QUIZ- BUYING OFF-THE-SHELF SOFTWARE

1. A document that outlines an organization’s hardware or software needs and requests vendors
to provide information about if and how they can meet those needs and the time and resources
required. – REQUEST FOR INFORMATION

2. At this point in the project, the scope of the system and critical business and user requirements
should be known. – PACKAGE EVALUATION PHASE

3. A comparison of vendor options conducted in a computing environment (e.g., computing

hardware, operating system software, database management system) and with a workload (e.g.,
number of concurrent users, database size, and number of transactions) that matches its intended
operating conditions. – PERFORMANCE EVALUATION TEST

4. Several types of testing must be conducted before a software package is ready to be put into
production. Enumerate all the tests that must be completed.

1. Integration testing

2. System testing

3. Volume testing

4. User acceptance testing

5. Enumerate the steps in package evaluation phase.

1. Identify potential solutions.

2. Select top contenders.

3. Research top contenders.

4. Perform final evaluation of leading solutions.

5. Make selection.

6. Finalize contract.