Chapter 9 Prototyping and Interface Design

Question 1

3 steps of the new systems design phase

Answer 1

1. Review system requirements
2. Design the system
3. Present the system design

Question 2

Logical Design

Answer 2

• Logical relationships among the components of the IS
  Defines all:
• inputs, processes and outputs

Question 3

Physical Design

Answer 3

• A plan for the actual implementations of the logical design of the system
• Describes actual process of entering, verifying, and storing data

Question 4

Logical VS Physical

Answer 4

LOGICAL
- is concerned with WHAT is required
PHYSICAL
- is concerned with HOW the requirements are satisfied

Question 5

Input Design Objectives

Answer 5

• Ease of use
• Effectiveness
• Accuracy
• Attractiveness
• Simplicity
• Consistency

Question 6

Output Design Objectives

Answer 6

• Designing output to serve purpose
• Making output meaningful
• Providing output on time
• Choosing most effective output method

Question 7

FORMS

Answer 7

• Duplicated papers that require people to fill in responses in a standardised way
• server as source documents and provide statistical answers

Question 8

Guidelines for Form Design

Answer 8

1. Make forms easy to fill in
2. Ensure forms meets the purpose of their designed
3. Design forms to ensure accurate completion
4. Keep forms attractive

Question 9

Guidelines for screen design

Answer 9

• Keep the screen simple
• Keep the screen presentation consistent
• Facilitate user movement among screens
• Create an attractive screens

Question 10

Guidelines in Output Design

Answer 10

• User involvement = Report Design Principles => Must be attractive
• Should have header and footer = Header defines the report title
  Footer defines end-of-report info

Question 11

Types of Report

Answer 11

• Detail Reports = quite lengthy with details
• Exception Reports = no details
• Summary Reports = no details