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What is the theory of relational databases? by Dan Power Editor, DSSResources.com Relational databases organize data elements in clusters that are meaningful to users and useful for perform...	DSS Foundations	Apr 11, 2010
What are the rules for building a successful model-driven DSS? by Dan Power Editor, DSSResources.COM It is important to discuss what impacts the success of computerized Decision Support Systems. My DSS bo...	Model-driven DSS	Oct 22, 2006
What technologies are used for decision automation? by Dan Power Editor, DSSResources.com Software and system designers can use a number of differing technologies to build a system to automate deci...	DSS Foundations	Jul 30, 2012
What rules should guide DSS user interface design? by Dan Power Editor, DSSResources.com People must interact with a computerized decision support system to use it. The design of the software inte...	Building DSS	Feb 14, 2011
What is habituated decision making? by Daniel J. Power Editor, DSSResources.COM Many people develop decision making habits. Rather than thinking and evaluating a situation, simple r...	DSS Foundations	Mar 02, 2019
What is a decision-centric organization? by Daniel J. Power Editor, DSSResources.COM Good decisions are important to organization success, but awareness of many important decisions i...	DSS Foundations	Sep 15, 2013
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
What technical and human factors influence DSS success? by Dan Power Editor, DSSResources.com A decision support system is a success when it is used and when its use actually makes a positive differe...	Building DSS	Jul 23, 2008
What is a columnar database? by Daniel J. Power Editor, DSSResources.COM A columnar database stores data tables as sections of columns of data rather than as rows of data. Ch...	DSS Foundations	May 02, 2013
How does decision support processing differ from transaction processing? by Dan Power Editor, DSSResources.com Information systems can be categorized in many ways, but historically business information systems began a...	Building DSS	Jan 04, 2014
What influences acceptance of decision support technologies? by Dan Power Editor, DSSResources.COM Acceptance is an important issue when implementing decision support capabilities especially those that ...	DSS Foundations	May 13, 2012
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
What happened at DSSResources 2007-2010? by Dan Power Editor, DSSResources.com The DSS Research Resources home page started during late summer 1995 as a way of organizing the vast amount...	DSS Foundations	Jan 03, 2011
What are the most common database design mistakes? by Daniel J. Power Editor, DSSResources.COM In a 2008 eWeek slide show, Brian Prince identified "The Most Common Database Design Mistakes." The l...	DSS Foundations	Aug 03, 2013
What is age appropriate data use? Daniel J. Power Editor DSSResources.com The abuse and misuse of data can negatively impact behavior, hurt feelings, and in some cases cause seriou...	DSS Foundations	May 26, 2019
What is evidence? by Daniel J. Power Editor, DSSResources.COM Evidence is an abstract idea that plays a significant role in human thinking and decision making. The...	DSS Foundations	Apr 16, 2018
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
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 key guidelines for decision support user interface design? by Daniel J. Power Editor, DSSResources.COM An effective user interface is an important component of any type of information system, but it is ...	DSS Foundations	Dec 22, 2013
What are design elements in a DSS user interface? by Dan Power Editor, DSSResources.com A design element is a discreet, identifiable component that appears in the user interface of computerized...	Building DSS	Feb 13, 2019
What is the ROMC design approach? by Daniel J. Power Editor, DSSResources.com ROMC is an analysis and design method for user interfaces. Ralph Sprague and Eric Carlson (1982) propo...	DSS Foundations	Dec 31, 2020
What decision support data should be anonymous, confidential, private? by Daniel Power Editor, DSSResources.com Big data can mean big problems for individuals and organizations. Edward Snowden's NSA leaks demonstrat...	DSS Foundations	Sep 29, 2013
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 is the output of a decision support system? by Dan Power Editor, DSSResources.com Traditionally, one would answer the output of a DSS is "relevant information". Correct, but DSS designers ...	Building DSS	Feb 06, 2008
Do small businesses need DSS? by Dan Power Editor, DSSResources.com Today decision-making is more difficult for all managers including those in small businesses. On the positi...	DSS Foundations	Jan 10, 2010
