Ans: True
Response: See Design
Difficulty: easy
A support plan for the system is established in the implementation phase of the SDLC.
Ans: True
Response: See Implementation
Difficulty: easy
The project sponsor should have an idea of the business value to be gained from the system.
Ans: True
Response: See Project Identification and Initiation
Difficulty: easy
The document that describes the business reasons for building a system and the value that the system is expected to provide is called the “System Proposal.”
Ans: False
Response: See System Request
Difficulty: easy
A system request will generally have these items: project sponsor; business need; business requirements; business value; special issues or constraints.
Ans: True
Response: See System Request
Difficulty: medium
The three factors in the text for a feasibility analysis are: technical feasibility; organizational feasibility and economic feasibility.
Ans: True
Response: See Feasibility Analysis
Difficulty: easy
If the development team of an organization is not familiar with the technologies that may be used, the project should be cancelled.
Ans: False
Response: See Technical Feasibility
Difficulty: medium
User training with a proposed system would fall under intangible costs.
Ans: True
Response: See Economic Feasibility
Difficulty: medium
Using ‘net present value’ in calculating economic feasibility will allow for variations in the time value of money.
Ans: True
Response: See Economic Feasibility Difficulty: easy
To be compatible, all costs and benefits should use the current value of money since variations over time will (a) not affect the return on investment and (b) it is difficult (or impossible) to estimate future value of money.
Ans: False
Response: See Economic Feasibility Difficulty: medium
Numerous studies report that projects involving information technology experience failure rates from 30% - 70%.
Ans: True
Response: See Introduction
Difficulty: medium
The champion supports the project with resources and political support.
Ans: True
Response: See Organizational Feasibility
Difficulty: medium
Essays:
Can the project sponsor and the project champion be the same person? Explain.
Ans: Yes. On smaller projects they might be, on larger projects you might have more than one sponsor or more than one champion; or they might just be different people.
Response: See Organizational Feasibility
Difficulty: medium
What calculations are used in economic feasibility?
Ans: Return on investment; NPV – net present value of money; break-even analysis; cost/benefit analysis
Response: See Feasibility Analysis
Difficulty: medium
What is the difference between a systems analyst and a business analyst?
Ans: A systems analyst interfaces between the business side and the development/technical site; while a business analyst focuses on the business side of a project.
Response: See The Systems Analyst
Difficulty: medium
One of the skills needed for a systems analyst is to be ethical. Why do you think that is important?
Ans: Analysts must deal fairly, honestly, and ethically with other project team members, managers, and systems users. Analysts frequently have confidential information and must not share that information with others.
Response: See The Systems Analyst
Difficulty: medium
What are the four phases of the SDLC and what is the major deliverable from each of the phases?
Ans:
Planning – deliverable is the system request (also feasibility study and project plan)
Analysis – deliverable is the system proposal
Design – deliverable is the system specification (also alternative matrix)
Implementation – deliverable is the installed system (including documentation, migration plan, and support plan)