Information Technology Project Management
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Course Introduction
Information Technology Project Management explores the essential methodologies, tools, and techniques required to successfully plan, execute, and oversee IT projects. The course covers key topics such as project life cycles, scope management, scheduling, budgeting, risk assessment, resource allocation, and performance measurement. Emphasis is placed on both traditional and agile project management approaches, facilitating an understanding of how to adapt strategies to various technological contexts and team dynamics. Students will develop practical skills in managing project teams, communications, and stakeholder expectations to deliver projects on time and within budget, while meeting organizational goals.
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Essentials of Systems Analysis and Design 6th Edition by Joseph Valacich
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Chapter 1: The Systems Development Environment
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Q1) Briefly discuss joint application design.
Answer: Joint application design is a structured process which brings together users, managers and analysts for several days of intensive meetings to specify or review system requirements. This approach utilizes time and organizational resources much better.
Q2) List and briefly describe the four major SDLC phases.
Answer: The four phases are systems planning and selection, systems analysis, systems design, and systems implementation and operation. Systems planning and selection is the first phase of the SDLC, in which an organization's total information system needs are analyzed and arranged, and in which a potential information systems project is identified and an argument for continuing or not continuing with the project is presented. During systems analysis, the current system is studied and alternative replacement systems are proposed. During systems design, analysts convert the description of the proposed system into logical and then physical system specifications. During systems implementation and operation, the information system is coded, tested, and installed in the organization. During this phase the system is systematically repaired and improved.
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Chapter 2: The Sources of Software
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Q1) Rework can be reduced by reusing object class libraries.
A)True
B)False
Answer: True
Q2) The source code itself is not freely available for open-source software.
A)True
B)False
Answer: False
Q3) An enterprise solutions vendor is best used for:
A) ill-defined systems.
B) complete systems that cross functional boundaries.
C) tasks which require custom support.
D) applications that require instant access.
E) generic tasks where cost is not an issue.
Answer: B
Q4) Research has found that reuse of object class libraries resulted in decreased productivity.
A)True
B)False
Answer: False
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Chapter 3: Managing the Information Systems Project
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Q1) A project can terminate naturally or unnaturally.
A)True
B)False Answer: True
Q2) Gantt charts show how tasks must be ordered and when an activity should begin and end.
A)True
B)False Answer: False
Q3) The focus of closing the customer contract activity is to ensure that all contractual terms of the project have been met.
A)True
B)False Answer: True
Q4) The meetings project team communication method has a low formality rating.
A)True
B)False
Answer: False
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Chapter 4: Systems Planning and Selection
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Q1) Activities designed to assist in organizing a team to conduct project planning is the focus of:
A) project development.
B) project identification and selection.
C) project initiation.
D) analysis.
E) implementation and operation.
Q2) Due to the principle of incremental commitment, a selected project will result in a working system.
A)True
B)False
Q3) The baseline project plan (BPP) is the primary deliverable from the project identification and selection phase.
A)True
B)False
Q4) The time value of money (TVM) compares present cash outlays to future expected returns.
A)True
B)False
Q5) Briefly identify three commonly used economic cost-benefit analysis techniques.
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Chapter 5: Determining System Requirements
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Q1) Questions in interviews and on questionnaires asking those responding to choose from a set of specified responses are:
A) specific questions.
B) closed-ended questions.
C) open-ended questions.
D) structured questions.
E) stratified questions.
Q2) Briefly identify several characteristics for a good systems analyst to have during requirements determination.
Q3) Which of the following are organizational components that a systems analyst needs to understand?
A) Non-key events affecting data values (not including dates)
B) Policies and guidelines that are not related to the nature of the business
C) The sequence and other dependencies among different data-handling activities
D) The data handled by competitors
E) Departmental Politics
Q4) Briefly identify and discuss four types of documents that would be helpful in determining future system requirements.
Q5) Briefly identify and describe the participants of a JAD session.
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Chapter 6: Structuring System Requirements: Process
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Q1) The shape of a data-flow (DFD) diagramming process is a(n):
A) arrow.
B) square.
C) rectangle.
D) rounded rectangle.
E) open box.
Q2) Briefly discuss how DFDs can be used as analysis tools.
Q3) The process of discovering discrepancies between two or more sets of data-flow diagrams or discrepancies within a single DFD is referred to as:
A) requirements structuring.
B) logic modeling.
C) DFD validation.
D) gap analysis.
E) DFD stress testing.
Q4) On a data-flow diagram, a rectangle with the right vertical line missing represents a data store.
A)True
B)False
Q5) Discuss the guidelines for drawing a DFD.
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Chapter 7: Structuring System Requirements: Conceptual
Data Modeling
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Q1) A named property or characteristic of an entity that is of interest to the organization defines:
A) attribute.
B) relationship.
C) instance.
D) associative entity.
E) data flow.
Q2) The most common format used for data modeling is:
A) state-transition diagramming.
B) entity-relationship diagramming.
C) process modeling.
D) logic modeling.
E) a flowchart.
Q3) The names of data stores on primitive-level data flow diagrams often correspond to the names of data entities in entity-relationship (E-R) diagrams.
A)True
B)False
Q4) Briefly discuss generating alternative design strategies.
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Q5) Contrast data modeling to process modeling and logic modeling.
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Chapter 8: Designing the Human Interface
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Q1) List eight guidelines for the design of human-computer dialogues.
Q2) The way a user can move from one display to another best describes:
A) dialogue sequence.
B) transition plan.
C) menu-driven interface.
D) screen sequence.
E) computer interface.
Q3) When displaying tables and lists, you should right-justify numeric data and align columns by decimal points or other delimiters.
A)True
B)False
Q4) When structuring data entry fields, always have the user enter the current date. A)True
B)False
Q5) Briefly discuss the SOS guidelines.
Q6) An audit trail is a record of the sequence of data entries and the date of those entries.
A)True
B)False
Q7) Identify four sources of data errors.
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Chapter 9: Designing Databases
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Q1) Which of the following shows the time period during which an object performs an operation, either directly or through a call to some subordinate operation?
A) Asynchronous message
B) Activation
C) Critical path
D) Simple message
E) Component diagram
Q2) Each of the following are descriptive of Agile Methodologies EXCEPT:
A) detailed plans and Big Design Up Front are excellent for highly stable environments but are a source of expensive rework for highly dynamic environments.
B) thrives in a culture where people feel comfortable and empowered by having many degrees of freedom.
C) well-matched to small products and teams.
D) simple design and continuous refactoring are excellent for highly dynamic environments but are a source of potentially expensive rework for highly stable environments.
E) requires a continuous presence of a critical mass of scarce experts.
Q3) What is a use-case diagram? What are its components?
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Chapter 10: Systems Implementation and Operation
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Q1) The mean time between failures is a measurement of error occurrences that can be tracked over time to indicate the quality of a system.
A)True
B)False
Q2) This type of user documentation allows users to test for proper system installation and then signify their acceptance of the new system and its documentation with their signatures.
A) Acceptance sign-off
B) User contract
C) Request for Proposal (RFP)
D) System verification
E) Statement of Work
Q3) Changes made to a system to fix or enhance its functionality best defines:
A) maintenance.
B) support.
C) repair.
D) installation.
E) coding.
Q4) Identify several types of user documentation.
Q5) Identify four types of installation.
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