Chapter 3

Question 1

What are the fundamentals of project management?

Answer 1

1. Project initiation
2. Determining project feasibility
3. Activity planning and control
4. Project scheduling
5. Managing systems analysis team members

Question 2

What is project initiation?

Answer 2

Determining problems in the organization and opportunities for improvement

Question 3

Criteria for project selection

Answer 3

1. Backing from management
2. Appropriate timing of commitment
3. Possibility of improving attainment of organisational goals
   o Profit
   o Competitive strategy
   o Improving cooperation with vendors and partners
   o Improving customer service
4. Practical in terms of resources
5. Worthwhile investment

Question 4

What are the three ways to determine feasibility?

Answer 4

1. Operationally
   a. whether system will operator when put in service
   b. Whether the system will be used
2. Technically
   a. Add on to present system
   b. Technology available to meet users needs
3. Economically
   a. System analyst has time
   b. Cost of system study
   c. Estimated cost of hardware
   d. Cost of software

Question 5

Steps in choosing hardware and software

Answer 5

1. Inventory computer hardware
2. Estimate workloads
3. Evaluate hardware alternatives
   - buy new hardware
   - use cloud services
4. choose hardware vendor or cloud service provider
5. evaluate software alternatives
   - create own software
   - choose COTS software
   - use SaaS provider
6. Design and develop in house or choose software manufacturer or choose SaaS provider

Question 6

What are the two methods of acquisition of computer equipment?

Answer 6

• purchasing

- using cloud services

Question 7

Three main categories of cloud computing

Answer 7

1. Software as a service (SaaS)
2. Infrastructure as a service (IaaS)
3. Platform as a service (PaaS)

Question 8

Strategic cloud computing decisions

Answer 8

• Define a high level business case that focuses on high level benefits
• Define core requirements
• Define core technologies for the enterprise

Question 9

Benefits of cloud computing

Answer 9

• Less time spent managing legacy systems
• May be simpler to acquire IT services
• Applications are scalable
• Consistency across multiple platforms
• Capital not tied up

Question 10

Drawbacks of cloud computing

Answer 10

• Loss of control of data stored in cloud
• Potential security threats
• Reliability of internet

Question 11

BYOD and BYOT

Answer 11

• Bring your own device

- Bring your own technology

Question 12

Benefits of BYOD and BYOT:

Answer 12

• Builds employee morale
• Potential to lower initial cost of hardware
• Facilitates remote, 24/7 access to corporate computer networks
• Builds on a familiar user interface

Question 13

Drawbacks of BYOD and BYOT

Answer 13

• Security risks due to untrained users
• Loss of device
• Theft of device and data
• Unauthorized access to corporate networks using mobile devices

Question 14

Software alternatives

Answer 14

• Created custom software
• Purchased as COTS (commercial off the shelf) software
• Provided by vendor as software as a service (SaaS)

Question 15

Guidelines to evaluate software

Answer 15

• Performance effectiveness
• Performance efficiency
• Ease of use
• Flexibility
• Quality of documentation
• Manufacturer support

Question 16

Ways to schedule a project

Answer 16

1. Gantt Charts

2. PERT diagrams