A collection of elements and procedures that interact to accomplish a goal.

These provide "decision-makers" (usually middle management) within a company with preselected types of information.

The _________ has six phases.

Developing, running, and maintaining the computers and information systems in an organization is usually the responsibility of the __________ ___________ department.

A system used to generate information to support users in an organization.

These perform tasks that generally involve the tedious record-keeping that organizations handle regularly like order entry, payroll, and accounting systems.

The _________ ___________ is the first phase of the SDLC, where the nature of the problem will be assessed, as well as the potential scope of the system development effort, the possible solutions, and the costs/benefits of those solutions.

When a company lacks in-house expertise, time, or money to do its own system development, it often turns to ______________.

The process that consists of all activities needed to put a new or modified system into place.

This information system is used to increase productivity and facilitate better communication in the office, particularly concerning the management of documents.

_______ _______ is the second phase of the SDLC, where the main objective is to study the application in depth to assess the needs of users.

In traditional system development, the phases of the SDLC are carried out in the traditional order, some times called the ________ _________.

Information systems used throughout an entire enterprise (business).

The four main types of this technology innovation are intelligent agents, expert systems, neural networks, and robotics.

During the _______ ______ phase (the third phase of the PDLC) a model is developed for a new system as well as a detailed analysis of benefits and costs.

____-______ _________ is a system development approach in which the end user is primarily responsible for building the system.

A collection of people, goods, services, and business processes related to a digital element.

This is an information system that combines geographic information with other types of data in order to better understand the relationships among the data.

Once a system has been designed and the required types of hardware and software have been specified, the _________ __________ phase begins.

This type of iterative approach to system development focuses on developing small models, or prototypes, of the target system.