Exam 13: Acquiring Information Systems and Applications

Systems ___ describes how the system will resolve the business problem.

Which BEST describes Gigster's business model?

If a company wants to write all new computer code, it would choose to ________.

Paychex provides a ____ to its customers that are primarily ____ businesses.

A _________ conversion introduces the new system in one part of the organization.

List and describe the four common approaches for conducting a cost-benefit analysis. What are the difficulties associated with conducting these approaches for IT projects? What approach would you use to justify the implementation of a website that allows customers to post comments on it and why?

_________ is a managerial aspect of the IT architecture.

_________ are IS professionals who specialize in analyzing and designing information systems.

A(n) ___ is a list of projects that the IT department is not aware of.

___ is based on a different view of computer systems than that perception that characterizes traditional development approaches.

The biggest problem associated with end-user development is ________.

Paychex switched from the traditional waterfall development method to agile development to deploy software more quickly.

Insourcing is also called ________.

Your company's employee base is mostly comprised of older people who generally dislike and distrust technology. This means the _________ feasibility of implementing a new system is low.

The _________ is/are the best current estimate of the goals of the IS function.

The scrum approach is one type of ________.

Which of the following is NOT an objective of the IT strategic plan?

_________ feasibility addresses the human issues of the systems development project.

Gigster is part of the _______ economy.

Gigster helps entrepreneurs bring an app to market because entrepreneurs frequently do not have the money or the skills to develop an app on their own.