Suppose you were designing a DSS to help students make better career decisions. Identify three questions you might use during interviews to determine their decision support needs. How would you alter those questions if the person being interviewed were too talkative? If they were uncooperative?

What kinds of documents would you request to begin the process of understanding users' needs for the development of a DSS for production planning?

One of the steps in generally recognized methodologies is the testing of the system to ensure reliability and validity of a system. How would you test a DSS for reliability and validity? What kinds of tests would you run? What kinds of data would you need?

Critique the concept of using a standardized methodology to design DSS.

Why is it important to design error and warning messages carefully? What impact might it have on DSS use if they are not designed carefully?