Itm 311 - Study guides, Class notes & Summaries

Information Systems Analysis and Design - ANSWER The process of developing and maintaining an information system. Application Software - ANSWER Software designed to process data and support users in an organization. Examples include spreadsheets, word processors, and database management systems. System - ANSWER A group of interrelated procedures used for a business function, with an identifiable boundary, working together for some purpose. Component - ANSWER A irreducible part or aggreg...

The process of monitoring the status of the project and product scope and managing changes to the scope baseline - ANSWER Control Scope The measure of work performed expressed in terms of the budget authorized for that work. - ANSWER Earned Value: These describe how the product behaves in terms of data, processes, and interactions involved. - ANSWER Functional Requirements: Examining or measuring to verify whether an activity, component, product, result, or service conforms to specified...

Name six elements of the Work Breakdown Structure (WBS) - ANSWER C-cost estimates A-assumptions/constraints R-responsible party W-work description A-acceptance criteria R- required resources Scope Management plan is a(n) _____________ of the Plan Scope Management Process a. Tool or technique b. Input c. Output - ANSWER c. Output Which of these is not produced when the Collect requirements process is done a. deliverables b. requirements traceability matrix

DFD completeness - ANSWER refers to the extent to which all necessary components of a data-flow diagram have been included and fully described DFD completeness - ANSWER not complete when data flows that do not lead anywhere, or data stores, processes or external entities that are not connected to anything else DFD consistency - ANSWER the extent to which information contained on one level of a set is nested data-flow diagram is also included on other levels primative DFD - ANSWER the lo...

- Digital transformation - ANSWER o A term that describes how organizations develop new business models by integrating digital technologies into all aspects of business, including relationships with customers, supplies, and partners - Operations management - ANSWER o The area of management concerned with the design, operation, and improvement of the systems and processes the organization uses to deliver its goods and services - Customer relationship management (CRM) system - ANSWER o An in...

Information System - ANSWER a work system in which humans and/or machines perform work (processes and activities) using information, technology, and other resources to produce information products and/or services for internal or external customers. -Include capturing, transmitting, storing, retrieving, manipulationg, displaying info information technology - ANSWER Any computer-based tool that people use to work with information & support the information-processing needs of an organization. ...

spreadsheet - ANSWER electronic file that contains grid of columns and rows used to organize related data and to display calculations, enabling interpretation of quantitative data for decision making. value - ANSWER Numbers that represent a quantity or a measurable amount. formula - ANSWER combine cell references, arithmetic operations, values, and/or functions used in a calculation. order of precedence - ANSWER rule that controls the sequence in which arithmetic operations are performe...