JAD and e-JAD Sessions Preparation Quiz

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What is the primary focus of Business Process Improvement (BPI)?

  • Analyzing informal benchmarking
  • Copying competitors' strategies
  • Making radical changes to the organization's structure
  • Improving efficiency and effectiveness (correct)

What is the main goal of Duration Analysis in systems analysis and design?

  • Analyzing the total cost of implementing new technology
  • Investigating the amount of time taken for each process in the current system (correct)
  • Studying the competition's time management methods
  • Examining the quality of outputs in the as-is system

What distinguishes Activity-Based Costing from Duration Analysis?

  • Activity-Based Costing analyzes costs of major processes, while Duration Analysis looks at time taken for each process (correct)
  • Activity-Based Costing examines time and costs, whereas Duration Analysis only focuses on costs
  • Activity-Based Costing focuses on time analysis while Duration Analysis focuses on costs
  • Activity-Based Costing and Duration Analysis are interchangeable terms

In Root Cause Analysis, what do the ideas produced by problem analysis typically represent?

<p>Solutions to problems (B)</p> Signup and view all the answers

Which technique involves studying how other organizations perform a business process?

<p>Informal Benchmarking (B)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What does Benchmarking help organizations achieve?

<p>Introduce ideas to improve processes (C)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What is the primary purpose of a JAD (Joint Application Design) session?

<p>To produce analysis deliverables beyond information collection (B)</p> Signup and view all the answers

Which of the following is NOT a common ground rule for JAD sessions?

<p>Encouraging interruptions to ensure lively discussion (C)</p> Signup and view all the answers

How long does it typically take to prepare the post-JAD session report?

<p>A week or two after the session (A)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What is a questionnaire?

<p>A set of written questions for obtaining information from individuals (D)</p> Signup and view all the answers

When are questionnaires often used?

<p>When there is a large number of people from whom information and opinions are needed (D)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What is the first step in using a questionnaire, according to the text?

<p>Selecting the individuals to whom the questionnaire will be sent (A)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What does Business Process Reengineering (BPR) involve?

<p>Changing the fundamental way the organization operates (B)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What is the focus of Outcome Analysis?

<p>Understanding fundamental outcomes that provide value to customers (C)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What is the starting point for Technology Analysis?

<p>Developing a list of important and interesting technologies (A)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What is the purpose of Activity Elimination in the business process?

<p>Identifying how the organization could eliminate each activity in the process (A)</p> Signup and view all the answers

Which approach involves breaking a whole into its parts to understand their nature and interrelationships?

<p><strong>Business Process Reengineering (BPR)</strong> (A)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What is a key aspect of many major changes in business since the turn of the century?

<p><strong>Enabled by new technologies</strong> (C)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What is the key issue in administering the questionnaire?

<p>Getting participants to complete and return the questionnaire (B)</p> Signup and view all the answers

Why are closed-ended questions commonly used in questionnaires?

<p>To leave no room for misunderstanding (C)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What is the purpose of developing a questionnaire report soon after the deadline?

<p>To ensure participants receive copies of the results promptly (B)</p> Signup and view all the answers

Why is document analysis used by project teams?

<p>To understand the existing system (C)</p> Signup and view all the answers

Why do questionnaires require very clearly written questions?

<p>To minimize misunderstanding (B)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What type of questions tend to be most commonly used in questionnaires?

<p>Closed-ended questions (D)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What is the final deliverable in the Analysis phase that compiles all requirements?

<p>Requirements definition statement (D)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What is a statement that specifies what the system must do or the characteristics it needs to have?

<p>System requirements (D)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What technique is used to transform high-level business requirements into a detailed list of system requirements?

<p>Requirements analysis (C)</p> Signup and view all the answers

Which of the following is the most commonly used requirements elicitation technique?

<p>Interviews (B)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What technique allows the project team, users, and management to work together to identify system requirements?

<p>Joint application design (JAD) (D)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What technique involves watching processes being performed to gain insight into the existing system?

<p>Observation (D)</p> Signup and view all the answers

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