MBA 6207 Final Exam - Questions and Answers Agile development requires cooperation and frequent meetings An Agile development Scrum master anticipates
... [Show More] and removes barriers to producing deliverables An important role of the product owner in the Scrum framework for Agile development is to describe what should be built and why An organization that builds software via a sequential, multistage system development process in which work on the next stage cannot begin until the results of the current stage are reviewed and approved or modified as necessary is using what system development process? Waterfall As Mavis researches her company's options for new software, she learns that a vendor who producers several of their existing applications offers a product of the types they are looking for and advertises that all of their systems "talk to each other." Mavis recognizes that one reason to select this product is that it may reduce the effort required to integrate the new software with existing software Before a newly purchased software package is ready for use, it should undergo integration, system, volume, and user acceptance Testing Buying off-the-shelf software is less risky than building software Emily, as part of a Scrum team, must keep her fellow team members focused on their goals through each iteration of the software product they are developing. She coordinates their activities and helps them overcome obstacles that might prevent them from achieving these goals. What role is Emily fulfilling for this project? Scrum master Gordon's software development company uses an Agile approach. Gordon works with project stakeholders and his team to create a prioritized list of project requirements for use during a sprint planning session. Gordon is the _____ for this project. product owner In a data-flow diagram (DFD), the _____ includes arrows that show the direction of data movement.
data-flow line Joint application development (JAD) sessions with a cross section of users and stakeholders in a project are an effective way to define system requirements. True Many organizations replace an information system by slowly phasing in components of the new system while slowly phasing out components of the old one. What is this cutover strategy called? phase-in approach Mavis invites several software vendors to demonstrate the products they have recommended based on her RFI, within a computing environment and with a workload that match the intended operating conditions. Mavis and her project team will use the results of this performance evaluation to _ help them select a new software solution Once new software has been selected, implementation will include all of these tasks b. training end users c. making any needed customizations to the solution d. configuring all of the software's capabilities and options to meet requirements Once new software has been selected, implementation [Show Less]