Chapter 1
| 1: | Describe the top-down approach to system design. |
| A1: | The top-down approach to system design starts by specifying the high-level business goals of a project and using those to determine technical goals and solutions. Technical goals and solutions, in turn, determine what hardware and software must be in place in order to make the business goals a reality. This top-down approach dictates that each step of the solution process is guided by the project's desired impact on the business. |
| 2: | Why is it so difficult to switch operating systems after your systems have been deployed? |
| A2: | It is difficult to switch operating systems after deployment because every piece of software, including small utilities, large applications and databases, and ... |
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