48) New information systems must be consistent with an organization's goals and objectives.
49) The membership of a steering committee is determined by the CEO and other members of the executive staff.
50) What are the different functions in planning the use of information systems?
51) Explain the advantages of management in outsourcing information systems.
52) ________ is the process of hiring another organization to perform a service.
A) Insourcing
B) Outsourcing
C) Crowdsourcing
D) Open-sourcing
53) Which of the following is an advantage of outsourcing information systems?
A) An outsourcing company is typically in complete control of the process.
B) It is a cheaper short-term solution to achieve long-term benefits.
C) It can be an easy way to gain expertise otherwise not known.
D) The vendors can be easily and cheaply changed if performance is below par.
54) Which of the following is a risk of outsourcing information systems?
A) Vendors can gain access to critical knowledge of the outsourcing company.
B) Vendors are not subject to a contractual agreement with the outsourcing company.
C) The long-term costs of information systems are outweighed by their benefits.
D) Organizations opting for outsourcing cannot gain economies of scale.
55) ________ refers to the leasing of hardware with preinstalled operating systems.
A) Software as a Service (SaaS)
B) Outsourcing licensed software
C) Platform as a Service (PaaS)
D) IaaS cloud hosting
56) In ________, hardware and both operating system and application software are leased.
A) software as a service (SaaS)
B) outsourcing licensed software
C) platform as a service (PaaS)
D) infrastructure as a service (IaaS)
57) Organizations outsource projects to engage its management team in their free time.