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What are characteristics of the computerized decision support domain? Daniel J. Power Decision support and decision support systems are varied. Seven characteristics can help described both appropriate decision suppor...	DSS Foundations	Mar 09, 2020
How should managers implement an Intelligent Automation strategy? Daniel J. Power Intelligent automation (IA) is changing business operations and it is necessary to implement such systems to stay competitive in ma...	DSS Foundations	Jul 31, 2020
How can DSS builders reduce resistance to a new system? by Dan Power Editor, DSSResources.com A new decision support system (DSS) may be an incremental change in an existing process, or provide a radi...	Building DSS	Nov 12, 2008
What steps create a data-driven organization? by Daniel J. Power Editor, DSSResources.com Transforming a traditional organization into one where data is systematically incorporated into decis...	DSS Foundations	Jul 26, 2017
What is an appropriate DSS deployment strategy? by Dan Power Editor, DSSResources.com Decision support system (DSS) development often follows a sequence of awareness, plan, analysis, design, b...	Building DSS	Oct 14, 2008
Are there decision support tools for Competitive Intelligence (CI) tasks? by Dan Power Editor, DSSResources.COM Managers in an organization compete with managers in other organizations to introduce new products, sell pr...	DSS Applications	Dec 29, 2015
How can managers create a successful digital transformation? by Ciara Heavin and Daniel J. Power Digital transformation is a complex concept and challenging goal that holds a variety of meanings for a diver...	DSS Foundations	Sep 13, 2017
How can managers hire and retain information technology talent? by Daniel J. Power Editor, DSSResources.com Our information technologies continue to change and improve. With developments like Cloud computing,...	DSS Foundations	Feb 02, 2017
What is digital organizational management? Daniel J. Power and Ciara Heavin Organizational management is a process of structuring, planning and directing resources and people to achieve goa...	DSS Foundations	Aug 29, 2020
What is digital transformation of an organization? by Daniel J. Power and Ciara Heavin Digital transformation changes processes, systems and operations by implementing improved computing technologi...	DSS Foundations	May 13, 2018
What are the key tasks of a database administrator? by Daniel J. Power Editor, DSSResources.COM Managing data is very important for creating data-driven decision support applications and for specia...	DSS Foundations	Jun 30, 2014
What is a decision question? by Daniel J. Power Editor, DSSResources.COM What should we do? Who should do it? Where should a new facility be located? How should a new product...	DSS Foundations	Nov 13, 2019
How do data storage strategies differ among uses? by Daniel J. Power Editor, DSSResources.COM Everything that happens is being digitized. Customers are data, processes are data, supply chains are...	DSS Foundations	Aug 13, 2018
How can managers cope with digital disruption? by Daniel J. Power and Ciara Heavin Nineteen fifty one (1951) marks the beginning of the first wave of economic and social digital disruption and tr...	DSS Foundations	Jun 25, 2018
When is a decision framed properly? by Daniel J. Power Editor, DSSResources.COM and Ciara Heavin Managing Editor, Journal of Decision Systems Decisions occur in the context of...	DSS Foundations	Oct 02, 2016
What should stakeholders expect in an Agile environment? by Ciara Heavin and Daniel J. Power People have expectations that influence behavior. In an organization environment, both internal and external s...	DSS Foundations	Feb 02, 2020
What is Planners Lab? by Dan Power Editor, DSSResources.COM Planners Lab is an innovative software product, a modern version of IFPS, a new tool for teaching student...	Model-driven DSS	Oct 22, 2006
How does sensitivity analysis differ from "What if?" analysis? by Dan Power Editor, DSSResources.COM In the early days of decision support deployment, one of the major "selling points" of vendors and academ...	Model-driven DSS	Aug 30, 2014
How do data analytics support data-based decision-making? by Ciara Heavin and Daniel J. Power Analysis of data or data analytics is an integral component of a successful organizational digital transforma...	DSS Foundations	Nov 27, 2017
How is data management linked to analytics and decision support? by Daniel Power Editor, DSSResources.com Data management or data resource management refers to activities and tasks associated with capturing, or...	DSS Foundations	Aug 30, 2016
What are critical analysis and reasoning skills? by Daniel J. Power Editor, DSSResources.COM Measuring critical analysis and reasoning skills is often inferred by asking about the basic componen...	DSS Foundations	Mar 20, 2018
What is a data-driven decision making organization? by Dan Power Editor, DSSResources.COM A data-driven decision making organization encourages and rewards use of facts and data by employees. Us...	DSS Foundations	Jan 17, 2016
Can DSS improve strategic planning? by Dan Power Editor, DSSResources.com Decision support (DSS) can improve strategic planning and strategic control. Many organizations have not ...	DSS Foundations	Mar 05, 2016
What is the confirmation bias? Daniel J. Power Editor, DSSResources.com We rationalize, we seek evidence that confirms our beliefs and conclusions, we deny or disregard facts th...	DSS Foundations	Jul 02, 2019
What steps can lead to digital transformation? by Daniel J. Power Editor, DSSResources.com Digital transformation is an ongoing and evolving process of change that is focused on generating, an...	DSS Foundations	Jan 07, 2018
