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Level Three
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APPROVED__________________________________________________________
(a) Using a suitable methodology, discuss the role that methodologies play in
the development process and explain why following a method cannot
guarantee the success of the project.
[15 marks]
[10 marks]
(b) Discuss the reasons why user participation can be both a help and a
hinderance to the development process
[15 marks]
(a) Explain the kind of analysis that would need to take place at the Human
Activity, Information and Socio-technical levels.
[10 marks]
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In the light of this statement, discuss the the reasons why when designing
the interaction for an information system, it is as much dependent upon
understanding the social and behavioural parts of the system as
understanding the technical requirements.
[15 marks]
(a) Explain how the DSDM life cycle differs from that of the traditional
waterfall approach.
[15 marks]
(b) Explain the role of rich pictures in assisting the analyst to understand the
culture of an organisation and the ‘problem domain’ where potential
systems might exist.
[10 marks]
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(a) Giving relevant examples of a system you know about (e.g. an order
processing system), describe how the following can be used in the
analysis and design process, and explain what each tells the analyst about
the system.
[18 marks]
(b) Explain how the above diagrams fit together to give a complete picture of
a system.
[7 marks]
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