Managing Systems Development 
Review Questions

Provide a clear and concise discussion for each of the following questions – suggested length 100 words:
1.	What key questions underlie applications systems development?
2.	What types of difficulties are faced in applications systems development?
3.	Describe the systems development life cycle.
4.	Why do you think the systems development life cycle is also called the Waterfall approach?
5.	What are the advantages of the phased approach?
6.	What is the main difference between the systems development life cycle and prototyping?
7.	What are the advantages of prototyping?
8.	What are the disadvantages of prototyping?
9.	What relationship is there between enterprise resource planning (ERP) systems and legacy systems?
10.	List the essential ‘human activities’ in implementing an ERP.
11.	Does a legacy system have any value to a modern organization?
12.	What are the essential elements of application - systems development project management?
13.	What is the relationship between risk analysis and risk reduction?
14.	What are the two key success factors for IT managers undertaking systems development?