McSd Analyzing Requirements Study Guide,9780072119558

McSd Analyzing Requirements Study Guide

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ISBN13: 9780072119558
ISBN10: 0072119551
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Pub. Date: 1999-05-01
Publisher(s): McGraw-Hill Osborne Media
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Summary

This text features hundreds of practice exam questions, special exam watch warnings that identify the most difficult questions to answer, special Command Reference for quick syntax/command look up, and development and review by master MCSDs and MCTs. The interactive CD-ROM includes tests that link to the electronic text of the book.

Table of Contents

Foreword iii
About the Contributors ix
Acknowledgments xi
Preface xxvii
Introduction xxxix
Microsoft Solution Frmaework---An Overview
1(42)
Identifying the Business Pressures on IT
2(17)
What Is the Microsoft Solution Framework?
3(16)
Identifying Key Areas Where IT and Business Are Changing Together
19(5)
Key Principles and Methods for the IT Life Cycle
20(2)
Addressing the Growing Demand for Flexible Business Solutions
22(2)
Identifying Problems That IT Must Overcome to Drive Business
24(3)
Technology Infrastructure
25(1)
Anticipating User Needs
26(1)
Analyzing the Scope of a Project
27(8)
Assessing Existing Applications
28(1)
Anticipating Changes in the Business Environment
29(2)
Estimating the Expected Lifetime of the Solution
31(1)
Assessing Time, Cost, Budget, and Benefit Tradeoffs
32(3)
Certification Summary
35(2)
Two-Minute Drill
37(2)
Answers to Exercise 1-1
38(1)
Self Test
39(4)
Using the Team, Process, and Application Models for Development Projects
43(38)
Understanding Microsoft's Team Model
44(10)
Creating Small Interdisciplinary Teams
44(1)
Fundamental Roles in a Project Team
45(3)
Key Goals for a Project Team
48(2)
The Relationship Between Project Team Roles and Key Goals
50(1)
Scaling the Team Model
51(1)
Interteam Dependencies
52(2)
Understanding Microsoft's Development Process
54(8)
The Four Externally Visible Development Milestones
56(2)
Making Project Tradeoffs: Setting Priorities with a Customer
58(3)
Multiple-Versioned Releases for Large Projects
61(1)
Identifying Common Service Needs Across Development Projects
62(5)
Defining the Application Model
63(1)
Services-Based Architecture
64(3)
Completing Different Phases of a Project in Parallel
67(4)
Sharing Assets, Resources, and Skills
68(1)
Achieving Parallelism During the Development Process
69(2)
Certification Summary
71(1)
Two-Minute Drill
71(3)
Answers to Exercise 2-1
73(1)
Answers to Exercise 2-2
73(1)
Answers to Exercise 2-3
73(1)
Self Test
74(7)
Risk Management
81(44)
Defining Risk Management
82(15)
Risk Management Principles
83(2)
Sources of Risk
85(9)
Risk Management Approaches
94(3)
The Components of a Risk Statement
97(10)
Risk Identification and Analysis
97(9)
Setting Priorities
106(1)
The Risk Management Process
107(11)
Risk Action Planning
109(5)
Risk Tracking and Control
114(4)
Certification Summary
118(1)
Two-Minute Drill
119(2)
Answers to Exercise 3-1
120(1)
Answers to Exercise 3-2
120(1)
Self Test
121(4)
Software Development Track Milestones
125(54)
The Process Model
126(1)
The Vision/Scope Approved Milestone
127(17)
Achieving Shared Vision for a Project Team
128(3)
Defining the Vision/Scope Approved Milestone
131(2)
Identifying the Interdependent Roles and Shared Responsibilities of Project Team Members
133(1)
Describing the Deliverables to Be Produced During the Envisioning Phase
133(3)
Defining the Tasks Leading to Vision/Scope Approval
136(2)
Writing the Vision/Scope Document
138(4)
Determining the Project Structure
142(2)
The Project Plan Approved Milestone
144(10)
Defining the Project Plan Approved Milestone
145(3)
The Importance of a Functional Specification
148(1)
The Interdependent Roles and Shared Responsibilities of Project Team Members
148(1)
Defining the Deliverables for the Planning Phase
149(1)
Developing a Functional Specification
150(2)
Developing a Project Plan
152(1)
Developing a Project Schedule
