Systems Development and project management
1. Developing Software
a. Software built correctly can transform as the organization and it's business transforms
b. Reliance on software can increase or decrease revenue, repair or damage brand reputation, prevent or incur liabilities, and
increase or decrease productivity
2. Steps to the System Development Life Cycle (SDLC)
a. Planning
b. Analysis
c. Design
d. Development
e. Testing
f. Implementation
g. Maintenance
3. Software Development Methodologies
a. Agile
b. Waterfall
c. Rapid Application Development (RAD)
d. Extreme Programming
e. Rational Unified Process (RUP)
f. Scrum
4. Project Managment Interdepent Variables include time, cost, and scope which all effect eachother and the quality of product or
service
5. Reasons for IT Failure (ranked)
a. Poor planning/ project management
b. Change in business goals during project
c. Lack of support from business management
d. Lack of resources
e. Lack of support from IT management
f. Technology change during project
6. Project Management Fundamentals
a. Project: Temporary endeavor to creat product, services, or results.
b. Project Management: Application of knowledge, skills, tools, and techniques to project activites to meet project requirements.
c. Project Deliverables: Any measureable, tangiable, verifiable outcome, result, or item that is produced to complete a project
or part of a project.
d. Project Milestone: Represents key dates when a certain group of activities must be performed.
e. Project Manager: An individual who is an expert in project planning and management, defines and develops the project
plan,and tracks the plan to ensure the project is completed on time and on budget.
All Information above compiled from below reference
Gordon, B., & Ducham, P. (2011). Information Systems. New York: McGraw-Hill/Irwin.
a. Software built correctly can transform as the organization and it's business transforms
b. Reliance on software can increase or decrease revenue, repair or damage brand reputation, prevent or incur liabilities, and
increase or decrease productivity
2. Steps to the System Development Life Cycle (SDLC)
a. Planning
b. Analysis
c. Design
d. Development
e. Testing
f. Implementation
g. Maintenance
3. Software Development Methodologies
a. Agile
b. Waterfall
c. Rapid Application Development (RAD)
d. Extreme Programming
e. Rational Unified Process (RUP)
f. Scrum
4. Project Managment Interdepent Variables include time, cost, and scope which all effect eachother and the quality of product or
service
5. Reasons for IT Failure (ranked)
a. Poor planning/ project management
b. Change in business goals during project
c. Lack of support from business management
d. Lack of resources
e. Lack of support from IT management
f. Technology change during project
6. Project Management Fundamentals
a. Project: Temporary endeavor to creat product, services, or results.
b. Project Management: Application of knowledge, skills, tools, and techniques to project activites to meet project requirements.
c. Project Deliverables: Any measureable, tangiable, verifiable outcome, result, or item that is produced to complete a project
or part of a project.
d. Project Milestone: Represents key dates when a certain group of activities must be performed.
e. Project Manager: An individual who is an expert in project planning and management, defines and develops the project
plan,and tracks the plan to ensure the project is completed on time and on budget.
All Information above compiled from below reference
Gordon, B., & Ducham, P. (2011). Information Systems. New York: McGraw-Hill/Irwin.