Exam 10: Building Successful Information Systems

Explain how a request for proposal (RFP) is prepared. Discuss the advantages of an RFP.

Service-oriented architecture (SOA) advocates that core business functions and the dynamic functions that change all the time should be decoupled.

Discuss the disadvantages of outsourcing.

Which of the following approaches for developing information systems increases the risk of leaking confidential information to competitors?

_____ is the approach where an organization's team develops an information system internally. ​

Which of the following is a common cost-effectiveness analysis method?

Which of the following is an advantage of the joint application design (JAD) approach?

Users and top management should not be included in the construction phase of a prototype because construction is purely a technical matter.

In the context of the planning phase of the systems development life cycle (SDLC), which of the following is an example of an externally identified problem?

Explain the importance of the formation of a task force during the planning phase of the systems development life cycle (SDLC).

_____ helps reduce the backlog in producing information systems and improve flexibility in responding to users' information needs.

In the design phase of the systems development life cycle (SDLC), the _____ indicates hardware and software, such as specifying Linux servers and Windows clients.

In the context of the planning phase of the systems development life cycle (SDLC), discuss the questions that an analyst or team of analysts must answer to assess the current and future needs of an organization or a specific group of users.

_____ is one of the most common cost-effectiveness analysis methods.

With the _____ approach, an organization chooses an outsourcing company in a neighboring country, such as when a U.S. organization chooses a company in Canada or Mexico.

_____ prototypes are used to market a proposed system to users and management by showing some of its features and demonstrating how beneficial it could be to the organization. ​

In the context of an organization's information system, external users _____.

The_____ is an incremental development process that has less emphasis on team coding and more emphasis on limiting a project's scope. ​

State any five development costs considered while assessing the economic feasibility of an information system.

_____ is concerned with issues such as political repercussions of using an information system and meeting the requirements of the Information Privacy Act.