152(2)
The Scope Complete/First Use Milestone
154(7)
Defining the Scope Complete/First Use Milestone
155(4)
Defining the Deliverables for Scope Complete/First Use
159(2)
The Release Milestone
161(9)
Defining the Release Milestone
162(3)
Effective Usability Testing
165(1)
Defining the Deliverables for Release
166(4)
Certification Summary
170(1)
Two-Minute Drill
171(5)
Answers to Exercise 4-1
174(1)
Answers to Exercise 4-2
174(1)
Answers to Exercise 4-3
174(1)
Answers to Exercise 4-4
175(1)
Answers to Exercise 4-5
175(1)
Self Test
176(3)
Infrastructure Deployment Track Milestones
179(32)
Enterprise Architecture Overview
180(1)
The Elements of the Enterprise Architecture
181(1)
Infrastructure: Overview and Drill Down
181(2)
Infrastructure: Deployment and the MSF Process Model
183(2)
The Vision/Scope Approved Milestone
185(5)
Achieving a Shared Vision for the Infrastructure Deployment Project Team
185(1)
The Vision/Scope Approved Milestone Envisioning Phase
186(1)
Tasks That Occur During the Envisioning Phase
187(1)
Roles and Responsibilities of Infrastructure Deployment Team Members That Lead to Vision/Scope Approval
188(1)
Deliverables Produced During the Envisioning Phase
188(1)
Writing the Vision/Scope Document
189(1)
The Project Plan Approved Milestone
190(6)
Setting the Target for the Project Plan Approved Milestone
191(1)
Roles and Responsibilities That Lead to the Project Plan Approved Milestone
191(1)
Deliverables to Be Produced at Project Plan Approved
191(4)
Defining the Focus and Deliverables of Each MSF Team and Their Role at Project Plan Approved
195(1)
The Scope Complete/First Use Milestone
196(4)
Tasks That Lead to the Scope Complete/First Use Milestone
197(2)
Defining the Focus and Deliverables of Each MSF Team and Their Role at Scope Complete/First Use
199(1)
Describing the Process for Driving to the Release Milestone
200(1)
The Release Milestone
200(5)
Defining the Release Milestone
201(1)
Tasks That Lead to the Release Milestone
201(1)
Describing the Deliverables for the Release Milestone
202(1)
Describing the Focus for Each MSF Team Role at Release
203(1)
Identifying the Activities Leading to the Release Milestone and Laying the Foundation for Future Projects
204(1)
Certification Summary
205(1)
Two-Minute Drill
205(3)
Answers to Exercise 5-1
207(1)
Answers to Exercise 5-2
207(1)
Answers to Exercise 5-3
207(1)
Answers to Exercise 5-4
207(1)
Answers to Exercise 5-5
207(1)
Self Test
208(3)
Designing Component Solutions---An Overview
211(42)
Success in Software Design
212(3)
Identifying Business Environment and Information Technology Challenges
213(2)
Achieving Good Design with MSF
215(1)
Identifying Typical Problems That Lead to Design Flaws or Failure
215(6)
Microsoft's Process for Designing Solutions
221(11)
Interim Milestones
221(3)
How Milestones in the Process Model Map to Team Roles
224(1)
Scheduling
224(8)
How Solution Design Relates to Enterprise Architecture
232(13)
Modular Design and the Solutions Design Model
233(4)
Enterprise Architecture
237(8)
Certification Summary
245(1)
Two-Minute Drill
246(3)
Answers to Exercise 6-1
248(1)
Answers to Exercise 6-2
248(1)
Self Test
249(4)
Analyzing Business Requirements
253(36)
The Total Cost of Ownership (TCO) Model
254(12)
Defining Total Cost of Ownership
254(1)
How TCO Works
255(1)
People, Process, and Technology
256(1)
Costs
256(3)
Scope of the Total Cost of Ownership
259(1)
TCO and IT Life Cycles
260(2)
TCO in the Enterprise
262(1)
The Microsoft TCO Spreadsheet Tool
262(4)
Analyzing the Extent of a Business Requirement
266(15)
Establishing Business Requirements
266(7)
Establishing the Type of Problem to be Solved
273(1)
Establishing and Defining Customer Quality Requirements
273(1)
Minimizing the Total Cost of Ownership
274(1)
Increasing the Return on Investment (ROI) of the Solution
275(1)
Analyzing the Current Platform and Infrastructure
275(1)
Incorporating the Planned Platform and Infrastructure into the Solution
276(1)
Analyzing the Impact of Technology Migration
277(1)
Planning Physical Requirements for the Solution
278(1)
