Identify a control commonly used by organizations during the output design phase

Question

Identify a control commonly used by organizations during the output design phase of the physical systems design stage of developing a new system to avoid expensive time delays later in the SDLC process.

Select one:

a. requiring management to test the system before proceeding

b. requiring programmers to alert the project team when they are exceeding their allocated time budgets

c. requiring the development team to take time-off so that they do not become fatigued

d. requiring users to sign a document stating the output form and content are acceptable

Explanation / Answer

As users more clearly understand how the system will work and what their information and processing needs are, they see additional functions that they would like the system to have. Also, as time passes after the design specifications are frozen, business conditions often change, and users ask for added functionality. Because scope creep is expensive, project managers place controls on changes requested by users. These controls help to prevent runaway projects—systems development projects that are so far over budget and past deadline
that they must be abandoned, typically with large monetary loss.

So, "requiring users to sign a document stating the output form and content are acceptable" that is option D is the most appropriate solution.

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