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Data management technology - The software governing the organization of data on physical storage media Networking and telecommunications technology - Both physical devices and software, links the various pieces of hardware and transfers data from one physical location to another. Intranet - Internal corporate networks based on Internet technology Extranet - Private intranets extended to authorized users outside the organization World Wide Web - Service provided by the Internet t...

ITSS 4360 Chapter 5

System - a perceived whole whose elements "hang together," continually affect each other over time, & operate toward a common purpose Enterprise systems - -Open to the environment -Purposeful -Often consist of subsystems -Can be understood in terms of their inputs, transformation, & output -Often rely on feedback (making them dynamic or changeable) Process - a structured set of activities, typically including inputs, transformations, & outputs Activity - actions, tasks, or wor...

What are the organizational factors in planning a new system? - Environment, culture, structure, business processes, politics, management decisions. What are Porter's 5 competitive forces? - Bargaining power of the customer, threat of substitutions, bargaining power of suppliers, threat of new entrants rivalry. What are the four generic strategies for dealing with competitive forces? - Focus, Industry-wide, cost, differentiation. Locking in - makes a customer dependent on a sole ve...

Transaction Processing System (TPS) is another commonly used term for Management Information Systems (MIS) - false Effective operation within any organization requires an efficient and coordinated flow of ___________ throughout the organization - information The sales order processing system in an organization is responsible for keeping records of the number of each kind of part or finished good in the warehouse. - false Accounts payable shows the difference between the income and ex...

Object-oriented systems have three general types of cohesion: _____, _____, and _____. - method, class, generalization/specialization The external behavior of a system is described by _____. - Functional Models Which approach to system testing checks to see if the new system can handle high volumes of transactions? - Performance Testing The focus in a sequence diagram is on __________________ - Time ordering of messages being passed between objects A(n) _____ defines a series of tests tha...

The only way to access data in a database is through the DBMS. T/F - True _____ is the result of revealing the meaning of raw facts. - Information The term _____ refers to an organization of components that define and regulate the collection, storage, management and use of data within a database environment. - Database System A disadvantage of the relational database management system (RDBMS) is its inability to hide the complexities of the relational model from the user. - False A(n) ____...

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