Identifying Organizational Constraints
278(1)
Establishing the Schedule for Implementation of the Solution
279(1)
Identifying the Audience for the Solution
280(1)
Certification Summary
281(1)
Two-Minute Drill
282(4)
Answers to Exercise 7-1
285(1)
Answers to Exercise 7-2
285(1)
Self Test
286(3)
Narrowing Your Focus to Analyze Specific Business Requirements
289(62)
Analyzing Security Requirements
290(14)
Identifying User Roles
291(4)
Identifying the Impact of the Solution on the Existing Security Environment
295(1)
Establishing Fault Tolerance
296(2)
Planning for Effective Maintenance
298(3)
Planning the Distribution of a Security Database
301(1)
Establishing the Security Context
302(1)
Planning for Auditing
303(1)
Identifying Levels of Security Needed
303(1)
Analyzing Existing Mechanisms for Security Policies
304(1)
Analyzing Performance Requirements
304(10)
Transactions-per-Time-Slice Considerations
306(1)
Bandwidth Considerations
306(3)
Capacity Considerations
309(1)
Interoperability with Existing Standards
309(1)
Peak versus Average Requirements
310(1)
Response-Time Expectations
311(1)
Existing Response-Time Characteristics
312(1)
Barriers to Performance
312(2)
Analyzing Maintenance Requirements
314(6)
Breadth of Application Distribution
316(1)
Method of Distribution
317(1)
Maintenance Expectations
318(1)
Maintenance Staff Considerations
319(1)
Impact of Third-Party Maintenance Agreements
320(1)
Analyzing Extensibility Requirements
320(1)
Handling Functionality Growth Requirements
321(1)
Analyzing Availability Requirements
321(4)
Availability Requirements
321(1)
Hours of Operation
322(1)
Level of Availability
322(1)
Geographic Scope
323(1)
Impact of Downtime
324(1)
Analyzing Human Requirements
325(4)
Target Audience
325(1)
Localization
325(1)
Accessibility
326(1)
Roaming Users
326(1)
Help Considerations
326(1)
Training Requirements
327(1)
Physical Environment Constraints
327(1)
Special-Needs Considerations
328(1)
Analyzing Requirements for Integrating a Solution with Existing Applications
329(3)
Requirements for Integrating Existing Applications
329(1)
Legacy Applications
330(1)
Format and Location of Existing Data
330(1)
Connectivity to Existing Applications
331(1)
Data Conversion
331(1)
Data Enhancement
331(1)
Analyzing Existing Business Methodologies and Limitations
332(5)
Methodologies and Limitations
332(1)
Legal Issues
333(1)
Current Business Practices
334(1)
Organization Structure
334(1)
Budget
334(1)
Implementation and Training Methodologies
335(1)
Quality Control Requirements
335(1)
Customers' Needs
336(1)
Analyzing Scalability Requirements
337(3)
Scalability Requirements
338(1)
Growth of Your Audience
338(1)
Organization
338(1)
Data
338(1)
Cycle of Use
339(1)
Certification Summary
340(2)
Two-Minute Drill
342(4)
Answers to Exercise 8-1
345(1)
Answers to Exercise 8-2
345(1)
Self Test
346(5)
Conceptual Design
351(80)
Understanding the Purpose and Value of Conceptual Design
352(4)
Applying the Conceptual Design Process to a Business Solution
356(1)
Gathering User Requirements and Gaining User Perspective
357(8)
Gaining Business Perspective
359(1)
Techniques for Gathering User Input
360(4)
Synthesizing Business and User Perspectives
364(1)
Constructing Conceptual Designs Based on Scenarios
365(6)
The Workflow Process Model
367(1)
The Task Sequence Model
368(2)
The Physical Environment Model
370(1)
Designing the Future Work State: Identifying Appropriate Types of Solutions
371(4)
Single-Tier Solutions
371(1)
Two-Tier Solutions
372(2)
n-Tier Solutions
374(1)
Defining the Technical Architecture of a Solution
375(44)
Identifying Appropriate Technologies for Implementing Your Business Solution
376(11)
The Technology Environment of the Company
387(3)
Selecting Development Tools
390(9)
Determining the Type of Solution
399(6)
Choosing a Data Storage Architecture
405(8)
Testing the Feasibility of a Proposed Technical Architecture
413(3)
Developing an Appropriate Deployment Strategy
416(3)
Validating and Refining the Strategy: The Value of User Feedback
419(1)
Certification Summary
420(1)
Two-Minute Drill
421(4)
