August
1999 QUESTION 2 Total Marks: 20 Marks |
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| (a) | What is System Development Methodology (SDM),
and what form might it take?
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| (b) | What are the
advantages and disadvantages of purchasing a general SDM package over developing an
in-house SDM?
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| (c) | What are the four primary questions
that the SDM should allow the project manager to answer?
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| (d) | Explain, with the aid of an illustrative
example, why it is important that an SDM should break down the system development life
cycle into a series of stages. Your discussion, and the example, should make reference to
the five discrete stages that you have studied.
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