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What are various agile approaches? Daniel J. Power and Ciara Heavin Information technology/Information Systems professionals have been refining and trying various agile approaches f...	DSS Foundations	Mar 27, 2020
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
What IS and what IS NOT essential to be agile? by Daniel J. Power Editor, DSSResources.COM We are bombarded by buzzwords, technical jargon, and colorful metaphors in the culture of agile proce...	DSS Foundations	Jul 17, 2019
What is agile leadership? Daniel J. Power Editor, DSSResources.com Some may be skeptical about agile and others may think the term is overused. In reality, becoming more ag...	DSS Foundations	Jun 19, 2019
What is an agile framework for projects? Daniel J. Power Editor, DSSResources.com An agile framework or methodology guides teams in an iterative and incremental delivery of a project goal...	DSS Foundations	Feb 06, 2020
What are 12 agile principles? The following 12 Principles are based on the Agile Manifesto. 1. Satisfy the Customer. Our highest priority is to satisfy the customer through earl...	DSS Foundations	Jan 19, 2020
What are the agile values and principles? by Daniel J. Power and Ciara Heavin The Manifesto for Agile Software Development was published in 2001. Seventeen leaders in the field of software...	DSS Foundations	Apr 08, 2020
What is the role of an agile coach? by Daniel J. Power Editor, DSSResources.COM A job description for an agile coach is evolving and very loosely defined. According to Layton (2012)...	DSS Foundations	Mar 15, 2020
What should an Agile practitioner know and do? Daniel J. Power Editor, DSSResources.com Knowing agile principles and developing an agile mindset are the starting point of becoming agile. An agi...	DSS Foundations	Jul 01, 2019
When is agile most appropriate? Daniel J. Power Editor, DSSResources.com Agile methods are most appropriate when project requirements are uncertain, stakeholders seek rapid resul...	DSS Foundations	Nov 24, 2019
How do experience and self-discipline impact agility? Daniel J. Power Editor, DSSResources.com Mental agility can be acquired, learned and practiced. People can become more analytical and can think an...	DSS Foundations	Sep 05, 2019
What are common barriers and challenges to becoming agile? Daniel J. Power and Ciara Heavin Any major change is always somewhat challenging and becoming agile and doing agile is a major change. Transitioni...	DSS Foundations	Mar 01, 2020
How do collaboration tools support agile teams? Daniel J. Power Editor, DSSResources.com Agile philosophy emphasizes collaboration and communication among team members and with clients and other...	DSS Foundations	Sep 30, 2019
What can one conclude about becoming agile? Daniel J. Power and Ciara Heavin Agile behaviors and processes are often better than rigid, bureaucratic ones. Becoming agile is worthwhile. Agile...	DSS Foundations	Aug 06, 2020
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 DevOps and is it important to decision support? by Daniel J. Power Editor, DSSResources.COM DevOps is a made-up term for a software/systems development method, practice or technique that combi...	DSS Foundations	Nov 14, 2015
Do agile processes have phases or steps? Daniel J. Power Editor, DSSResources.com Some methods classified as agile do use the phases or steps terminology. The "phases" are not however dis...	DSS Foundations	Apr 04, 2020
What are agile ethical principles? Daniel J. Power Editor, DSSResources.com Agile is founded upon two ethics statements, the Manifesto for Agile Software Development, and the 12 Pri...	DSS Foundations	Aug 14, 2019
What is solution-focused agile? Daniel J. Power Editor, DSSResources.com Managers, project teams, and consultants should focus primarily on the present and future. We examine the...	DSS Foundations	Aug 02, 2019
What is agile project management? Daniel J. Power and Ciara Heavin Applying agile values and principles to managing a project is commonly identified as Agile Project Management (AP...	DSS Foundations	Mar 15, 2020
What is sustainability-based decision making? by Dan Power Editor, DSSResources.com Considering criteria related to sustainability when making routine or complex decisions can be termed sust...	DSS Foundations	May 28, 2014
How does an agile person cope with adversity? by Daniel J. Power and Ciara Heavin People, teams, and organizations frequently encounter adverse or unfavorable circumstances, calamity, difficul...	DSS Foundations	Nov 27, 2019
How does one become agile? Daniel J. Power Editor, DSSResources.com Learn, do, reflect, and internalize. Agile is not a binary concept, rather each of us, our teams, and our...	DSS Foundations	May 13, 2020
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
Is Scrum useful for creating decision support? by Daniel J. Power Editor, DSSResources.COM Decision support has expanded to new tasks and analysts and developers have incorporated new technolog...	DSS Foundations	Jul 09, 2019
What are the INVEST criteria for evaluating project tasks? by Daniel J. Power Editor, DSSResources.COM The Agile Alliance (agilealliance.org/) glossary states "the acronym INVEST helps to remember a widel...	DSS Foundations	Feb 14, 2020
