Describe the systems development life cycle and its various phases

Discuss some of the factors that are important when considering outsourcing systems.

Describe how to formulate and present the business case for technology investments.

Compare and contrast tangible and intangible benefits and costs.

Which of the following is not one of the four phases of the systems development life cycle?

A. systems analysis
B. systems implementation
C. systems design
D. systems acquisition

Which of the following is not one of the three types of arguments commonly made in the business case for an information system?

A. fear
B. fact
C. faith
D. fiction

______________ is the process of gathering and organizing information from users, managers, business processes, and documents to understand how a proposed information system should function.

A. Requirements collection
B. Systems collection
C. Systems analysis
D. Records archiving

Which of the following factors is a good reason to outsource?

A. problems in IS performance
B. supplier pressures
C. financial factors
D. all of the above

Most competitive external acquisition processes have at least five general steps. Which of the following is not one of those steps?

A. vendor selection
B. proposal evaluation
C. development of a request for proposal
D. implementation

A ______________ is a document that an organization uses to tell vendors what its requirements are andto invite them to provide information about how they might be able to meet those requirements.

A. request letter
B. vendor request
C. request for proposal
D. requirements specification