects, resource availability, potential benefits, and project size/duration are possible evaluation criteria.
True
A major disadvantage to the planning-based approach is that an organization's informational needs are more likely to change than its business processes.
False
Corporate analysis is an ongoing process that defines the mission, objectives, and strategies of an organization.
False
Due to the principle of incremental commitment, a selected project will result in a working system.
False
Potential benefits are the process of analyzing an organization's activities to determine where value is added to products and/or services and the costs incurred for doing so; this process usually also includes a comparison with the activities, added value, and costs of other organizations for the purpose of making improvements in the organization's operations and performance.
False
Requirements determination and requirements structuring are two processes that can significantly improve the quality of project identification and selection decisions.
False
Requirements structuring is the first activity of the project identification and selection phase.
False
Systems analysis is the first phase of the systems development life cycle.
False
The Baseline Project Plan is the primary deliverable from the project identification and selection phase.
False
To maintain consistency, top management or a steering committee should classify and rank projects, not the IS group or individual business units.
False
When comparing alternative methods for making information systems identification and selection decisions, top management has the smallest system size and a cross-functional focus.
False
A schedule of specific IS development projects is the primary deliverable from the project identification and selection phase.
True
An IS manager, a formal planning group, a user department, and a development group are possible sources for information systems development projects.
True
Data redundancy and users having little confidence in the quality of data are reasons why improved information systems project identification and selection is needed.
True
During corporate strategic planning, executives typically develop a mission statement, statements of future corporate objectives, and strategies designed to help the organization reach its objectives.
True
During project identification and selection, all possible systems development projects that an organizational unit can undertake are identified and assessed.
True
Project selection is a process of considering both short- and long-term projects and selecting those most likely to achieve business objectives.
True
The rising costs of information systems is one reason why improved information systems project identification and selection is needed.
True
To benefit from a planning-based approach for identifying and selecting projects, an organization must analyze its information needs and plan its projects carefully.
True
"Baker's Fitness Center will increase market share and profitability" is an example of a mission statement.
False
"We are in the business of selling high-quality men's shoes" is an example of a mission statement.
True
"What information requirements will satisfy our business's decision-making needs today and well into the future?" is a question that might be asked by a planning-based approach to project identification and selection.
True
A low-cost producer competitive strategy reflects competing in an industry on the basis of product or service cost to the consumer.
True