MIS Chapter 13 - ALL
In order, what are the first three steps in BPM?
1. identifying processes for change, 2. analyzing existing processes, 3. designing the new process
________ development focuses on rapid delivery of working software by breaking a large project into a series of small sub-projects that are completed in short periods of time using iteration and continuous feedback.
Agile
________ provide(s) a methodology and tools for dealing with the organization's ongoing need to revise and optimize its numerous business processes.
Business process management
In an object-oriented development framework for a university, how would the classes Degree, Mathematics, and Physics be related?
Degree is a superclass to Mathematics and Physics
As a technical project manager, you have decided to propose implementing a prototyping methodology for a small Web-based design project. What is the order of steps you will follow in this project?
Identify user requirements, develop the prototype, use the prototype, revise and enhance the prototype
What is the purpose of responsive Web design?
It allows one Web site to serve different platforms, such as tablets, PCs, and mobile phones
Which type of systems development is characterized by significantly speeding up the design phase and the generation of information requirements and involving users at an intense level?
JAD
Which type of fourth-generation language tools are end users most likely to work with?
PC software tools and query languages
The process of creating workable information systems in a very short period of time is called
RAD
The idea that the achievement of quality control is an end in itself describes a main concept of
TQM
To understand and define the contents of data flows and data store, system builders use
a data dictionary
CASE tools automate
all of the above
In a parallel conversion strategy, the new system
and the old are run together
Which type of fourth-generation language tool contains preprogrammed modules that can be used to create entire applications?
application generators
In the traditional systems development lifecycle, end users
are limited to providing information requirements and reviewing the technical staff's work
The four kinds of structural organizational change enabled by IT, in order from least to most risky, are
automation, rationalization, reengineering, and paradigm shift
Business processes are analyzed, simplified, and redesigned in
business process redesign
Fourth-generation tools cannot replace conventional development tools because they
cannot handle large numbers of transactions or extensive procedural logic
Object-oriented modeling is based on the concepts of
class and inheritance
Groups of objects are assembled into software components for common functions, which can be combined into large-scale business applications, in which type of software development?
component-based development
Transferring data from a legacy system to the new system would be defined by which category of system design specifications?
conversion
The primary tool for representing a system's component processes and the flow of data between them is the
data flow diagram
Which of the following is not a top priority in mobile application development?
designing for keyboard data entry
In automation
employees are enabled to perform their tasks more efficiently
Which of the following is not an example of fourth generation development tools?
graphics software, such as Photoshop
An entire information system is broken down into its subsystems by using
high-level data flow diagrams.
A systems building approach in which the system is developed as successive versions, each version reflecting requirements more accurately, is described to be
iterative
Changes in hardware, software, documentation, or production to a production system to correct errors, meet new requirements, or improve processing efficiencies are termed
maintenance
Object-oriented development could potentially reduce the time and cost of writing software because
objects are reusable
What is the greatest barrier to successful business process change?
organizational change
An upscale organic foods grocery chain is implementing an information system that will enable it to add same-day home delivery of groceries to its customers. This is an example of
paradigm shift
In object-oriented development
processing logic resides within objects
You are an IT project manager for an advertising firm. The firm wishes to create an online tool that will be used to survey focus group reactions to products in development. The most important consideration for the firm is being able to offer the tool as soon as possible as a new corporate service. However, you know that many of the senior managers that are business owners of this project have difficulty in understanding technical or software development issues, and are likely to change their requirements during the course of development. What development method would be most successful for this project?
prototyping
Acceptance testing
provides the final certification that the system is ready to be used in a production setting
A bank has reworked its mortgage application process so that several steps are handled by computer software, and some steps are combined to reduce bottlenecks in processing. The goal is to gradually improve its efficiency over time. This is an example of
rationalization of procedures
In the direct cutover conversion strategy, the new system
replaces the old one at an appointed time
Which process develops a detailed description of the functions that a new information system must perform?
requirements analysis
Systems design
shows how the new system will fulfill the information requirements
To show each level of a system's design, its relationship to other levels, and its place in the overall design structure, structured methodologies use
structure charts
In what stage of systems development are design specifications created?
systems design
When systems are created rapidly, without a formal development methodology
testing and documentation may be inadequate
Unit testing
tests each program separately
System testing
tests the functioning of the system as a whole in order to determine if discrete modules will function together as planned
Which conversion process introduces the system first to a limited portion of the organization?
the pilot study strategy
The oldest method for building information systems is
the systems development lifecycle
Compared to the use of proprietary components, Web services promise to be less expensive and less difficult to implement because of
the use of universal standards
What is the primary driving factor in firms to select domestic outsourcing firms to build system solutions?
to take advantage of technical skills the firm does not have
Categories of tools for BPM include all of the following except
tools to test the security of business processes
In which type of systems building are the development stages organized so that tasks in one stage are completed before the tasks in the next stage begin?
traditional
The entire system-building effort is driven by
user information requirements
