Senior Project - Systems Analysis and Design

 

Systems are made up of elements that work together to accomplish an objective. A system may be physical or conceptual, and may include an organization or company, may process information or may provide some other function. Here is your opportunity to review what you have learned about the project management process of the SDLC. Complete the following assignment:

·        Questions # 1, 2, 3, 4, 5 and 6

·        Your assignment should be at least 1 full page

 

1. Describe how projects are selected in organizations.
2. Describe how project portfolio management is used by IT departments.
3. Describe the major elements and issues with waterfall development.
4. Describe the major elements and issues with parallel development.
5. Describe the major elements and issues with the V-model.
6. Describe the major elements and issues with iterative development.

 

 

Part 2 questions

These are mostly just true false and some multiple choice

A critical success factor for project management is to start with a realistic assessment of the work that needs to be accomplished.

True

False

 

Which of the following project roles would focus on stakeholder requirements?

Systems analyst

Business analyst

Infrastructure analyst

Change management analyst

Requirements analyst

 

 

The outcome of the design phase is the:

Feasibility Analysis document

System proposal document

System specification document

System request document

Business Process document

 

The project methodology that takes the longest to complete is Extreme Programming Methodology.

True

False

 

 

The outcome of the analysis phase is the:

Feasibility Analysis document

System proposal document

System specification document

System request document

Business Process document

 

 

The Waterfall Methodology breaks the overall project into a series of release versions.

True

False

 

The project methodology that takes the longest to complete is the Waterfall Development Methodology.

True

False

 

Which of the following project roles would serve as a primary point of contact for a project?

Systems analyst

Business analyst

Infrastructure analyst

Change management analyst

Project manager

 

Projects can be classified by: size, cost, purpose, length, programming language and hardware platform.

True

False

 

In most IT departments, the demand for IT projects is generally about the same as the department’s ability to supply them.

True

False