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Todd Sayers Professor Chapman CINS 203 00F 20 August 2013 Review Questions: Session 1 Project Review Question 3: List and explain the different phases in the SDLC Planning Organizations total information system needs are identified, analyzed, prioritized, and arranged. Analysis System requirements are studied and structured. Design The description of the recommended solution is converted into logical and then physical system specifications. Implementation The information system is coded, tested, installed, and supported in the organization. Maintenance Information system is systematically repaired and improved. Review Question 4: List and explain some of the problems with the traditional waterfall SDLC System requirements locked in after being determined (can't change), Limited user involvement (only in requirements phase), Too much focus on milestone deadlines of SDLC phases to the detriment of sound development practices. Review Question 5: What are CASE tools? Software tools that provide automated support for some portion of the systems development process. Review Question 6: Describe each major component of a comprehensive CASE system. Is any component more important than any other? Diagramming Tools enable system process, data, and control structures to be represented graphically. Computer display and report generators help prototype how systems look and feel. Makes it easier for system analyst to identify data requirements and relationships. Analysis tools automatically check for incomplete, inconsistent, or incorrect specifications in diagrams, forms, and reports. Central Repository enables the integrated storage of specifications, diagrams, reports, and project management information.

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Documentation generators produce technical and user documentation in standard formats. Code generators enable the automatic generation of program and database definition code directly from the design documents, diagrams, forms, and reports. Problems and Exercises: Session 1 Project Problem 3: Compare Figures 1-2 and 1-3. What similarities and differences do you see? They both have the same phases. In Figure 1-2 the project can return to an earlier phase if necessary. Whereas in Figure 1-3 you are constantly cycling through the phases at different levels of detail. Problem 4: Compare Figures 1-2 and 1-4. Can you match steps in Figure 1-4 with phases in Figure 1-2? How might you explain the differences between the two figures? Figure 1-4 has the basic phases of Figure 1-2. The difference is the DOJ SDLC is a little more complex using ten phases.