What is the symptoms, problems and treatments framework? Daniel J. Power Editor, DSSResources.com Symptoms, problems, and treatments (SPT) is a diagnostic reasoning and problem-solving framework. The st...	DSS Foundations	Jul 07, 2019
Is reengineering needed to build an effective DSS? by Dan Power Editor, DSSResources.com No! Some specific business decision processes have serious weaknesses and problems that can be solved by i...	Building DSS	Nov 15, 2007
What is ACID and BASE in database theory? by Daniel J. Power Editor, DSSResources.COM Data-driven and document-driven decision support systems derive functionality from data stores and da...	DSS Foundations	Oct 12, 2013
How do you tell a 'good' story based upon data? by Daniel J. Power Editor, DSSResources.COM Analysis of data should result in telling managers and sponsors stories to summarize what was found. S...	DSS Foundations	Dec 21, 2014
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
What is operational business intelligence? by Dan Power Editor, DSSResources.com For 50 years, managers have wanted information systems to provide facts to guide operational business deci...	Data-driven DSS	Sep 03, 2008
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
What is decision automation? by Daniel J. Power Editor, DSSResources.com Decision automation (DA) means software rather than people make decisions. The concept of decision au...	DSS Foundations	Dec 19, 2018
What DSS interface design is 'best' for eliciting values? by Daniel J. Power Editor, DSSResources.COM A person-machine interface is central to the effective use of a computerized system like a decision s...	Building DSS	Aug 17, 2014
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 has data warehouse usage evolved? by Daniel J. Power Editor, DSSResources.COM It seems managers have accepted the idea of creating a separate data warehouse. Analytical and decisi...	DSS Foundations	Apr 30, 2014
What user characteristics are important when designing decision support applications? by Daniel J. Power Editor, DSSResources.COM Answering the question "Who will use a decision support application?" is critical in interface and ap...	DSS Foundations	Jun 08, 2013
How can managers and technology staff secure decision support data and decision support systems? by Dan Power Editor, DSSResources.com Using computers to support business decision making is mission critical in many companies, but security f...	Building DSS	Nov 15, 2007
What should managers know about predictive analytics and model-driven decision support? by Dan Power Editor, DSSResources.COM Companies are implementing predictive analytics and quantitative models to assist managers. There remain ...	DSS Foundations	Aug 19, 2012
How do individual differences impact use of decision support? by Daniel J. Power Editor, DSSResources.COM People differ in abilities, capabilities, attitudes, beliefs, biases and knowledge, among many possib...	DSS Foundations	Nov 30, 2018
What is the relation between Design Science and building DSS? Daniel Power Editor, DSSResources.com For many years, there has been an interest in transferring the concepts and techniques from the broad fiel...	Building DSS	Apr 03, 2016
What is the life cycle for a document? by Dan Power Editor, DSSResources.com Documents should be handled once and if necessary scanned and digitized. Once a document is in digital fo...	Document-driven DSS	Mar 04, 2012
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 a decision system? Daniel J. Power, Ciara Heavin, and Peter Keenan A decision system is a collection of information-processing components that interact to make deci...	DSS Foundations	Sep 02, 2018
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 software can help implement the Basel accords? by Dan Power Editor, DSSResources.com Identifying and evaluating software for a very broad purpose like supporting the Basel capital accords (htt...	DSS Foundations	Sep 03, 2011
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 is the history of DSSResources.com? by Daniel J. Power Editor, DSSResources.com Since October 2, 1995, DSSResources.com has been the premier resource about computerized Decision Supp...	DSSResources.com	Jan 09, 2016
What is ETL software and how is it related to DSS? Data warehousing practitioners have all experienced the frustration of creating a large data store from existing operating data bases built using a va...	Data-driven DSS	Aug 06, 2005
What are substitutes for computerized decision support? by Dan Power Editor, DSSResources.com Some computerized decision support is increasingly a necessity, but there remain many substitutes or alter...	DSS Theory	Aug 06, 2005

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