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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
What are sensors, actuators and effectors? by Daniel J. Power Editor, DSSResources.COM Sensors provide data on the immediate, surrounding or ambient environment of interest for control or ...	DSS Foundations	Mar 16, 2019
Can decision support developers reduce the probability of solving the ‘wrong’ problem? by Daniel J. Power Editor, DSSResources.COM Data analytics and decision support systems are intended to help people, especially managers, make be...	DSS Foundations	Jun 25, 2017
What is currently possible with communications-driven decision support? by Dan Power Editor, DSSResources.com Technology has improved for supporting groups and teams since 2001. In a status report (Power,2001), the co...	DSS Foundations	Sep 28, 2013
What is the role of people in machine learning? by Daniel J. Power Editor, DSSResources.com Many tools exist for modeling data using machine learning (ML). The tools have been automated and the...	DSS Foundations	Jan 13, 2021
What is a Spatial DSS? &subarticlby Dan Power Editor, DSSResources.com Web-based systems like Google Maps and MapQuest have demonstrated the importance and value of hav...	Data-driven DSS	Aug 06, 2005
What is a data lake? by Daniel J. Power Editor, DSSResources.COM Data lake is a metaphor for a data storage structure. In the physical world, a lake is a basin filled...	DSS Foundations	Aug 10, 2018
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
What questions should be answered in a decision situation? Daniel J. Power Editor, DSSResources.com Decisions must be made in many different situations. The term decision situation refers to the circumst...	DSS Foundations	Apr 10, 2016
What is User Experience (UX) design for building DSS? by Ciara Heavin Managing Editor, Journal of Decision Systems and Daniel J. Power Editor, DSSResources.COM People must interact with a compu...	DSS Foundations	Nov 15, 2018
Can decision support reduce the bike shed problem? by Daniel J. Power Editor, DSSResources.COM Important decision situations often have many issues that need to be addressed. Some issues are more ...	DSS Foundations	May 04, 2015
What is required in an evidence-based decision process? by Daniel J. Power Editor, DSSResources.COM Effective decision making is a well-worn concept, but specifically it refers to making decisions that...	DSS Foundations	Mar 04, 2018
What is an algorithmic system? by Daniel J. Power Editor, DSSResources.com An algorithm (pronounced AL-go-rith-um) is a well-defined procedure for solving a problem, based on ...	DSS Foundations	Jun 25, 2018
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 does a data architecture impact decision support capabilities? by Daniel J. Power Editor, DSSResources.COM A data architecture is important, but sometimes the task of creating a formal architecture document se...	DSS Foundations	Mar 31, 2015
What are characteristics of a decision support system? by Dan Power Editor, DSSResources.com How do you know a computerized system is a decision support system (DSS)? This question is important becaus...	DSS Theory	Oct 05, 2005
What questions are important for evaluating a BI proposal? by Dan Power Editor, DSSResources.com Introducing a major project to provide enterprise-wide business intelligence is much more than just another...	DSS Foundations	Jan 30, 2011
What role does a data steward have in providing decision support? by Daniel J. Power Editor, DSSResources.COM All varieties of data-driven decision support, whether an integrated application, a business intellig...	DSS Foundations	Apr 27, 2013
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
Can DSS help avoid hacking? by Daniel J. Power Editor, DSSResources.COM Maybe. One way to explore this question is to examine specific hacking examples and consider if DSS w...	DSS Foundations	Oct 15, 2018
What is the process for designing decision support software? by Dan Power Editor, DSSResources.COM Recently, I received an email from Michael Brito asking if I "could explain the process for designing deci...	Building DSS	Oct 22, 2006
What are the answers to the DSS case study questions at DSSResources.COM? Recently Zam Zawari wrote "I need your guidelines on how to answer the questions in the case 'MeritCare Health System uses Simulation'". At ...	DSS Applications	Aug 16, 2005
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
How can and should students collect field information about DSS? At least half of the Ask Dan! email questions come from students studying Decision Support Systems in an undergraduate or graduate academic program. R...	Building DSS	Aug 16, 2005
