Ch.12 MC

This is examined and improved through systems analysis.

• information technologies

• software analysis

• software implementation

• information systems

Systems life cycle phase that studies the present system in depth.

• analysis

• design

• implementation

• conversion

Systems analysis involves suggesting alternative _______ .

• implementation

• facts

• solutions

• software

The last and ongoing phase of the systems life cycle is systems __________ .

• maintenance

• implementation

• analysis

• information

The document that shows the levels of management and formal lines of authority is a(n) _________ .

• system tree

• organization chart

• authority hierarchy

• direct conversion graph

This phase begins with designing alternative systems.

• systems design

• implementation

• maintenance

• investigation

Another name for systems implementation.

• reveal

• conversion

• pre-maintenance

• piloting

The phase in which the old system is replaced and training begins.

• maintenance

• implementation

• analysis

• information

The four approaches to conversion are parallel, pilot, phased, and _________ .

• implementation

• preliminary

• direct

• designed

The approach in which the new system is implemented gradually over a period of time.

• parallel

• phased

• pilot

• disigned