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Information Systems

Subjects : engineering, it-skills
Instructions:
  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. ERP II makes information available to...






2. Awaking a sleeping giant - bad timing - poor implementation - failing to deliver what customers want - breaking the law






3. Includes data - technology - people - and processes






4. Company who offers a complementary product (e.g. milk complements cereal)






5. Incremental approach to changing business processes (a management program that seeks to improve the quality of process outputs by identifying and removing the causes of defects and variation in the various processes.)






6. Supply chain management






7. The situation in which a company's current and emerging business strategy is enabled - supported - and unconstrained by technology






8. Strategy where organization aims to be the lowest- cost producer in the marketplace






9. Highlights how IS add value to the primary and support activities of a firm's internal operations - customers - and supply chain






10. Enterprise systems reflect industry best practices for generic business processes






11. Enterprise systems






12. Class of IT applications used to enable information flow within and between business processes






13. Ease of imitation - substitution - transfer






14. Strategy to goals to business requirements to architecture requirements to architecture to functional specifications to infrastructure specifications (hardware - software - data...)






15. Software used to connect processes in one or more computers across a network






16. Says competition stems from lowering the cost to perform activities and adding value so buyers will pay more






17. Building components of software in a modular way; an architecture where business processes are built on a network - different parts of business functionality reside on different parts of the network - the parts can be combined and reused to create ap






18. Strategy where organization limits its scope to a market segment and tailors its offerings to that group of customers using either cost or differentiation






19. The value of a network node to a person or organization in a network increases when others join the network






20. Utilizes a large base of resources that allows organization to outlast competitors by practicing a differentiation strategy






21. An end user will usually notice a reduction in the performance of a ______ before a _______






22. Uses a large central computer that handles all the functionality of the system; common in legacy systems






23. Comprehensive software packages that incorporate all modules needed to run the operations of a business






24. Business strategy should not be affected because it is at a more abstract level






25. Interrelated set of activities and tasks that turns inputs into outputs






26. Business process management






27. Description of goals of an organization - how these goals are realized by business processes - and how these business processes can be better served through technology






28. Customer relationship management






29. Everything that supports the flow and processing of information in an organization - including hardware - software - data and network components






30. Negotiation - commitment - execution - assessment


31. Processes make services possible; processes have inputs and outputs - while service is a cycle (ongoing)






32. Processes are horizontal across a corporation - many functional areas of the business will be involved in a process; functions are vertical silos in an organization (e.g. finance - operations - accounting - marketing - administration)






33. An IT capability makes it possible for the firm to use its IT assets effectively






34. Integration - packages - best practices - some assembly required - evolving






35. Self- contained functional units






36. The unique set of features of a company and its products that are perceived by the target market as significant and superior to the competition






37. The open group architectural framework; designed to translate strategy into architecture and then into a detailed infrastructure using standardized Architecture Development Methodology






38. On a process flow diagram - a square represents a...






39. Finance - operations - accounting - marketing - administration (functions or silos in a business)






40. Manage fragmentation of information across an organization






41. Data in context (i.e. with relevance and purpose)






42. Plan of where a business seeks to go and how it plans to get there






43. Technology - people - and processes that an organization uses to manage information






44. Mainframe - client/server - SOA - P2P - WOA






45. Web- oriented architecture






46. Software program that requests and receives data and instructions from another






47. Strategy where organization qualifies its product or service in a way that allows it to appear unique in the marketplace






48. Tries to minimize risks and maximize benefits of change in an organization






49. Relates business strategy with IS and organizational strategy; business strategy at the top - organizational and information strategy at the base






50. Something learned over time for the firm to create - produce - or offer its products