CH. 3: Project Management (true/false)
Present value analysis helps the systems analyst to present to business decision makers the time value of the investment in the information system as well as the cash flow.
True
Prospective projects should be examined from a systems perspective in order to consider the impact of the proposed change on the entire organization.
True
Setting goals can motivate team members by clarifying for them and others what must be done in order to get results.
True
Since ecommerce systems must link with the outside world, developing and implementing a security plan before the new system is in place is an absolute must.
True
The point at which the total costs of the current system and the proposed system intersect represents the break-even point, the point where it becomes profitable for the business to get the new information system.
True
The value of a fishbone diagram is to systematically list all of the problems that can occur.
True
When assembling a team, a project manager should look for people with both experience and enthusiasm.
True
When trying to define the problems, try to witness the problem first hand.
True
PERT diagrams are useful when activities can be done in parallel rather than in sequence.
True
PERT diagrams occasionally need to use dummy activities to preserve the logic
True
PERT is an acronym for Program Evaluation and Review Techniques
True
A PERT diagram does not allow for easy identification of the critical path and thus critical activities.
False
A commitment from management to conduct a feasibility study means that the proposed system is accepted.
False
A functional norm is one that could make team members waste resources.
False
A team leader who is concerned with the social relationships between group members is known as a task leader.
False
Analysts should have little interest in improving worker satisfaction with the system.
False
Cloud services are not very scalable. Once you pay for the service, it is hard to upgrade in the future.
False
Economic feasibility deals with whether or not it is possible to develop a new system given the current technical resources.
False
Intangible costs are those that can be accurately projected by the systems analyst and the business's accounting personnel.
False
Judging the feasibility of a proposed systems project is usually a clear-cut decision.
False
Objectives are major independent pieces of the problem.
False
Operational feasibility deals with the basic resources to consider, which are your time and that of the systems analysis team, the cost of doing a full systems study (including the time of employees you will be working with), the cost of the business employee time, the estimated cost of hardware, and the estimated cost of software or software development.
False
Requirements on a problem definition include the word "not"
False
Tangible costs include losing a competitive edge, losing the reputation for being first with an innovation or the leader in a field, declining company image due to increased customer dissatisfaction, and ineffective decision making due to untimely or inaccessible information.
False
Technical feasibility is dependent upon determining human resources for the project.
False
The critical path is defined as the most expensive path
False
The length of the arrows in a PERT diagram has a direct relationship with the direction of the activity
False
The main advantage of the PERT diagram is simplicity
False
Using a weighted average formula to determine expected activity times is probably the best strategy for estimating those times.
False
A disadvantage of buying computer hardware is the initial cost of purchasing the equipment is often very high.
True
A feasibility study is used to gather broad data for the members of management that in turn enables them to make a decision on whether to proceed with a systems study.
True
After the objectives are stated, the relative importance of the issues or objectives must be determined.
True
Along with managing time and resources, systems analysts must also manage people.
True
An advantage of PERT diagrams is the easy determination of slack time.
True
An advantage of buying computer hardware is that the organization will have full control regarding the type of hardware and software.
True
By comparing costs alone, the systems analyst can use break-even analysis to determine the break-even capacity of the proposed information system.
True
COTS stands for commercial off-the-shelf and refers to software packages that are purchased.
True
Cash-flow analysis examines the direction, size, and pattern of cash flow that is associated with the proposed information system.
True
Feedback gives information about the gap between actual and intended performance.
True
In ecommerce systems, the data is scattered across the organization.
True
