I.T & Org Intergration Mid-Term

Extreme Programming

Short, incremental development cycles Automated tests Two-person programming teams

Most organizations find it beneficial to use a standard set of steps, called ________, to develop and support their information systems.

Systems development methodology

Where do you identify the types of people needed for a project?

Team Configuration and Management

What are computer programs that make it easy to use and benefit from techniques and to faithfully follow the guidelines of the overall development methodology?

Tools

Which of the following is NOT a guideline for better cost estimation?

Update estimates at the end of the project

Which of the following is a drawback of the traditional waterfall SDLC approach?

Users are locked into requirements

________ are peer group reviews of products created via the systems development process.

Walk-throughs

________ is/are the final output from the analysis phase.

a description of (but not a detailed design for) the alternative solution recommended by the analysis team

The software reuse approach that allows individuals to find or develop reusable assets on their own, and has few, if any, organizational rewards for reusing assets best describes ________.

ad-hoc reuse

All of these are reasons to begin designing a system replacement

an information system is no longer performing as desired when maintenance costs become prohibitive when an organization's needs have changed substantially

Although the main activity in the construction phase in object-oriented development is coding, revised user requirements could require ________.

analysis and design

Compared to traditional coding practices, which of the below is NOT an advantage of pair programming?

code written in silos

________ is/are the rate at which money can be borrowed or invested.

cost of capital

Which feasibility category deals with identifying financial benefits associated with the project?

economic feasibility

which of the following is a tangible benefit

error reduction in data entry

Techniques provide support for all of the following

gathering information to determine what your system should do planning and managing the activities in a systems development project diagramming the system's logic, designing the system's interface and outputs.

Choose the list that represents the top three countries that are used for outsourcing according to a report by A. T. Kearney.

india, china, malaysia

A Project Scope Statement can be used to ________.

make sure that you, the customer, and other project team members have a clear understanding of the intended project size, duration, and outcomes.

Which feasibility is concerned with the project attaining its desired objectives?

operational feasibility

eXtreme programming works more smoothly than other methodologies because of the ________.

pair programming

Which of the following types of documents do NOT make use of a walk-through?

project budget

How long it takes the software package to respond to the user's requests in an interactive session refers to which software evaluation criteria?

return rate

________ need to be managed in order to be minimized.

risk

Which type of feasibility deals with project duration?

schedule feasibility

The primary unit for Scrum is the ________.

sprint

Which of the options below means the organization has the ability to build the requested system?

technical feasibility

Which of the following is NOT a potential consequence of not managing risks?

unqualified project management

Joseph wants to make sure the proposed system conforms to organizational standards, so he schedules a ________.

walk-through

What is the term that describes the best estimate of a project's scope, benefits, cost, and resources?

Baseline Project Plan

Object-oriented programming examples

C++, Python, and Java

Because computers were so expensive, computer memory was also at a premium, so system developers conserved as much memory as possible for ________.

Data Storage

________ solutions integrate individual traditional business functions into a series of modules so that a single transaction occurs seamlessly within a single information system rather than several separate systems.

ERP (Enterprise Resource Planning)

examples of a type of feasibility study?

Economic Technical Operational Scheduling Legal and Contractual Political

In the inception phase, which of the following is NOT performed by the analysts?

Implement the project

________ is/are the property that occurs when entity types or object classes are arranged in a hierarchy and each entity type or object class assumes the attributes and methods of its ancestors, that is, those higher up in the hierarchy.

Inheritance

Which of the following are delivered after the completion of the Maintenance phase of the SDLC?

New versions or releases of software with associated updates to documentation, training, and support

Which of the following is NOT a major category of sources of software?

Off shore

In which part of the design phase of the SDLC are the logical specifications of the system from logical design transformed into technology-specific details from which all programming and system construction can be accomplished?

Physical design

________ is the process of defining clear activities necessary to complete activities in a single project.

Project Planning

3 key principles shared by the Agile Methodologies

Adaptive rather than predictive Emphasize people rather than roles Self-adaptive processes