BTMA Ch13 Complete Test Guide Test.

BTMA Ch13 Complete Test Guide Test. Application portfolio - correct answer When a company examines it's needs and performance, it generates a prioritized list of both existing and potential IT applications Where does the planning stage for a new IT application begin? - correct answer With an analysis of the organizational strategic plan. Inputs for an It strategic plan? - correct answer 1. organization's strategic plan 2. Existing IT architecture IT architecture - correct answer delineates the way that an org should use its information resources to accomplish its mission IT strategic plan - correct answer a set of long-range goals that describe the IT infrastructure and identity the major IT initiatives needed to achieve the organization's goals 3 objectives of an IT strategic plan: - correct answer 1. It must be aligned with the organizations strategic plan 2. It must provide for an IT architecture that networks users, applications, and databases 3. it must efficiently allocate IS development resources amongst competing projects so that the projects can be completed on time and within budget and still have the required functionality IT steering committee - correct answer management from various different parts of the organization who establish IT priorities and ensure that the MIS function is meeting the org. need. -they link the corp strategy with the IT strategy IS operational plan - correct answer a clear set of projects that the IS department and the functional area managers will execute in support of the IT strategic plan What does an IS operational plan include? - correct answer -mission -IS environment -objectives of the IS function -constraints on the IS function -the application portfolio -resource allocation & project management 4 cost-benefit analysis strategies - correct answer 1. NPV 2. ROI 3. Break-even analysis 4. business case approach