MIS581 Week 8 Final Exam (July 2019)

MIS 581 Systems Analysis, Planning, and Control

Week 8 Final Exam

Question 1(TCO A) Describe the agile approach to a systems development.

Question 2 (TCO B) One of the difficult decisions a systems analyst has to make when it comes to software is whether to recommend making, buying, or outsourcing software for information systems projects. What are the advantages of creating custom software in-house? What are the disadvantages of this approach?

Question 3 (TCO C) Describe a situation in which JAD would be ideal.

Question 4 (TCOs G and H) List and describe the four major guidelines an analyst should use to set up training for a new system.

Question 5 (TCOs G and H) What are seven essential items that the analyst should include in performing a website traffic analysis?

Question 6 (TCO F) When should check boxes be used in a form? When should option buttons be used?

Question 7 (TCO F) List five of the eight ways to minimize user action when keying in data.

Question 8 (TCO D) What are the four advantages of using a data flow approach over narrative explanations of data movement?

Question 9 (TCO E) What is normalization?