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Explain the business benefits associated with successful software development.

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Software development uses the systems de...

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Project ______________ are any measurable, tangible, or verifiable outcome, result, or item that is produced to complete a project or part of a project.

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Project deliverables represent key dates when a certain group of activities must be performed.

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What is the analysis phase in the SDLC?


A) Involves establishing a high-level plan of the intended project and determining project goals
B) Involves analyzing end-user business requirements and refining project goals into defined functions and operations of the intended system
C) Involves describing the desired features and operations of the system
D) Involves placing the system into production so users can begin to perform actual business operations with the system

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Summarize the different software development methodologies.

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What is a simple bar chart that depicts project tasks against a calendar?


A) Gantt chart
B) PERT chart
C) Dependency
D) All of these

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A (An) __________ chart is a simple bar chart that depicts project tasks against a calendar.

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What is the number-one reason IT projects fall behind schedule or fail?


A) Change in business goals during the project
B) Lack of support from business management
C) Poor planning or poor project management
D) Change in technology during the project

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_________ is an arrangement by which one organization provides a service or services for another organization that chooses not to perform them in-house.

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What is the application of knowledge, skills, tools, and techniques to project activities to meet project requirements?


A) Project management
B) Project management software
C) Scope
D) None of these

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What is a project charter?


A) Specific factors that can limit options
B) Factors that are considered to be true, real, or certain without proof or demonstration
C) Quantifiable criteria that must be met for the project to be considered a success
D) A document issued by the project initiator or sponsor that formally authorizes the existence of a project and provides the project manager with the authority to apply organizational resources to project activities

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What is the overall process for developing information systems from planning and analysis through implementation and maintenance?


A) Systems development life cycle
B) Project management
C) Systems management
D) Project development life cycle This is the definition of the SDLC.

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Which methodology uses small teams to produce small pieces of deliverable software using sprints, or 30-day intervals, to achieve an appointed goal?


A) Scrum
B) XP
C) RUP
D) RAD

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Which of the following is a business-related consequence of failing software?


A) Decrease productivity
B) Damage to brand reputation
C) Increased liabilities
D) All of these

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What are the three primary variables (or triple constraints) in any project?


A) Time, cost, expense
B) Time, expense, requirements
C) Time, cost, scope
D) Time, cost, quality

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What do SMART criteria for successful objective creation include?


A) Specific, metrics, agreed upon, real, time valued
B) Specific, measurable, agreed upon, realistic, time framed
C) Specific, measurable, accurate, real, time valued
D) Specific, metrics, agreed upon, realistic, time framed

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_________ management is the application of knowledge, skills, tools, and techniques to project activities to meet project requirements.

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Which of the following is not one of the four gates in the RUP methodology?


A) Inception
B) Collaboration
C) Construction
D) Transition

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All of the following are challenges of outsourcing, except:


A) Contract length
B) Competitive edge
C) Confidentiality
D) Reduced frustration and expense related to hiring and retaining employees in an exceptionally tight job market

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Which of the following is not a primary form of agile methodology?


A) RAD
B) SDLC
C) RUP
D) Scrum

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