26) Every activity of a business process involves an information system.
27) The relation between business processes and information systems is many-to-many.
28) What are the three principles that relate business processes and information systems?
29) Which of the following statements is true about choosing whether to develop information systems (IS) or business processes first?
A) For a business process that is being constructed, building an information system (IS) after creating the business process is likely to cause problems.
B) If an information system is built after the creation of business processes, other business processes that use the same information system (IS) can be integrated easily.
C) If business processes are built after the information system (IS) development process, activities that are not part of the IS may not be considered.
D) If an information system (IS) is built first, the development team should determine the requirements by itself.
30) Creating computer programs and designing databases in-house is more affordable than buying off-the-shelf software.
31) Both information systems and business processes can be purchased off-the-shelf.
32) An advantage of an enterprise resource planning (ERP) system is that to implement it, an organization need not attempt to do everything at once.
33) An application that works for the business processes developed initially is likely to include functions that will cater to business processes designed in the future.
34) Enterprise resource planning (ERP) vendors do not include business processes as a part of the software package.
35) An application that includes business processes as part of the package requires time for integration and training.
36) Which of the following statements is true about process problems?
A) The task of solving a process problem is ideally given to systems analysts.
B) An as-is diagram for business processes exists in all organizations.
C) Business analysts prefer to use process schematics instead of Business Process Modeling Notation.
D) When a business process has simply evolved, it is possible that no one knows the entire process.
37) Which of the following statements is true about designing, creating, and implementing a new business process?
A) Process changes that don't work can be undone easily.
B) Computer simulation of alternative processes is inexpensive.
C) Technology may change during the development process.
D) Resolution of implementation problems is easier for enterprise processes.
38) The difficulty of creating an as-is process diagram depends on the sophistication of the organization.
39) If employees are already using an information system (IS), one way of adjusting role resources is to improve the information system so as to facilitate a new process.
40) The resolution of implementation problems can be difficult for enterprise and inter-enterprise processes because there is no recognized authority to enforce solutions.