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Management Information Systems

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HW9 – due April, 23 11pm

1. On average, private sector IT projects underestimated budget and delivery time of systems by ________ percent.
a. 30
b. 40
c. 50
d. 60

2. The major variables in project management are
a. scope, time, cost, and performance.
b. scope, time, cost, quality, and risk.
c. time, cost, quality, performance, and risk.
d. time, cost, scope, and performance.

3. The ________ reviews and approves plans for systems in all divisions.
a. project management group
b. project team
c. IS steering committee
d. corporate strategic planning committee

4. A road map indicating the direction of systems development, the rationale, the current systems, new developments to consider, the management …show more content…

16. Which of the following types of projects is most likely to fail?
a. integration of an third-party automated payment system
b. replacement of middleware with Web services for legacy application integration
c. a business process redesign project that restructures workflow and responsibilities
d. redesigning a user interface to an online investment site

17. Formal planning and control tools
a. enable a project to have sufficient technical support for project management and development.
b. enable a project manager to properly document and monitor project plans.
c. portray a project as a network diagram with numbered nodes representing project tasks.
d. consist of ways to link the work of the implementation team with users at all organization levels.

18. Which type of planning tool shows each task as a horizontal bar whose length is proportional to the time required to complete it?
a. PERT chart
b. Gantt chart
c. both A and B
d. neither A nor B

19. To review a project`s tasks and their interrelationships, you would use a
a. PERT chart.
b. Gantt chart.
c. either A or B.
d. neither A nor B.

20. Which type of tool helps project managers identify bottlenecks in project development?
a. internal integration tools
b. external integration tools
c. formal planning and control tools
d. both B and C

21. Which of the following is a limitation of using a financial approach to evaluate information systems?
a.

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