Quiz on Management and Information Systems

Which of the following statement is correct?

• Academic research has also found that top management support is more important if task interdependence is higher.

• Academic research has also found that top management support is less important if task interdependence is higher.

• Academic research has also found that top management support is little important if task interdependence is higher.

What does JAD stand for?

• Joint Application Development

• Japanese Application Development

• Joint American Development

• Joint Application Development Team

In the........... , we start with the key stakeholders. We don't try to convince everybody about the new system, we start with the key stakeholders and use them to communicate why this new system is being implemented.

• revolutionary change

• evolutionary change

• radical change

• incremental change

Is it true if the value from the system depends on lots of users performing interdependent tasks using the system, then top management support is more important?

• True

• False

How many iterations are there in RAD methodology?

• 3 iterations

• 4 iterations

• 5 iterations

• Depend on the project

Which of the following is NOT a critical success factor for implementing Information Systems?

• Top managements support

• Employee involvement

• Project champion the best people full time

• The best technical solution

In the................ , the system is adapted to the employees and the employees adapt to the new system. So, in that sense, change is recursive, adaptive- However, in the.................. approach, we need to change the root structure of the firm

• evolutionary change/ revolutionary change

• revolutionary change/ evolutionary change

• evolutionary change/ evolutionary change

• revolutionary change/ revolutionary change

These more rigid software development processes tend to be more successful in a more..............

• process-oriented organization

• traditional hierarchical organization

• project-oriented organization

• balance matrix organization

Which of the following is a correct statement?

• Academic research has found that peer support is very important in helping with adoption of new information systems.

• Academic research has found that peer support is little important in helping with adoption of new information systems.

• Academic research has found that peer support is NOT important in helping with adoption of new information systems.

Which of the followings are essentially building a version of the product that allows people to experiment with the product, but it's not necessarily production-ready?

• Prototypes

• 1st version of software

• Design

• Tested software