As a team, find links, images and other multimedia to illustrate and explain the following. Each team member can work on different parts simultaneously. Make it interesting and be prepared to share your results. Use your time wisely to get the job done.
1. Find some websites with information on the Systems Development Lifecycle.
2. For a given industry find some examples of recent information system projects. http://fountain.isis.vanderbilt.edu/ This website talks about making a project to handling money, both physically and virtually, being used at the University of California Berkeley, Vanderbilt, and the University of Memphis. https://wiki.isis.vanderbilt.edu/soamanet/index.php/Main_Page ISIS also wants to create a large-scale network to link together different groups in the government, such as the military and the information grid.
CH 10 Building Successful Information Systems
As a team, find links, images and other multimedia to illustrate and explain the following. Each team member can work on different parts simultaneously. Make it interesting and be prepared to share your results. Use your time wisely to get the job done.
1. Find some websites with information on the Systems Development Lifecycle.
http://cnx.org/content/m18684/latest/- This website gives an example of real businesses and companies that use the business systems development life cycle.
http://www.waterfall-model.com/- The system development life cycle is also known as the waterfall model, this website shows more about the phases of the model.
http://www.techrepublic.com/article/understanding-the-pros-and-cons-of-the-waterfall-model-of-software-development/6118423 - This website shows some pros and cons of the waterfall model (system development life cycle).
2. For a given industry find some examples of recent information system projects.
http://fountain.isis.vanderbilt.edu/
This website talks about making a project to handling money, both physically and virtually, being used at the University of California Berkeley, Vanderbilt, and the University of Memphis.
https://wiki.isis.vanderbilt.edu/soamanet/index.php/Main_Page
ISIS also wants to create a large-scale network to link together different groups in the government, such as the military and the information grid.
3. Explain the reasoning behind the testing phase of a project. Find some support for this.
The reasoning for a testing phase for any project is to make sure the project actually works and runs well.
http://cs110.wellesley.edu/project/testing.html
http://www.softwareqatest.com/qatfaq1.html#FAQ1_2
http://www.aalpha.net/how/how_development.html
4. Explain why economic feasibility is used in assessing and developing a system.
The economic feasibility study is used to check the possible future for the company to see what strategies would work and what won't.
http://www.businessdictionary.com/definition/feasibility-study.html-- Basic definition of a feasibility study.
http://www.decisionanalyst.com/Services/economicfeasibility.dai-- Explains why they are used.
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