MBA 650 Chapter 8 & 9 | Page 18

Problems and Exercices

Request for proposal - l

a report that is used to tell vendors what the requirements are and to invite them to provide information about how the might be able to meet those requirements

Systems benchmarking - k

a way to evaluate a proposed system by testing a portion of it with the system workload

Alpha testing - e

testing performed by the development organization to assess whether the entire system meets the design requirements of the users

Systems development life cycle - b

term that describes the life of an information system from conception to retirement

Productivity paradox - i

the observation that productivity increases at a rate that is lower than expected when new technologies are introduced

Prototyping - g

A systems development methodology that uses a trial and error approach for discovering how a system should operate

Pilot conversion - f

using a new system in one location before rolling it out to the entire organization

System Analysis - c

the second phase of the systems development cycle

Outsourcing - h

the practice of turning over responsibility for some or all of an organization’s information systems development and operations to an outside firm

External acquisition - j

the process of purchasing an existing system from an outside vendor

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