These people program and customize the accounting software modules that work with the data in a system.
Who are application developers?
100
These include increases in installation, testing, implementation costs, incompatible technologies corrections, user rejection or resistance and damaged business processes
What are costs associated with a poorly designed process?
100
This is a leading standard for managing and processing financial and business information.
What is xBRL?
100
Software As A Service (SAAS)
Platform As A Service (PAAS)
Infrastructure As A Service (IAAS)
What are the three levels of cloud computing?
100
Less than 500 employees (for most manufacturing and mining industries) or less than $7.5 million sales
What is a small business?
200
This is the 3rd step in the SDLC
What is the design stage?
200
It involves establishing the criteria for evaluation of the accounting software?
What is the 4th step in selecting an accounting software package?
200
These include: China, India, USA, EU, United Arab Emirates, and the United Kingdom
In what countries is xBRL required?
200
Users of IT no longer needing to know the underlying technology architecture
What is a solution that cloud computing provides?
200
These include cost, ease of use
time saving features, reporting capabilities, mobile access/mobile features and access by accountants.
What are criteria used by small businesses when selecting software?
300
This stage includes problem identification and definition such as determining the scope of the problems
What is the planning stage?
300
They are the weighted scoring method, analytical hierarchy process, or a fuzzy based logical approach
What are the three most commonly used methods for selecting software?
300
This man invented xBRL
Who is Charley Hoffman?
300
Amazon
Who was the first to use a public Paas?
300
This software won 3 awards in 2013.
What is Quickbooks?
400
They include improved operating efficiencies, reduction of capital expenses through shared memory, and
accelerated business processes
What are the business benefits of grid computing?
400
These include price, annual operating costs and maintenance costs, the number of licenses, installation and set-up costs, the payment terms and conditions.
What are the elements of a software contract?
400
These provide the relationships between the xbrl elements and can link the elements with specified external data sources.
What are the xbrl linkbases or xbrl layers?
400
These include security/privacy, governance, market competitiveness, regulation, and bandwidth
What business risks are associated with cloud computing?
400
This is a free software (not including customer service) that would work for "micro-businesses".
What is Wave Accounting?
500
Security and availability are the two largest of these
What are the issues to consider with grid computing?
500
Three of these are responsiveness, technical support/online help, and training...
What are the criteria for evaluating vendor quality?
500
This is how often both the FASB and the IFRS update their xbrl taxonomies
What is annually or each year?
500
These include more virtualization needs, more connectivity needs, and more centralized hosting needs.
What demand changes are encouraging cloud computing?
500
This is a mobile device application accounting software available only on iOS and Android markets