Review Questions Mgmt 340

Review Questions

1.

Describe the prototyping process of designing forms and reports. What deliverables are produced from this process? Are these deliverables the same for all types of system projects? Why or why not?

You start by collecting initial requirements during the process of data collecting in order to determine the user's need. After collecting the initial requirements, you structure and design this information into a "first draft" prototype. You work closely with the user in order to meet his needs however, review and feedbacks must be sent from the user constantly. After reviewing the prototype, users may accept the design or request that changes be made, so if changes are needed you repeat the cycle again until the user is satisfied with the final product. The designs are a type of deliverable and the design itself is not the same for all project however, the steps are very similar.

2.

To which initial questions must the analyst gain answers in order to build an initial prototype of a system output?

In Table 81 of the textbook mention some questions that should be made initially such as:

• who will use this form or report?

• what is the purpose of the form or report?

• when is the form or report needed and used?

• where does the form or report need to be delivered and used?

• how many people need to use or view the form or report?

Source: textbook pg 290

3.

How should textual information be formatted on a help screen?

There is guidelines mentioned in the book that needs to be follow such as: govern case, spacing, justification, hyphenation, and abbreviations.

Source: Textbook 254

4.

What type of labeling can you use in a table or list to improve its usability?

There are a lot of label you can use to improve usability and reading the book I found two good ideas:

If all columns and rows have a meaningful label it will be easier to use it. and if you highlight labels to separate them from others.

Source: Textbook pg 276-282