Who manages decision support capabilities in an organization? by Daniel J. Power Editor, DSSResources.COM The Director of Decision Support or the Chief Information Officer (CIO) or the IT manager or the Data ...	DSS Foundations	Jul 16, 2018
Is data modeling needed for DSS built using no schema big data? by Daniel J. Power Editor, DSSResources.COM Agile development of analytics and data-driven decision support is not new. Decision support built us...	DSS Foundations	Oct 15, 2018
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
What method is best for building an enterprise-wide, data-driven DSS? by Dan Power Editor, DSSResources.com Agile, SDLC, rapid prototyping, Spiral, RAD? Or some combination of methods? Information Technology manager...	Building DSS	Aug 31, 2009
What are key agile concepts? Daniel J. Power Editor, DSSResources.com Learning and understanding agile concepts is a starting point to becoming agile and collaborative as a pr...	DSS Foundations	Jun 20, 2019
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 proactive problem solving? by Daniel J. Power Editor, DSSResources.COM Proactive problem solving is about identifying problems early to avoid them or minimize and resolve th...	DSS Foundations	Jul 09, 2019
What determines team performance on a project? Daniel J. Power Editor, DSSResources.com Some project teams perform better than others? Why? A project team is a group of people assigned to work ...	DSS Foundations	Jul 02, 2020
What is adaptive planning? by Daniel J. Power Editor, DSSResources.COM Adaptive planning is a process and theory for coping with change and complexity. Adaptive planning ide...	DSS Foundations	Feb 15, 2020
What is the Pareto Principle? by Daniel J. Power and Ciara Heavin Becoming agile means a person, a group, and the organization team as a whole understands and applies the Paret...	DSS Foundations	Jan 30, 2020
What is value-driven delivery of projects and work? Daniel J. Power Editor, DSSResources.com Project managers, team leads, and other managers are encouraged to make project decisions that result in ...	DSS Foundations	Sep 17, 2019
What are issues in design and development of BI and DSS? by Daniel J. Power Editor, DSSResources.COM Building data-driven business intelligence decision support, model-driven decision support for foreca...	DSS Foundations	Nov 11, 2018
What are the Scrum Framework fundamentals? Daniel J. Power Editor, DSSResources.com Scrum is an agile framework and structured set of ideas that is intended to help teams collaborate on com...	DSS Foundations	Feb 06, 2020
What is decision support planning? by Dan Power Editor, DSSResources.com Decision support planning is an anticipatory decision-making process that involves critical thinking about ...	DSS Theory	Jun 23, 2009
What are benefits of using decision support? by Daniel J. Power Editor, DSSResources.COM Organizational benefits of using computerized decision support include: Help Team Members Function ...	DSS Foundations	Dec 02, 2016
What was the DSS News in October 2000? by Daniel Power Volume 1, issue number 12 of DSS News was published October 9, 2000. Then as now DSS News was a bi-weekly publication of DSSResourc...	DSS Foundations	Oct 11, 2020
What are examples of database project failures? by Daniel J. Power Editor, DSSResources.COM Database centered projects for decision support and transaction processing do fail. How often? Acco...	DSS Foundations	Aug 18, 2013
What are major ideas and concepts in agile? by Daniel J. Power The scrum approach originated as an agile software development framework because practitioners wanted a better process to improv...	DSS Foundations	Dec 06, 2019
How can managers identify opportunities to create innovative DSS? by Dan Power Editor, DSSResources.com Once a manager believes it is possible to gain significant benefits or even a competitive advantage from ...	Evaluating DSS Projects	Dec 12, 2007
What theories are especially relevant to decision support? by Daniel J. Power Editor, DSSResources.COM Decision support is an applied field of study like accounting, engineering, and medicine. Design scie...	DSS Foundations	Dec 16, 2018
Why is ethical behavior especially important for IT professionals? Daniel J. Power and Ciara Heavin Information technology (IT) professionals are the enablers and "gatekeepers" of our digital society. As the gatek...	DSS Foundations	Jul 14, 2020
What are philosophical foundations of DSS practice? by Dan Power Editor, DSSResources.com Decision support systems as a practical discipline has multiple "philosophical foundations". DSS practice h...	DSS Foundations	Apr 27, 2010
What is the Amazon working backwards approach? Daniel J. Power Editor, DSSResources.com Jeff Bezos, Amazon CEO, has had great success since the Amazon e-tailing website launched on July 16, 199...	DSS Foundations	Aug 16, 2020
What is a data flow diagram? by Daniel J. Power Editor, DSSResources.com A data flow diagram (DFD) is a graphical representation of the flow of data from external actors, age...	DSS Foundations	Aug 03, 2017

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