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To minimize the cost of a software project, quality management techniques should be applied: Select an answer: A. as close to their writing (i.e., point of origination) as possible. B. primarily ... at project start to ensure that the project is established in accordance with organizational governance standards. C. continuously throughout the project with an emphasis on finding and fixing defects primarily through testing to maximize the defect detection rate. D. mainly at project close-down to capture lessons learned that can be applied to future projects. - You are correct, the answer is C. A. Quality assurance (QA) should start as early as possible but continue through the entire development process. B. Only performing QA during the start of the project will not detect problems that appear later in the development cycle. C. While it is important to properly establish a software development project, quality management should be effectively practiced throughout the project. The major source of unexpected costs on most software projects is rework. The general rule is that the earlier in the development life cycle that a defect occurs, and the longer it takes to find and fix that defect, the more effort will be needed to correct it. A well-written quality management plan is a good start, but it must also be actively applied. Simply relying on testing to identify defects is a relatively costly and less effective way of achieving software quality. For example, an error in requirements discovered in the testing phase can result in scrapping significant amounts of work.D. Capturing lessons learned will be too late for the current project. Additionally, applying quality management techniques throughout a project is likely to yield its own insights into the causes of quality problems and assist in staff development. When identifying an earlier project completion time, which is to be obtained by paying a premium for early completion, the activities that should be selected are those: Select an answer: A. whose sum of activity time is the shortest. B. that have zero slack time. C. that give the longest possible completion time. D. whose sum of slack time is the shortest. - You answered D. The correct answer is B. A. Attention should focus on the tasks within the critical path that have no slack time. B. A critical path's activity time is longer than that for any other path through the network. This path is important because if everything goes as scheduled, its length gives the shortest possible completion time for the overall project. Activities on the critical path become candidates for crashing (i.e., for reduction in their time by payment of a premium for early completion). Activities on the critical path have zero slack time and conversely, activities with zero slack time are on a critical path. By successively relaxing activities on a critical path, a curve showing total project costs versus time can be obtained. C. The critical path is the longest time length of the activities, but is not based on the longest time of any individual activity. D. A task on the critical path has no slack time. Which of the following should an IS auditor review to understand project progress in terms of time, budget and deliverables for early detection of possible overruns and for projecting estimates at completion (EACs)? Select an answer: A. Function point analysis (FPA) B.Earned value analysis (EVA) C. Cost budget D. Program evaluation and review technique (PERT) - You are correct, the answer is B. A. Function point analysis (FPA) is an indirect measure of software size and complexity and, therefore, does not address the elements of time and budget. B. Earned value analysis (EVA) is an industry standard method for measuring a project's progress at any given point in time, forecasting its completion date and final cost, and analyzing variances in the schedule and budget as the project proceeds. It compares the planned amount of work with what has actually been completed to determine if the cost, schedule and work accomplished are progressing in accordance with the plan. EVA works most effectively if a well-formed work breakdown structure exists. C. Cost budgets do not address time. D. Program evaluation and review technique (PERT) aids time and deliverables management, but lacks projections for estimates at completion (EACs) and overall financial management. At the completion of a system development project, a post-project review should include which of the following? Select an answer: A. Assessing risk that may lead to downtime after the production release B. Identifying lessons learned that may be applicable to future projects C. Verifying that the controls in the delivered system are working D. Ensuring that test data are deleted - You are correct, the answer is B. A. An assessment of potential downtime should be made with the operations group and other specialists before implementing a system.B. A project team has something to learn from each and every project. As risk assessment is a key issue for project management, it is important for the organization to accumulate lessons learned and integrate them into future projects. C. Verifying that controls are working should be covered during the acceptance test phase and possibly, again in the postimplementation review. The post-project review will focus on project-related issues. D. Test data should be retained for future regression testing. An IS auditor has been asked to participate in project initiation meetings for a critical project. The IS auditor's MAIN concern should be that the: Select an answer: A. complexity and risk associated with the project have been analyzed. B. resources needed throughout the project have been determined. C. technical deliverables have been identified. D. a contract for external parties involved in the project has been completed. - You are correct, the answer is A. A. Understanding complexity and risk, and actively managing these throughout a project are critical to a successful outcome. B. The resources needed will be dependent on the complexity of the project. C. It is too early to identify the technical deliverables. D. Not all projects will require contracts with external parties. An organization is implementing an enterprise resource planning (ERP) application. Of the following, who is PRIMARILY responsible for overseeing the project to ensure that it is progressing in accordance with the project plan and that it will deliver the expected results? Select an answer: A. Project sponsor B.System development project team (SDPT) C. Project steering committee D. User project team (UPT) - You are correct, the answer is C. A. A project sponsor is typically the senior manager in charge of the primary business unit that the application will support. The sponsor provides funding for the project and works closely with the project manager to define the critical success factors or metrics for the project. The project sponsor is not responsible for reviewing the progress of the project. B. A system development project team (SDPT) completes the assigned tasks, works according to the instructions of the project manager and communicates with the user project team. The SDPT is not responsible for overseeing the progress of the project. C. A project steering committee that provides an overall direction for the enterprise resource planning (ERP) implementation project is responsible for reviewing the project's progress to ensure that it will deliver the expected results. D. A user project team (UPT) completes the assigned tasks, communicates effectively with the system development team and works according to the advice of the project manager. A UPT is not responsible for reviewing the progress of the project. While evaluating software development practices in an organization, an IS auditor notes that the quality assurance (QA) function reports to project management. The MOST important concern for an IS auditor is the: Select an answer: A. effectiveness of the QA function because it should interact between project management and user management. B. efficiency of the QA function because it shoul [Show More]

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