Exam 7: Moving on to Design

Describe the outsourcing design strategy. Discuss its advantages and disadvantages.

Outsourcing can be a risky strategy to use when developing new information systems. Discuss ways to improve the likelihood of a successful outsourcing agreement.

A(n) value added contract, that is gaining in popularity, provides for the outsourcer to gain a percentage of the completed systems benefits.

Which one in the following is a development strategy?

Outsourcing eliminates all risks from the project.

Explain how the "business need" factor influences the selection of a design strategy for a project.

The outsourcing is the best design strategy for every project.

The _____ layer contains, among other things, the classes that represent the fundamental data types.

Explain how the "in-house experience" factor influences the selection of a design strategy for a project.

The following are all strengths of a packaged software design strategy EXCEPT _____.

A request for information is used to solicit proposals from vendors.

Design models refine analysis models by adding details from the solution domain.

Which the following class should be designed in layer Foundation.

Which one in the following is NOT a factor for selecting a design strategy?

Custom development of software is usually the best strategy for common business needs, particularly when the business need is not unique and does not have special requirements.

Describe the five-step process for creating package diagrams.

The attributes that change in a behavior state machine must appear in the object attribute list.

Custom development allows developers to be flexible and creative in the way they solve business problems.

How to perform a verifying and validating walkthrough of a package diagram?

The design strategy that would be most logical to a firm with a very limited amount of in-house IS expertise is allow end-users to create the system.