Exam 11: Managing Development

The four dimensions of feasibility are cost,schedule,technical,and organizational feasibility.

________ is the process by which users agree to one set of requirements,then add a bit more,then add a bit more,until,over time,they have described a completely new project.

Diseconomies of scale is the process by which users agree to one set of requirements,then add a bit more,then add a bit more,until,over time,they have described a completely new project.

Developers can reduce the labor cost of testing by writing programs that invoke system features automatically.

________ are IS professionals who understand both business and technology.

Project decisions are based on the starting plan called ________ that stipulates the tasks to be accomplished,the labor and other resources assigned to those tasks,and the schedule for completion.

Which of the following is a characteristic of a small-scale systems development project?

During requirements definition of a project,the team will be heavy with systems analysts.

Function points as an estimating technique for project management only work with ________.

Systems analysis and design is the process of creating and maintaining information systems.

The data model is constructed on the basis of user interviews and must be validated by those users.

A baseline shows the final time and cost budget for a project.

During the requirements definition stage,the team will be heavy with ________.

In a ________ installation,the new system runs alongside the old one until it has been tested and is fully operational.

The ________ is the sequence of activities that determines the earliest date by which the project can be completed.

Project teams create a(n)________,which is a hierarchy of the tasks required to complete a project,to reduce the confusion of complex interrelated tasks.

You can trade off project requirements against both time and cost.

Large scale projects tend to be informal and loose.

In an SDLC,adding more people creates diseconomies of scale.

An element of ________ feasibility concerns whether the new system fits with legal requirements.