Systems Analysis and Design Chapter 3

Systems Analysis and Design Chapter 3 action words ️Words that signal a sequence of events activity ️Basic units of work that a project manager plans, schedules, and monitors calendar view ️Shows tasks as an overlay on the actual calendar code review ️A type of structured walk-through that takes place during the SDLC concurrent task ️One of several tasks that can start at the same time critical path ️A series of tasks whose delay would affect a project's completion date Critical Path Method ️Developed by private industry to manage complex projects dependent tasks ️Tasks that must be completed one after another duration ️The amount of time it will take to complete a task event ️Examples may include the start of user training or completion of interviews Gantt chart ️Horizontal bar chart that represents a set of tasks Microsoft Project ️Program having a dominant share of the project management software industry milestone ️Recognizable reference point that can be used to monitor progress network diagram ️Microsoft's name for a PERT chart open source ️Type of program that is supported by a community of users and developers predecessor task ️Must be completed before another task can start program evaluation review technique ️Developed by the U.S. Navy to manage very complex projects project coordinator ️Handles administrative responsibilities for a project team project creep ️Process in which projects expand gradually without specific authorization project leader ️Used interchangeably with the term project manager project management ️Includes planning, scheduling, and reporting on information system development project manager ️A project team member who is usually a senior systems analyst project monitoring ️Requires guiding, supervising, and coordinating a project team's workload project planning ️Includes identifying all project tasks and estimating their completion time project reporting ️Includes regular progress reports to management, users, and the project team project scheduling ️Involves the creation of a specific timetable, usually in the form of charts project status meetings ️Opportunity for project manager to seek input and hold brainstorming sessions project triangle ️Includes three legs, which often represent cost, scope, and time qualitative risk analysis ️Estimates the probability that a risk will occur and its degree of impact quantitative risk analysis ️Can involve a modeling process called what-if analysis risk ️An event that could affect a project negatively risk identification ️Lists each risk and assesses the likelihood that it could affect a project risk management ️Process whose purpose is to minimize the impact of risk