TEST BANK For Information Technology Project Management
9th Edition by Kathy Schwalbe, Verified Chapters 1 - 13,
Complete Newest Version
5 most influential ITs - ANSWER:1. Business intelligence
2. Cloud computing
3. Enterprise resources planning
4. SaaS- software as a service
5. Collaboration-workflow
Business intelligence - ANSWER:Being up on what other businesses are doing and
how to improve profits
Cloud computing - ANSWER:Storing data on a virtual network.
Internet (cloud) to grab and put and save info
Benefits
It reduces IT cost business agility flexibility scalene high-availability
Enterprise resources planning - ANSWER:Technology infrastructure and/or apps that
support essential business processes and operations.
Financial, human resources, budgeting, sales, customer service
SaaS- software as a service - ANSWER:Software available to users when they need it.
It is the arrangement for most utilities (electricity, water, gas)
Collaboration and workflow tools - ANSWER:These tools help people work together
and organize way and manage their task more efficiently regardless of their location.
(Mobile and digital devices)
Data analytics - ANSWER:Analyzing and grouping huge volumes of data provide great
insight and intelligence. Quickly
Messy data - ANSWER:Unorganized data Large amounts
Cannot be organize easily
Big data - ANSWER:Large amounts of data
Information management - ANSWER:How and at what speed information is stored
organize captured, analyzed, reported
Benefit
Well-planned out IT architecture, policies, and procedures needed to effectively and
efficiently support the information and decision means of an organization
, Mash ups - ANSWER:Example of information technology
Consumer and mash ups -applications that collect and combine data from public
sources then organize them browser-user interface
And surprise mash ups - information management tools that Colette and it's a great
structured and unstructured content for business purposes
Reason for information deficiencies - ANSWER:Data silos(information silos): what
information can be trapped because they are not in the same department.
Lost or bypassed: lost not captured Data in transit from one IS to another.
User -fierce performance: poorly designed into faces or formats that require extra
time and effort to figure out.
Nonstandardized: when data formats are not displayed in a uniform or standardized
format
Moving targets: when the information that they one keeps changing(Tweets and
other human info)
IT architecture - ANSWER:Roadmap or blueprint that guides the build out of IT
capabilities, acquisition of networks, cloud services, ISs, software, and hardwareis
Data, information, and knowledge - ANSWER:Data:The raw material from which
information is produced
( the quality must be maintained for it to be useful)
Information:Data that has been processed organized or put into context so it is
useful for the person that is receiving it
Knowledge:information put into context to be meaningful, to convey understanding,
experience, and accumulated learning
Transaction processing systems (TPS) - ANSWER:Cash registers and things that make
transaction
Online transaction processing(OLTP) - ANSWER:Real-time processing
The device or website must be directly linked with the network to the TPS
Data quality - ANSWER:Important because reports and decisions are only as good as
the data they are based upon. Data errors detect it later may be difficult to correct.
9th Edition by Kathy Schwalbe, Verified Chapters 1 - 13,
Complete Newest Version
5 most influential ITs - ANSWER:1. Business intelligence
2. Cloud computing
3. Enterprise resources planning
4. SaaS- software as a service
5. Collaboration-workflow
Business intelligence - ANSWER:Being up on what other businesses are doing and
how to improve profits
Cloud computing - ANSWER:Storing data on a virtual network.
Internet (cloud) to grab and put and save info
Benefits
It reduces IT cost business agility flexibility scalene high-availability
Enterprise resources planning - ANSWER:Technology infrastructure and/or apps that
support essential business processes and operations.
Financial, human resources, budgeting, sales, customer service
SaaS- software as a service - ANSWER:Software available to users when they need it.
It is the arrangement for most utilities (electricity, water, gas)
Collaboration and workflow tools - ANSWER:These tools help people work together
and organize way and manage their task more efficiently regardless of their location.
(Mobile and digital devices)
Data analytics - ANSWER:Analyzing and grouping huge volumes of data provide great
insight and intelligence. Quickly
Messy data - ANSWER:Unorganized data Large amounts
Cannot be organize easily
Big data - ANSWER:Large amounts of data
Information management - ANSWER:How and at what speed information is stored
organize captured, analyzed, reported
Benefit
Well-planned out IT architecture, policies, and procedures needed to effectively and
efficiently support the information and decision means of an organization
, Mash ups - ANSWER:Example of information technology
Consumer and mash ups -applications that collect and combine data from public
sources then organize them browser-user interface
And surprise mash ups - information management tools that Colette and it's a great
structured and unstructured content for business purposes
Reason for information deficiencies - ANSWER:Data silos(information silos): what
information can be trapped because they are not in the same department.
Lost or bypassed: lost not captured Data in transit from one IS to another.
User -fierce performance: poorly designed into faces or formats that require extra
time and effort to figure out.
Nonstandardized: when data formats are not displayed in a uniform or standardized
format
Moving targets: when the information that they one keeps changing(Tweets and
other human info)
IT architecture - ANSWER:Roadmap or blueprint that guides the build out of IT
capabilities, acquisition of networks, cloud services, ISs, software, and hardwareis
Data, information, and knowledge - ANSWER:Data:The raw material from which
information is produced
( the quality must be maintained for it to be useful)
Information:Data that has been processed organized or put into context so it is
useful for the person that is receiving it
Knowledge:information put into context to be meaningful, to convey understanding,
experience, and accumulated learning
Transaction processing systems (TPS) - ANSWER:Cash registers and things that make
transaction
Online transaction processing(OLTP) - ANSWER:Real-time processing
The device or website must be directly linked with the network to the TPS
Data quality - ANSWER:Important because reports and decisions are only as good as
the data they are based upon. Data errors detect it later may be difficult to correct.
