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ISDS 406 FinalWhat are the steps of the design phase, and what is the final deliverable of
the design phase? - correct answer ✔1) determine sys acquisition strategy
2) determine tech architecture for sys
3) address security concerns and globalization issues
4) make hard/software selections
5) determine way users will interact with system (interface/inputs/outputs)
6) design programs for underlying processes
7) design way data will be stored
8)Final Deliverable = "the system specification"
What are the three acquisition strategies? Under what circumstances would
you choose each one? - correct answer ✔1) make
2) buy
2) outsource
choose make when: business need is unique/flexible time frame/ desire to
build in-house skills
choose buy when: business need is common/short time frame/skills not
strategic
choose outsource when: business need is not core to business/short/flexible
time/strategic decision
What is an RFP? RFI? RFQ? What are their purposes? - correct answer
✔RFP = Request for Proposals
, RFI = Request for Info
RFQ = Request for Quote
RFP's purpose = they explain the system to be built and criteria for selecting
among applicants
RFI's purpose = a shorter and less detailed version
RFQ's purpose = use when you need a price
Alternative matrix: what is listed across the top row and what is listed down
the first column? How
is the right alternative selected in a matrix? (hint: the one with the highest
weighted score) - correct answer
✔____________________________________________________________
____________
Definition of architecture design - correct answer ✔Plans for how the system
will be distributed across computers and what hardware and software will be
used for each computer.
Two major architectural components (hint: see next bullet point) - correct
answer ✔Software and Hardware
What are the four basic functions of software? What are the three primary
hardware components? - correct answer ✔Software functions:
1. Data storage
2. Data access logic: process to access stored data (S.D)
3. App logic: logic documented in DFD's, use cases, and functional reqs
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