Exam 9: Systems Development and Project Management: Corporate Responsibility

Project milestones are any measurable, tangible, verifiable outcome, result, or item that is produced to complete a project or part of a project.

What is a simple bar chart that depicts project tasks against a calendar?

Which methodology uses small teams to produce small pieces of deliverable software using sprints, or 30-day intervals, to achieve an appointed goal?

A methodology is a set of policies, procedures, standards, processes, practices, tools, techniques, and tasks that people apply to technical and management challenges.

Off-the-shelf application software supports general business processes and does not require any specific software customization to meet the organization's needs.

Interoperability is a business task.

What modifies software to meet specific user or business requirements?

What is a common approach using the professional expertise within an organization to develop and maintain the organization's information technology systems?

Which of the following does a project manager perform?

The analysis phase establishes descriptions of the desired features and operations of the system including screen layouts, business rules, process diagrams, pseudo code, and other documentation.

Which implementation discards the legacy system completely and immediately migrates all users to the new system?

What is process modeling?

An SOA service is simply a business task, such as checking a potential customer's credit rating when opening a new account.

Which methodology is owned by IBM?

Which of the following represents the phases in the SDLC?

The planning phase establishes a high-level plan of the intended project and determines project goals.

In-sourcing (in-house development) uses the professional expertise within an organization to develop and maintain its information technology systems. In-sourcing has been instrumental in creating a viable supply of IT professionals and in creating a better quality workforce combining both technical and business skills.

Which of the following is an issue related to the waterfall methodology?

What emphasizes extensive user involvement in the rapid and evolutionary construction of working prototypes of a system to accelerate the systems development process?

What defines the specifications for product/output of the project and is key for managing expectations, controlling scope, and completing other planning efforts?