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Field exercises.a. The SDLC is only one methodology for designing and implementing informa...

Field exercises.

a. The SDLC is only one methodology for designing and implementing information systems. Others include rapid application development, open source development, joint applications design, and prototyping. Investigate one or more of those alternatives. Describe it, then compare and contrast it to the systems development life cycle.


b. Arrange an interview with an accounting or information systems professional in an environment where you’d like to work after earning your degree. Ask your interviewee to describe a business process in his/her organization. On your own, based on that description, classify the process according to the capability maturity model. Explain your classification.


c. Read “Commercializing the Back Office at Lloyds of London: Outsourcing and Strategic Partnerships Revisited” in European Management Journal(April 2004, pp. 127–40). Summarize the article’s contents in no more than one single-spaced page. Did Lloyds use IT strategically? Justify your response.

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