There are seven phases addressed in the building of a Systems Development Life Cycle (SDLC). Each phase’s description and purpose are evaluated below: 1. Planning Phase – probably the most important in the development of a project. Planning identifies specific activities and resources needed to complete a project and these are acquired through four types [...]
Differences Object-oriented programming languages are instruction programs that tell (instruct) a computer to process stored data, along with any processes that have been assigned to the specific data by class, as a combined process. These languages, used in writing programs, allow the programmer to spend less time creating and writing instructions for the many functions [...]
WORD PROCESSING Word Processing software is used to create and edit documents and allows the user to apply special formatting and style to the documents. Word Processing software is commonly used for company letters, memos, and legal documents in a business. Software packages such as Microsoft Word and Word Perfect are two of the common [...]
Since systems are exposed to many commotions such as failure, short time system downtime, and more severe as equipment damage, having an effective contingency plan is required in order to reduce these risks. A crucial part of the contingency planning is the risk analysis or to develop standards of evaluating risks and create recovery solutions. [...]
The triple constraints both in concept and practicality, are at the heart of design. Scope –of course is, what do we want, how good, how fast, and at what cost/resource consumption- creates parameters for the design phase to draft (or be drafted), “within”. Cost –a concept that covers not only money, but also worker-hours, material [...]
The Design phase is the most creative part of the development process. It builds upon the work done in the Analysis phase by building initial theoretical solutions. So, it differs from the initial phases which are only ideas put on paper, in the way that it represents already a real integration of those ideas where [...]
There are a total of 18 characteristics that are necessary to be an effective project manager. Of the 18 only one can be learned without the aid of experience, which is conceptual thinking. Conceptual thinking is the understanding of systems theory and how it can be applied to systems analysis and design of information systems. [...]
The scope of a simple project compared to a complex project can be viewed in terms of building a home verses building the Hoover Dam. The time and effort required is fundamentally different between the two. What is not different however are the steps that one takes to accomplish the task. By using the problem [...]
During project life cycle establishing and organizing performance reporting metrics to monitor and manage project outcome is what project manager is in charge for. In order to do that the project manager will have to evaluate the project’s scope, quality, cost, time, and risks. Metrics are prepared implementation of the project and monitoring development, which [...]