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CIS 2321

Midterm Study Guide Check Answers


Professor Nearing

1. systems analyst

2. information systems analysis and design

3. application software

4. methodologies

5. system

6. Scope

7. Subsystem

8. Interfaces

9. Know the functions of decomposition

10. Modularity

11. systems integration

12. automate the handling of data about business activities or transactions

13. take raw data that have been previously captured and convert them into a
meaningful aggregated form that managers need to conduct their responsibilities

14. are designed to help organizational decision makers make decisions

15. Has a high-volume, data capture focus

16. Often involves semistructured problems and the need to access data at different
levels of detail

17. Draws on diverse yet predictable data resources to aggregate and summarize data

18. systems planning and selection

19. Systems analysis

20. Systems design

21. systems analysis phase

22. Systems implementation and operation

23. systems planning and selection phase

24. Reengineering analysis


25. project manager

26. Establishing management procedures

27. Develop a preliminary schedule

28. developing a communication plan

29. project execution

30. Monitoring project progress against the Baseline Project Plan

31. Program Evaluation Review Technique (PERT)

32. the minimum period of time for an activity to be completed

33. the maximum period of time for an activity to be completed

34. the planner's "best guess" of the amount of time the activity actually will require for
completion

35. slack time

36. Top management

37. Potential benefits

38. strategic alignment

39. value chain analysis

40. schedule of specific IS development projects

41. Between 10 and 20 percent

42. Baseline Project Plan and Project Scope Statement

43. Baseline Project Plan

44. Business Case

45. tangible benefit

46. intangible benefit

47. one-time cost

48. recurring cost

49. recurring costs

50. time value of money

51. discount rate


52. present value

53. net present value (NPV)

54. return on investment (ROI)

55. break-even analysis (BEA)

56. Project Scope Statement

57. Extranet

58. electronic data interchange (EDI)

59. Requirements determination

60. requirements determination

61. observation notes; interview transcripts; analysis from documents

62. enable the large amount of information gathered during requirements determination
to be organized

63. JAD

64. Interviews

65. Problems with existing systems; special info processing circumstances that occur
irregularly; the reason why current systems are designed the way they are; the
organizational direction that can influence info system requirements

66. call the duplication to the attention of management as an issue to be resolved before
system design can proceed

67. formal system

68. informal system

69. indicate what data flow in or out of a system and which are necessary for the system
to function

70. when they contain actual organizational data

71. enables you to work backward from the information on the document and identify the
data that must have been necessary to generate it

72. a missing procedure; duplicate procedures; out of date procedures; a contradiction


between a formal procedure and interview or observation results

73. Joint Application Design

74. Know the drawbacks to prototyping

75. communication problems have existed in the past between users and analysts
76. business process reengineering

77. key business processes

78. JAD; document analysis; observation; interview

79. disruptive technologies

80. Distributed databases

81. Automatic identification and tracking technology

82. Distributed databases; expert systems; decision support tools; automatic


identification and tracking technology

83. Corporate customers; home office customers; student customers

84. Outsourcing

85. Info tech services firm; open-source software; enterprise-wide solution software; in-
house development

86. enterprise resource planning (ERP)

87. shifting toward enterprise solutions means changing business processes

88. MSPs offer network-based services

89. communities of interested people

90. the resources and staff are available and the system must be built from scratch

91. Some information systems (IS) and user staff to define requirements and evaluate
packages are needed

92. Some internal staff are necessary, but mostly consultants are needed.

93. Flexibility; vendor viability; functionality; cost

94. ease of installation & flexibility

95. flexibility

96. the baseline project plan

97. request for proposal (RFP)

98. objects; components

99. decrease development time

100. disruptive technologies

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