A Company Needs a New Information System to Manage Increasing

question 37

Multiple Choice

A company needs a new information system to manage increasing customer orders and changing demands.The company's five-member information system (IS) team is competent and capable of developing a new system,but decides against developing a system in-house.Which of the following,if true,would most weaken the company's decision?

• A) The company's preferred vendor is willing to provide a basic information system at a reduced rate.
• B) The company's IS team is short-staffed, and is finding it difficult to cope with increased work.
• C) The costs of outsourcing systems development are greater than those of adapting an off-the-shelf system.
• D) The company's IS department has the qualifications to develop the new system.
• E) The company's requirements for the new system are very specialized.

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Definitions:

Unit Change

A measure of the change in quantity or value of a variable when it increases by a single unit.

Held Constant

This term refers to keeping a variable unchanged throughout an experiment or analysis to isolate the effects of other variables.

Average Change

The mean amount by which a set of values increase or decrease.

Total Variation

Total variation quantifies the extent to which a function varies across its domain, often used in mathematical analysis and signal processing.