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ISDS 406CHAPTER 7 (Design/Acquisition Strategies) - correct answer ✔
What are the steps of the design phase, and what is the final deliverable of
the design phase? - correct answer ✔- Determine system acquisition
strategy (make, buy, or outsource)
- Determine the technical architecture for the system
- Address security concerns and globalization issues
- Make hardware and software selections
- Determine the way that users will interact with the system (interface, inputs,
and outputs)
- Design the programs for the underlying processes
- Design the way data will be stored
- Create final deliverable - the system specification
What are the three acquisition strategies? Under what circumstances would
you choose each one? - correct answer ✔- Custom development (build from
scratch) in-house
- Purchase software package (and possibly customize it)
* Install on our own computers, or
* Obtain access from a software provider (SaaS)
- Outsource development to a third party, who might
* Build system from scratch for us, or
* Purchase software for us, customize and install it
, What is an RFP? RFI? RFQ? What are their purposes? - correct answer ✔*
Request for proposals (RFP): Solicits proposals from vendor, developer, or
service provider
Explains the system to be built and criteria for selecting among applicants
* Request for Information (RFI) -- a shorter and less detailed version
* Request for Quote (RFQ) - use when you just need a price
Alternative matrix: what is listed across the top row and what is listed down
the first column? How is the right alternative selected in a matrix? (hint: the
one with the highest weighted score) - correct answer ✔- Combine several
feasibility analyses into one matrix
- Include technical, economic, and organizational feasibilities
- Assign weights to indicate the relative importance of the criteria
- Assign scores to indicate how well the alternative meets the criteria
CHAPTER 8 (Architecture Design) - correct answer ✔
Definition of architecture design - correct answer ✔- Plans for how the
system will be distributed across computers and what hardware and software
will be used for each computer.
Two major architectural components (hint: see next bullet point) - correct
answer ✔- The major architectural components of any system are the
software and the hardware.
What are the four basic functions of software? What are the three primary
hardware components? - correct answer ✔- Data storage.
- Data access logic: the processing required to access stored data.
- Application logic: the logic documented in the DFDs, use cases, and
functional requirements.
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