Can decision support provide a competitive advantage? by Dan Power Editor, DSSResources.COM Some software vendors claim their decision support, analytics or business intelligence applications will ...	DSS Theory	Oct 02, 2012
What is project portfolio management? Daniel J. Power Editor, DSSResources.com Project portfolio management (PPM) is a coordination and control process that selects, prioritizes, and s...	DSS Foundations	Jan 20, 2020
What is the "true story" about using data mining to identify a relationship between sales of beer and diapers? by Dan Power Editor, DSSResources.com For many years we have told the story of using data mining to find a relationship between sales of "beer an...	Knowledge-driven DSS	Mar 26, 2011
What criteria should be used to evaluate BI/DW vendor solutions? by Dan Power Editor, DSSResources.com Selecting an enterprise business intelligence (BI)/data warehouse (DW) vendor solution is an important deci...	DSS Foundations	Dec 26, 2013
How complex is managing? Daniel J. Power Editor, DSSResources.com Management roles are increasingly specialized, management tasks are often complex, and projects have expa...	DSS Foundations	Aug 28, 2019
How does planning differ from decision-making? This frequently asked question seems straight forward and easy to answer, but it is one that I have grappled with for many years. Discriminating decis...	DSS Theory	Aug 06, 2005
Why is agile important? Daniel J. Power and Ciara Heavin Agile hype continues to grow and some see agile as a solution to every problem (cf., Ambroziewicz, 2017; Mandir, ...	DSS Foundations	Jun 22, 2020
Why are decision support case studies important? by Daniel J. Power Editor, DSSResources.COM Case studies help us understand decision support. Both teaching and research case studies serve a usef...	DSS Foundations	Aug 02, 2015
How can we measure the value and success of agile? Ciara Heavin and Daniel J. Power Agile is a complex, abstract concept and there is no single way that individuals and teams "do" agile. Both of th...	DSS Foundations	Sep 27, 2020
How do decision questions differ? by Daniel J. Power Editor, DSSResources.com A choice or decision often results from answering a question like "What should be done?" Understandi...	DSS Theory	Aug 21, 2020
What is involved in providing decision support for global enterprises? by Dan Power The theme for the upcoming 9th International Conference for AIS SIG DSS: the International Society for Decision Support Systems (IC...	DSS Theory	Aug 01, 2006
What is the job of a datawarehouse administrator? by Daniel J. Power Editor, DSSResources.COM The Data Warehouse Administrator supports the ongoing development and maintenance of data warehousing ...	DSS Foundations	Oct 25, 2018
What are pros and cons of self-service data analytics tools? by Daniel J. Power Editor, DSSResources.com Many managers and employees want more direct access to proprietary organization data. Vendors promote...	DSS Foundations	Oct 09, 2017
What are current trends in BI and Data Analytics? by Ciara Heavin and Daniel J. Power For the foreseeable future, Business Intelligence and data analytics technologies will continue as key enable...	DSS Foundations	Feb 18, 2017
Are soft skills important in a digital business? by Daniel J. Power Editor, DSSResources.COM Some observers claim the increasing use of Artificial Intelligence and Decision Automation will creat...	DSS Foundations	Feb 12, 2019
Is tax preparation software an example of a DSS? "Is X a DSS?" is a common question in the Ask Dan! email. Let's try to figure out the answer to this question together.First, what is the pu...	DSS Applications	Aug 07, 2005
Is decision support outsourcing a mistake? by Daniel J. Power Editor, DSSResources.COM Outsourcing of any organization capability, function or task should be driven by strategy not simply ...	DSS Foundations	Apr 26, 2015
What is the difference between formative and summative DSS evaluation? by Dan Power Editor, DSSResources.com More evaluation is needed for decision support, analytics and business intelligence projects. Developers ...	Evaluating DSS Projects	Jan 27, 2016
What is the decision support information demand and supply equilibrium? by Daniel J. Power Editor, DSSResources.COM At equilibrium the demand for decision support data and information equals the supply. In this era of...	DSS Foundations	Oct 28, 2018
What is mobile business analytics and intelligence? by Daniel J. Power and Ciara Heavin Decision support "on-the-go" is expanding in terms of capabilities. Off premise BI, Mobile BI or Mobile Intell...	DSS Foundations	Jan 21, 2017
Can computerized decision support improve national security decision making? by Daniel J. Power Editor, DSSResources.COM PERHAPS. The current review of options for exiting from Iraq demonstrates the complexity of national...	DSS Theory	May 01, 2007
What is digital disruption? by Daniel J. Power Editor, DSSResources.COM Digital disruption can be viewed as either a problem or as an opportunity or even perhaps as both sim...	DSS Foundations	May 14, 2019
What is a data warehouse? by Dan Power Editor, DSSResources.com A data warehouse is a database designed to support decision making in organizations. It stores historical o...	DSS Foundations	Nov 28, 2010
What software companies sell data-driven DSS? by Dan Power Editor, DSSResources.com Where can I buy a data-driven DSS? or who sells DSS? are common questions that those new to computerized ...	Building DSS	Sep 18, 2011
What is the potential size of the NSEERS database? The U.S. Immigration and Naturalization Services (INS) is creating a number of very large databases to support a variety of operations and processes. ...	DSS Applications	Aug 07, 2005

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