MANAGEMENT INFORMATION SYSTEMS

Answer ALL questions

Question One

a) Assess five factors affecting ICT. (5 marks)

b) Enumerate six functions of an information center (6 marks)
c) Using a diagram, describe the four steps of the prototyping process (9 marks)
(Total: 20 marks)

Question Two
a) Enumerate eight functions of an Information Systems Manager (8marks)
b) Discuss five reasons why information systems projects fail to meet their objectives
(5marks)
c) Discuss the resource constraints of information systems development (7 marks)
(Total: 20marks)
Question Three
a) Examine five uses of information in a business organization (5 marks)
b) Differentiate between low level and high level programming languages (4 marks)
c) Assess the factors that help in deciding on whether to adopt off-the-shelf or bespoke
packages (11 marks)
(Total: 20marks)
Question Four
a) Describe the system changeover methods that can be adopted in organization (10 marks)
b) Evaluate the factors to consider before adopting a changeover method (10 marks)
(Total: 20marks)
Question Five

a) Examine the features of business process re-engineering (5 marks)

b) Assess the benefits an organization would get from adopting business process re-
engineering (5 marks)
c) Evaluate the impacts business process re-engineering has had on information systems
development (10 marks)

(Total: 20 marks)