Systems Analysis & Design In A Changing World - Chapter 3

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The point in time where the dollar benefits have offset the dollar costs

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Breakeven point

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The benefits that accrue to the organization; often measured in monetary terms

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Business benefits

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The person or group who funds the project

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Client

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A data flow diagram (DFD) showing the scope of a system

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Context Diagram

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The analysis to compare costs and benefits to see whether investing in the development of a new system will be beneficial

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Cost/Benefit Analysis

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A sequence of tasks that cannot be delayed without causing the project to be completed late

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Critical Path

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A bar chart that represents the tasks and activities of the project schedule

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Gantt Chart

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Benefits that accrue to the organization but which cannot be measured quantitatively or estimated accurately

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Intangible Benefits

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The present value of dollar benefits and costs for an investment such as a new system

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Net Present Value (NPV)

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Clients and key managers who review and direct the project

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Oversight Committee

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The time period where the dollar benefits have offset the dollar costs

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Payback period

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A technique for scheduling a project based on individual tasks or activities. Project Evaluation & Review Technique/Critical Path Method

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PERT/CMP Chart

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organizing and directing Other people to achieve a planned result within a predetermined schedule and budget

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Project management

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A very preliminary prototype built to illustrate that a solution to a business need is feasible

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Proof of Concept Prototype

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A measure of the percentage gain from an investment such as a new system

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Return on Investment (ROI)

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The addition of new functions to the scope of a system that cause the project to increase in size

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Scope Creep

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A document – containing description, business benefits, and system capabilities - to help define the scope of the new system

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System Scope Document

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A type of Gantt chart that indicates the current date and percentage of work completed for each task

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Tracking Gantt Chart

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Benefits that can be measured or estimated in terms of dollars and that accrue to the organization

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Tangible Benefits

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The person or group of persons who will use the new system

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User

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A method to prioritize projects based on criteria with unequal weights

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Weighted Scoring

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The hierarchy of phases, activities, and tasks of a project; one method to estimate and schedule the tasks of a project

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Work Breakdown Structure (WBS)

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Name three general reasons systems projects are initiated?

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To respond to an opportunity; to resolve a problem; to conform to a directive

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There are five activities in the project planning phase. Name them.

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Define the problem;
Produce the project schedule;
Confirm project feasibility;
Staff the project;
Launch the project

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Clarify the terms "task", "activity", and "phase"

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A Phase is made up of a group of related activities;
An activity is made up of a group of tasks;
A task is the smallest piece of work that is identified and scheduled

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What are (generally) the five areas of risk for a new system when confirming project feasibility?

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Economic feasibility;
Organizational and cultural feasibility;
Technological feasibility;
Schedule feasibility;
Resource feasibility.