• Shuffle
    Toggle On
    Toggle Off
  • Alphabetize
    Toggle On
    Toggle Off
  • Front First
    Toggle On
    Toggle Off
  • Both Sides
    Toggle On
    Toggle Off
  • Read
    Toggle On
    Toggle Off
Reading...
Front

Card Range To Study

through

image

Play button

image

Play button

image

Progress

1/12

Click to flip

Use LEFT and RIGHT arrow keys to navigate between flashcards;

Use UP and DOWN arrow keys to flip the card;

H to show hint;

A reads text to speech;

12 Cards in this Set

  • Front
  • Back
What are the stages of System Analysis?
Research, Analysis, Design, Production, Testing, Documentation, Implementation, Evaluation
Research is to collect info about the present system.
List different ways of gathering/collectin information.
Observation, Interviews, Questinnaires, Collecting Documents.
what are the advantages and disadvantages of colleting info by "observation".
adv: first-hand, unbiased info.
disadv: people won't work the way they normally do if they know they are being watched.
what are the advantages and disadvantages of colleting info by "interviews".
adv: key people can be interviewed. Detatiled info can be gathered.
disadv: take a long time.
what are the advantages and disadvantages of colleting info by "questionnaires".
adv: quicker and simple way to gather info for a large group of people.
disadv: return rate may be small; people cannot ask questions if they have problems with the questions; people do not take it seriously.
what are the advantages and disadvantages of colleting info by "collecting documents".
adv: most business and organization have forms and records;
In a payroll system, what are the inputs?
Employee timesheets, employee pay rates, employee bank accoutn details, employee personal details, employee id, etc.
In a payroll system, what are the outputs?
printed pay slips, EFT payments, salary report for management;
In a payroll system, what are the process?
to calculate the pay; to print the pay slips; to make EFT payments; to produce salary report;
What is "off-the-shelf" software?
Off-the-shelf software refers to the software that can be bought easily from a store. It is usually used by a large lange of customers and it tends to be general-purpose.
What are the advantages of "off-the-shelf" software?
it is usually cheaper than "custom-written" software.
it usually comes with a lot of support and help.
What are the advantages of "custom-written" software?
it is usually very expensive.
it provides exactly what the customers need.
it usually caters for one customer only, hence, it only comes with little help/support.