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Information systems
Define open-source CRM?
What is a supply chain? Discuss.
Describe the three segments of a supply chain?
Describe the flows in a supply chain?
Differentiate between the push model and the pull model?
Describe various problems that can occur along the supply chain?
Discuss possible solutions to problems along the supply chain?
Define EDI, and list its major benefits and limitations?
Define an extranet, and explain its infrastructure?
List and briefly define the major types of extranets?
Differentiate between procurement portals and distribution portals?
Describe the decision-making process proposed by Simon?
Consider your decision-making process when registering for classes next semester. Explain how information technology supports (or does not support) each phase of this process?
Your company is considering opening a new factory in China. List several typical activities involved in each phase of the decision (intelligence, design, and choice)?
American Can Company announced that it was interested in acquiring a company in the health maintenance organization (HMO) field. Two decisions were involved in this act: (1) The decision to acquire
Use Google to find combined GIS/GPS applications. Also, look at various vendor sites to find success stories. For GPS vendors, look at biz.yahoo.com (directory) and Google. Each group will make a
A) What is the importance of allowing external parties to access data in Norfolk Southern's data warehouse? What are the risks and rewards of allowing such access? B) Describe other applications
Define Business Intelligence (BI)?
Discuss the breadth of support provided by BI applications to organizational employees?
Identify and discuss the three basic targets of Business Intelligence?
What is the purpose of decision support systems?
What is a dashboard? Why are dashboards so valuable to employees?
Explain the difference between geographic information systems and reality mining, and provide examples of how each of these technologies can be used by businesses and government agencies?
What is real-time BI, and why is this technology valuable to an organization's managers and executives?
What is corporate performance management?
What were the reasons why Vince Aurora decided not to implement an ERP system? Was this an appropriate decision? Why or why not?
Provide specific examples of other revenue-generating applications that Kelley could develop from its data-mining application?
Analyze this case in terms of the three phases of the decision-making model (intelligence, design, and choice)?
What advantages does the analytics software provide for the Office of Technology Transfer?
Should the analytics software in the Office of Technology Transfer be used in other departments in the university? Why or why not? Support your answer.
Interpret the phrase "that which gets watched, gets done." Give an example from your personal life?
What are some problems associated with assessing the costs of IT?
What difficulties accompany the intangible benefits from IT?
Describe the NPV, ROI, breakeven analysis, and business case approaches?
Why is it important for all business managers to understand the issues of IT resource acquisition?
Why is it important for everyone in business organizations to have a basic understanding of the systems development process?
Should prototyping be used on every systems development project? Why or why not?
Discuss the various types of feasibility studies. Why are they all needed?
Discuss the issue of assessing intangible benefits and the proposed solutions?
1. Discuss the reasons why end-user-developed information systems can be of poor quality. 2. What can be done to improve this situation?
Access "www.ecomerce-guide.com" Find the product review area. Read review of three software payment solutions. Assess the payment solutions as possible components?
Store Front "www.storefront.net" is a vendor of e-business software. At its site, the company provides demonstrations illustrating the types of storefronts that it can create for shoppers. The site
A) Explain why West Jet and JetBlue decided to upgrade their reservation systems? B) Compare and contrast the software upgrade processes of West Jet and JetBlue?
Describe the four fundamental business decisions that organizations must make when acquiring information systems? A. How much computer code does the company want to write? B. How will the company pay
Discuss each of the seven development methods in this section with regard to the four business decisions that organizations must make?
What is the difference between systems analysis and systems design?
Describe structured programming?
What are the four conversion methods?
Describe the tools that augment the traditional SDLC?
Describe the alternate methods that can be used for systems development, other than the SDLC?
List the major steps of selection of a vendor and a software package?
Describe a request for proposal (RFP)?
Explain why SLAs play an important role in systems development?
Would acquiring a new information system for a small organization be a longer or shorter process than acquiring one for a large organization? Why or why not? Support your answer?
What is the purpose of the contract between the two parties?
Debate the lawsuit from the point of view of Deloitte and SAP?
Debate the lawsuit from the point of view of Marin County?
What are some reasons why Virginia's IT problems can be considered the result of poor state oversight of Northrop Grumman? What are some reasons, if any, why the state might not be overseeing
What are some reasons why Virginia's IT problems can be considered the result of poor execution by Northrop Grumman? What are some reasons, if any, why Northrop might be executing this project poorly?
What are the overall trends in hardware?
Define hardware, and list the major hardware components?
a. Explain why WestJet and JetBlue decided to upgrade their reservation systems?b. Compare and contrast the software upgrade processes of WestJet and JetBlue?
Explain the computer hierarchy from the largest to the smallest computers?
Contrast the uses of supercomputers with the uses of mainframe computers?
Distinguish between human data-entry devices and source-data automation?
What are the differences between various types of monitors?
What are the main types of printers? How do they work?
Describe the concept of multimedia, and give an example of a multimedia system?
Distinguish between primary storage and secondary storage?
What factors determine the speed of the microprocessor?
How are microprocessor designs advancing?
Describe the four main types of primary storage?
Why is it important for all business managers to understand the issues of IT resource acquisition? Discuss.
Why is it important for everyone in business organizations to have a basic understanding of the systems development process? Discuss.
Should prototyping be used on every systems development project? Why or why not? Discuss.
Discuss the various types of feasibility studies. Why are they all needed? Discuss.
Discuss the issue of assessing intangible benefits and the proposed solutions? Discuss.
Discuss the reasons why end-user-developed information systems can be of poor quality. What can be done to improve this situation?
Access "ww.ecomerce-guide.com" Find the product review area. Read review of three software payment solutions. Assess the payment solutions as possible components?
Store Front www.storefront.net is a vendor of e-business software at its site, the company providers demonstrations illustrating the types of storefronts that is can create for shoppers. The site
What does this statement mean: "Hardware is useless without software"?
What are differences between systems software and applications software?
What is open-source software, and what are its advantages? Can you think of any disadvantages?
Describe the functions of the operating system?
You are the CIO of your company, and you have to develop an application of strategic importance to your firm. What are the advantages of disadvantages of using open-source software?
Define cloud computing?
Describe the function of Web services?
What is the value of server farms and virtualization to any large organization?
If you were the chief information officer (CIO) of a firm, how would you explain the workings, benefits, and limitations of cloud computing?
What is artificial intelligence?
Differentiate between artificial and human intelligence?
What is an expert system?
Describe the benefits and limitations of using expert systems?
What are neural networks?
Describe how neural networks function?
What is fuzzy logic?
Give some examples where fuzzy logic is used?
What is a genetic algorithm?
Give examples of the use of genetic algorithms?
Define intelligent agents, information agents, monitoring-and-surveillance agents, and user agents?
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