1. Compare and contrast the role of a systems analyst, business analyst, and infrastructure analyst.

2. Compare and contrast phases, steps, techniques, and deliverables, and describe the phases of SDLC

3. Which phase in the SDLC is most important?

4. Describe the major elements and issues with waterfall development.

5. Describe the major elements and issues with parallel development.

6. What are the phases in a traditional project life cycle? How does a project life cycle differ from a product life cycle? Why does a project manager need to understand both?

7. Create a cost-benefit analysis that illustrates the return on investment that you would receive from purchasing a computer. For assistance, you may visit computer-related Web sites (www.dell.com, www.hp.com) to view tangible costs that you can include in your analysis. Project the computer cost at $1,070.00. Include a three-year period of time and provide the net present value of the final total.