August
1997 QUESTION 2 Total Marks: 20 Marks |
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| 2. | (a) Who may request a systems development? | [1] |
| (b) Due to time constraints a particular company undertook a systems development project in a hurry. The development team had to skip the preliminary investigation phase and go straight into analysis. Consider three aspects of a feasibility study, for each one show how by ignoring its impact the project could fail. Follow on by discussing how the three aspects might interact. | [8] | |
| (c) Nonetheless the project was a success and the development team managed to produce a viable system. Consider the case in which the company did undertake a preliminary investigation but whose conclusion was not approved by the management. Explain why this might be the case using your three aspects of the feasibility study to clarify your argument. | [6] | |
| (d) List the remaining stages and provide brief descriptions of the system design life cycle. | [5] |