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Potential development projects can be identified by:

A steering committee Top management A senior IS manager

________ is an ongoing process that defines the mission, objectives, and strategies of an organization.

Corporate strategic planning

An IS manager, a formal planning group, a user department, and a development group are possible sources for information systems development projects.

True

The matrix that identifies the relationships between organizational entities and each business function is:

Unit-to-function

An Intranet refers to the use of the Internet between firms.

True

Projects identified by top management have a cross-functional focus.

False

Which of the following best describes the top-down planning approach advantage, improved integration?

If not viewed from the top, totally new management information systems may be implemented rather than planning how to evolve existing systems.

Once a company has defined its mission and objectives:

a competitive strategy can be formulated

Matrices of the target or "future" situation are sometimes called:

"to be" matrices

Due to the principle of incremental commitment, a selected project will result in a working system.

False

We are in the business of selling high-quality men's shoes" is an example of a mission statement.

True

A location-to-function matrix identifies which organizational units are located in or interact with a specific business function.

False

An Intranet refers to the use of the Internet between firms.

False

Mission statements are often referred to as critical success factors.

False

Requirements determination and requirements structuring are two processes that can significantly improve the quality of project identification and selection decisions.

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

The South Korean-produced Hyundai uses a product focus competitive strategy.

False

When comparing alternative methods for making information systems identification and selection decisions, top management has the smallest project size and a cross-functional focus.

False

Which of the following characteristics is associated with the steering committee selection method?

Greater organizational change

Research has found that projects identified by top management more often:

Have a strategic, organizational focus

Which of the following is one of the three primary activities associated with identifying and selecting IS development projects?

Identification of potential development projects

An advantage of the bottom-up planning approach is:

Identifying pressing organizational problems

________ is a strategy in systems analysis and design in which the project is reviewed after each phase and continuation of the project is rejustified.

Incremental commitment

________ are a series of statements that express an organization's qualitative and quantitative goals for reaching a desired future position.

Objective statements

The extent to which the project is viewed as improving profits, customer service, etc., and the duration of these benefits best defines which of the following evaluation criteria?

Potential benefits

________ are the extent to which the project is viewed as improving profits, customer service, and so forth and the duration of these benefits.

Potential benefits

________ refers to the number of individuals and the length of time needed to complete the project.

Project/size duration

________ is the amount and type of resources the project requires and their availability.

Resource availability

The extent to which the project is viewed as helping the organization achieve its strategic objectives and long-term goals describes:

Strategic alignment

________ is the extent to which the project is viewed as helping the organization achieve its strategic objectives and long-term goals.

Strategic alignment

________ refers to analyzing an organization's activities to determine where value is added to products and/or services and the costs incurred for doing so; 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.

Value chain analysis

A competitive strategy is the method by which an organization attempts to achieve its mission and objectives.

True

Bottom-up planning is an ISP methodology that identifies and defines IS development projects based upon solving operational business problems.

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 ISP, the current and future organizational needs are modeled, and strategies and project plans to migrate the current information systems and technologies to their desired future state are developed.

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

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

Organizations that have Intranets dictate what applications will run over the Intranet and the speed and quality of the hardware connected to the Intranet.

True

The criteria used to evaluate projects will vary by organization.

True

The product focus or niche competitive strategy is similar to both the low-cost and differentiation strategies, but with a much narrower market focus.

True

The systems identification and selection process for an Internet-based electronic commerce application is no different than the process followed for other applications.

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

To build the most effective information systems, an organization must clearly understand its mission, objectives, and strategy.

True

When classifying and ranking projects, resource availability, potential benefits, and project size/duration are possible evaluation criteria.

True

When developing an Internet EC application, developers must deal with several unknown factors, including the user, connection speed, and access method.

True

Which of the following is a strategy for a low-cost producer?

competing in an industry on the basis of product or service cost to the consumer

An ongoing process that defines the mission, objectives, and strategies of an organization refers to:

corporate strategic planning

Which of the following is the first ISP step?

Assess current IS-related assets

If the project team and organizational officials reassess the project after each subsequent SDLC phase to determine if the business conditions have changed or if a more detailed understanding of a system's costs, benefits, and risks suggest that the project is not as worthy as previously thought, they are:

Adhering to the incremental commitment principle

An Internet-based communication that supports business-to-business activities best describes:

B2B

A generic information systems planning methodology that identifies and defines IS development projects based on solving operational business problems or taking advantage of some business opportunities defines:

Bottom-up planning

Which of the following is not a component on the typical information systems plan?

Corporation history

Which of the following is a need for improved information systems project identification and selection?

Data redundancy is often out of control, and users may have little confidence in the quality of the data.

The second activity in the ISP process is:

Describe the target situation, trends, and constraints

The third activity in the ISP process is:

Developing a transition strategy and plans

An orderly means of assessing the information needs of an organization and defining the systems, databases, and technologies that will best satisfy those needs best defines:

Information systems planning

The second planning process that can play a significant role in the quality of project identification and selection decisions is

Information systems planning

Which of the following is a competitive strategy?

Low-cost producer Product differentiation Product focus

"We are in the business of designing, fabricating, and selling to retail stores high-quality wood furniture" is what kind of statement?

Mission statement

A ________ is a statement that makes it clear what business a company is in.

Mission statement

This approach begins by conducting an extensive analysis of the organization's mission, objectives, and strategy and determining the information requirements needed to meet each objective:

Top-down planning

"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