C790 Nursing Informatics (WGU) System
Development Life Cycle (SDLC) UPDATED
ACTUAL Questions and CORRECT
Answers
project - CORRECT ANSWER - is a planned undertaking, with a beginning and end that
produces a well-defined result or product.
information system development project - CORRECT ANSWER - a planned undertaking
that produces a new information system
predictive approach to the SDLC - CORRECT ANSWER - assumes that the development
project can be planned and organized and that the new information system can be developed
according to the plan
useful for building systems that are well understood and defined.
company may want to convert its old networked client/server system to a newer Web-based
system that includes a smartphone app. In this type of project, the staff already understands the
requirements very well, and no new processes need to be added
traditional (70s-90s)
adaptive approach to the SDLC - CORRECT ANSWER - is used when the system's
requirements and/or the users' needs aren't well understood. In this situation, the project can't be
planned completely.
Some system requirements may need to be determined after preliminary development work.
(late 90s-today)
, project initiation (predictive) - CORRECT ANSWER - In predictive approaches, there is a
group of activities that identifies the problem and secures approval to develop a new system
Project planning (predictive) - CORRECT ANSWER - In predictive approaches, there is a
group of activities that identifies the problem and secures approval to develop a new system
map out the project's overall structure
analysis (predictive) - CORRECT ANSWER - focuses on discovering and understanding
the details of the problem or need. The intent here is to figure out exactly what the system must
do to support the business processes
design (predictive) - CORRECT ANSWER - focuses on configuring and structuring the
new system components. These activities use the requirements that were defined earlier to
develop the program structure and the algorithms for the new system
implementation (predictive) - CORRECT ANSWER - includes programming and testing
the system.
deployment (predictive) - CORRECT ANSWER - involves installing and putting the
system into operation.
phases of the system development project (predictive) - CORRECT ANSWER - project
initiation, project planning, analysis, design, implementation, and deployment
support phase (predictive) - CORRECT ANSWER - includes the activities needed to
upgrade and maintain the system after it has been deployed. The support phase is part of the
overall SDLC, but it isn't normally considered part of the initial development project
Development Life Cycle (SDLC) UPDATED
ACTUAL Questions and CORRECT
Answers
project - CORRECT ANSWER - is a planned undertaking, with a beginning and end that
produces a well-defined result or product.
information system development project - CORRECT ANSWER - a planned undertaking
that produces a new information system
predictive approach to the SDLC - CORRECT ANSWER - assumes that the development
project can be planned and organized and that the new information system can be developed
according to the plan
useful for building systems that are well understood and defined.
company may want to convert its old networked client/server system to a newer Web-based
system that includes a smartphone app. In this type of project, the staff already understands the
requirements very well, and no new processes need to be added
traditional (70s-90s)
adaptive approach to the SDLC - CORRECT ANSWER - is used when the system's
requirements and/or the users' needs aren't well understood. In this situation, the project can't be
planned completely.
Some system requirements may need to be determined after preliminary development work.
(late 90s-today)
, project initiation (predictive) - CORRECT ANSWER - In predictive approaches, there is a
group of activities that identifies the problem and secures approval to develop a new system
Project planning (predictive) - CORRECT ANSWER - In predictive approaches, there is a
group of activities that identifies the problem and secures approval to develop a new system
map out the project's overall structure
analysis (predictive) - CORRECT ANSWER - focuses on discovering and understanding
the details of the problem or need. The intent here is to figure out exactly what the system must
do to support the business processes
design (predictive) - CORRECT ANSWER - focuses on configuring and structuring the
new system components. These activities use the requirements that were defined earlier to
develop the program structure and the algorithms for the new system
implementation (predictive) - CORRECT ANSWER - includes programming and testing
the system.
deployment (predictive) - CORRECT ANSWER - involves installing and putting the
system into operation.
phases of the system development project (predictive) - CORRECT ANSWER - project
initiation, project planning, analysis, design, implementation, and deployment
support phase (predictive) - CORRECT ANSWER - includes the activities needed to
upgrade and maintain the system after it has been deployed. The support phase is part of the
overall SDLC, but it isn't normally considered part of the initial development project