Answer to Exercise 9-1
424(1)
Answers to Exercise 9-2
424(1)
Self Test
425(6)
Logical Design
431(38)
Logical Design Basics
432(4)
The Value of Logical Design
433(1)
Organizing Logical Structures
434(1)
Importance of Core Principles
435(1)
Deriving a Logical Design from a Conceptual Design
436(1)
Deriving the Components and Services of the Logical Design for a Business Solution
437(1)
Distinguishing Between Objects, Services, and Components in a Logical Design
438(5)
Identifying Objects
439(1)
Identifying Services
440(1)
Identifying Attributes
441(1)
Identifying Relationships
442(1)
Incorporating Business Rules into Object Design
443(1)
Articulating the Purpose of an Interface Contract
444(1)
Constructing an Interface Contract
445(1)
The Three Service Layers of the Application Model
445(4)
The User Layer
446(1)
The Business Layer
447(1)
The Data Layer
448(1)
The Benefits of the Three-Tier/Three Service Layer Approach
449(2)
Using Paper Prototypes and Metaphors to Design User Services
451(3)
Object Refinement
452(1)
Risk Mitigation
453(1)
Identifying Dependencies
454(2)
Triggering Events
454(1)
Coordination Requirements
455(1)
Timing
455(1)
Common Business Rules
456(1)
Assessing the Potential Impact of the Logical Design
456(5)
Performance
457(1)
Maintenance
457(1)
Extensibility
458(1)
Scalability
458(1)
Availability
459(1)
Security
460(1)
Certification Summary
461(1)
Two-Minute Drill
462(3)
Self Test
465(4)
Integrated Design
469(74)
The Three Tracks of Solutions Design
470(6)
User Interface
474(1)
Business Process
474(1)
Database
475(1)
Designing a User Interface and User Services
476(17)
Identifying the Navigation for the User Interface
477(6)
Identifying Input Validation Procedures to Integrate into the User Interface
483(2)
Evaluating Methods of Providing Online User Assistance
485(7)
Establishing Appropriate Types of Output
492(1)
The Value of Prototypes
493(7)
Constructing a Prototype Interface Based on Business Requirements, Interface Guidelines, and Organization Standards
495(5)
The Significance of Metaphors
500(1)
Developing Data Models: Database Design Activities
501(19)
Grouping Data into Entities by Applying Normalization Rules
502(4)
Choosing a Foreign Key to Enforce a Relationship Between Entities to Ensure Referential Integrity
506(3)
Specifying Relationships Between Entities
509(2)
Identifying Business Rules That Relate to Data Integrity
511(3)
Incorporating Business Rules and Constraints into the Data Model
514(2)
Identifying the Appropriate Level of Denormalization
516(1)
Defining the Attributes of a Data Entity
517(1)
Developing a Database That Uses General Database Development Standards and Guidelines
518(2)
Synchronizing and Coordinating the Three Tracks of Solutions Design
520(6)
Deriving the Physical Design
526(7)
Evaluating Whether Access to a Database Should Be Encapsulated in an Object
529(1)
Designing the Properties, Methods, and Events of Components
530(3)
Certification Summary
533(1)
Two-Minute Drill
534(4)
Answers to Exercise 11-2
535(1)
Answers to Exercise 11-3
536(1)
Answers to Exercise 11-4
537(1)
Answers to Exercise 11-5
537(1)
Self Test
538(5)
A Self Test Answers 543(54)
Chapter 1 Answers
544(3)
Chapter 2 Answers
547(8)
Chapter 3 Answers
555(4)
Chapter 4 Answers
559(4)
Chapter 5 Answers
563(3)
Chapter 6 Answers
566(4)
Chapter 7 Answers
570(4)
Chapter 8 Answers
574(6)
Chapter 9 Answers
580(6)
Chapter 10 Answers
586(5)
Chapter 11 Answers
591(6)
B About the CD 597(6)
Installing the Personal Testing Center
598(1)
Choosing a Test Type
598(1)
Chapter 1 Live
599(1)
Chapter 1 Managing Windows
599(1)
Chapter 1 Saving Scores as Cookies
599(1)
Chapter 1 Using the Browser Buttons
600(1)
Chapter 1 JavaScript Errors
600(1)
Chapter 1 Practice
600(1)
Chapter 1 Review
600(1)
Scoring
601(2)
C About the Web Site 603(2)
Access Global Knowledge
604(1)
Chapter 1 What You'll Find There
604(1)
D Programming Conventions 605(10)
Coding Conventions
606(3)
Object-Naming Conventions
609(4)
Variable-Naming Conventions
613(2)
Glossary 615(22)
Index 637

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