What is data warehousing? by Dan Power Editor, DSSResources.com For at least a hundred years, warehousing has referred to the short or long term storage of items in a spec...	DSS Foundations	Feb 18, 2010
What is a data modeler? by Daniel J. Power Editor, DSSResources.COM In the era of rapidly expanding, diverse data, someone needs to identify patterns and regularities in...	DSS Foundations	Sep 21, 2015
What is a data scientist? by Daniel J. Power Editor, DSSResources.COM A practitioner of the emerging discipline of data science is called a data scientist. Data science is...	DSS Foundations	Sep 26, 2014
What is conversational analytics? by Daniel J. Power Editor, DSSResources.COM Kasera, V., R. Tandon, & A.Yeung, "Conversational Analytics for a Voice-driven World," ThoughtSpot W...	DSS Foundations	Jul 10, 2019
What is social media? by Dan Power Editor, DSSResources.com How we communicate, obtain and process information for personal and work decisions is changing. The transfo...	DSS Foundations	May 10, 2011
What are key questions to ask business intelligence solution providers? by Daniel J. Power Editor, DSSResources.COM Companies have differing business intelligence (BI) and reporting needs. Some companies are upgrading...	DSS Foundations	Mar 07, 2015
What is an information system? by Daniel J. Power Editor, DSSResources.com Modern information systems combine computing hardware, software, networking and storage infrastructu...	DSS Foundations	Jan 11, 2020
What is business analytics? by Daniel J. Power, Ciara Heavin, James McDermott, and Mary Daly Business analytics (BA) is an abstraction and generalization of many activities ...	DSS Foundations	Mar 16, 2019
What type of DSS is it? by Dan Power Editor, DSSResources.com Managers and developers are recognizing that products and systems advertized as business intelligence, de...	DSS Theory	Mar 21, 2009
What is a system? by Dan Power Editor, DSSResources.com System is used as part of many technology-related concepts including decision support system (DSS) and tran...	DSS Foundations	Nov 06, 2009
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 the main differences between GDSS and Groupware? Definition questions like this one are common in my email and on the DSSResources.COM Bulletin Board. Emma Gilmartin posted the above question on May ...	Group DSS	Aug 06, 2005
What is a DSS? by Dan Power Editor, DSSResources.com "What is a DSS?" is a fundamental question that many have addressed over the years. It seems appropriate to...	DSS Foundations	Mar 20, 2009
What is the telephone test? by Dan Power Editor, DSSResources.com Some semi-structured decisions can be supported using Artificial Intelligence technologies delivered as par...	DSS Foundations	Aug 21, 2011
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 do I need to know about Data Warehousing/OLAP? by Daniel J. Power Editor, DSSResources.COM A data warehouse is a central, integrated repository for historical, enterprise data from multiple bus...	Data-driven DSS	Oct 12, 2014
What is machine learning? by Daniel J. Power Editor, DSSResources.COM "A computing machine learns to make and improve its predictions by performing calculations from data a...	DSS Foundations	Apr 01, 2017
What is the future of decision support and analytics? by Daniel J. Power Editor, DSSResources.COM Decision support and business analytics can provide managers the numbers and metrics for both day-to-...	DSS Foundations	Nov 26, 2019
Can DSS enhance sustainability efforts? by Dan Power Editor, DSSResources.com Sustainability is the capacity to endure. Computerized decision support can potentially help managers and i...	DSS Foundations	Jul 30, 2012
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 a Group Decision Support System (GDSS)? How do GDSS work? Let's start with a definition. A Group Decision Support System (GDSS) is an interactive, computer-based system that helps a team of decision-makers so...	Group DSS	Aug 06, 2005
What are the foundation decision support articles in MIS Quarterly? by Daniel J. Power Editor, DSSResources.COM MIS as a field of study stretches back almost 50 years (cf. Power, 2007), but the initiation of a new...	DSS Foundations	Dec 21, 2013
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 is a person-computer conversation? by Daniel J. Power Editor, DSSResources.COM Conversation is a familiar word with synonyms like discussion, talk, chat, gossip, verbal exchange, d...	DSS Foundations	Mar 06, 2019
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
How can DSS impact steps in a general decision process model? by Dan Power Editor, DSSResources.com There are many types of computerized decision support systems that support a diverse set of tasks. Exper...	DSS Foundations	May 14, 2008

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