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Schwalbe Ch 2

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Select an example of external stakeholders for an organization.

a. Employees
b. Functional managers
c. Top managers
d. Competitors
d. Competitors
Which approach to product development is currently used by many organizations so a predictive set of steps is used as an overall means to coordinate more detailed steps that are adaptively managed?

a. Adaptive
b. Predictive
c. Hybrid
d. Incremental
c. Hybrid
Which observation is true of the agile approach to software development?

a. Agile is a predictive model of software development.
b. In the agile method, requirements and solutions evolve through collaboration.
c. An agile approach sets scope goals, but leaves time and cost goals flexible.
d. In the agile approach, requirements must be clearly expressed early in the life cycle.
b. In the agile method, requirements and solutions evolve through collaboration.
Which statement best describes outsourcing?

a. An organization setting up manufacturing and retailing facilities in a new country
b. An organization selling its products in a market outside its domestic market
c. An organization's use of virtual teams with employees located in different countries
d. An organization's acquisition of goods and services from an outside source
d. An organization's acquisition of goods and services from an outside source
Which is a disadvantage for virtual teams compared to traditional teams?

a. Reduced dependence on technology and processes for accomplishing work
b. Increased costs for office space and support
c. Reduced opportunities for informal transfer of information
d. Limited flexibility in team working hours
c. Reduced opportunities for informal transfer of information
In which systems development life cycle do model developers use a model to generate functional requirements and physical design specifications simultaneously?

a. Spiral life cycle
b. Prototyping life cycle
c. Waterfall life cycle
d. RAD life cycle
b. Prototyping life cycle
Which of the following is true of the project life cycle?

a. In the later phases of the project life cycle, the level of uncertainty is usually the highest.
b. It is much more expensive to make major changes to a project during the earlier phases than the latter phases.
c. More resources are usually needed during the initial phases of a project than during the middle or final phases.
d. In the early phases of a project life cycle, resource needs are usually lowest.
d. In the early phases of a project life cycle, resource needs are usually lowest.
Which term refers to a product or service, such as a technical report, a training session, a piece of hardware, or a segment of software code, produced or provided as part of a project?

a. System
b. Resource
c. Deliverable
d. Input
c. Deliverable
Which of the following best describes a kill point in the project life cycle?

a. The period of time given to managers during the feasibility phases to decide on the cost, quality, and time constraints for the project
b. A review of the status of a project at each phase of development to determine if it should be continued, redirected, or terminated
c. The final submission of the project deliverables after which the project is terminated
d. The point of time in the project lifecycle after which it is impossible to terminate a running project
b. A review of the status of a project at each phase of development to determine if it should be continued, redirected, or terminated
In a _____ organizational structure, personnel often report to both a functional manager and one or more project managers.

a. matrix
b. symbolic
c. project
d. functional
a. matrix
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