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What are "best practice" guidelines for decision process flowcharts? by Dan Power Editor, DSSResources.com As part of decision oriented diagnosis and design (Power, 2007), DSS analysts need to develop decision pr...	Building DSS	Sep 07, 2007
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
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 are best practices for BI reports? by Dan Power Editor, DSSResources.com Structured, periodic reports remain at the center of data-driven decision support for managerial decision...	Building DSS	Nov 15, 2007
What increases success for data-based decision support? by Daniel J. Power Editor, DSSResources.com Data-based decision support development is a company-wide effort and requires many resources, includi...	DSS Foundations	Jul 09, 2017
What is reporting software? by Dan Power Editor, DSSResources.com Reports organize data to create information that can be shared with others. For example, a quarterly financi...	DSS Foundations	Jan 09, 2016
What is an Interorganizational DSS? by Dan Power Editor, DSSResources.com Inter-organizational DSS serve a company's customers, stockholders, bankers and/or suppliers. The purpose i...	DSS Foundations	Mar 18, 2011
What are the features of a data-driven DSS? by Daniel J. Power Editor, DSSResources.COM Data-driven DSS are the most common of the five types of decision support systems in the expanded DSS...	Data-driven DSS	Mar 02, 2007
What kind of DSS does Mr. X need? by Daniel J. Power Editor, DSSResources.com There are many "kinds" of decision support for diverse decision making situations. Both IS/DSS softw...	Building DSS	Aug 03, 2014
How do DSS differ from TPS? by Daniel J. Power Editor, DSSResources.COM excerpted from Power, D. (2002, pp. 8-9) Development of Decision Support Systems (DSS) is one of the...	DSS Foundations	Nov 07, 2020
What is operations analysis? by Daniel J. Power Editor, DSSResources.COM Organizations develop systems and processes to perform tasks. The performance of these operations de...	DSS Foundations	Feb 19, 2015
What is Hadoop? by Dan Power Editor, DSSResources.com Data-driven DSS may need to access and process very large data sets to support decision-making. One way to...	DSS Foundations	May 26, 2013
What are the features of a model-driven DSS? by Dan Power Editor, DSSResources.com This is the final column about features of computerized decision support systems. The focus is on mod...	Model-driven DSS	Aug 09, 2008
What technologies are used for managing big data? by Daniel J. Power Editor, DSSResources.COM Data-driven DSS and predictive analytics frequently need to access and process very large data sets ...	DSS Foundations	Nov 10, 2016
When should managers use communications-driven decision support tools? by Dan Power Editor, DSSResources.com Communications-driven decision support systems can remedy a number of problems associated with group commun...	Communications-driven DSS	Sep 15, 2009
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 important are pivot tables in data-driven decision support? by Dan Power Editor, DSSResources.com Some analysis tools are used more and are used more effectively than others. For example, pivot tables hav...	DSS Foundations	Jun 25, 2011
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 are some examples of web-based DSS? Most people who read about decision support systems want to try one. This is understandable given the promise associated with an information system th...	DSS Applications	Aug 07, 2005
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 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
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
What is a DSS cost benefit analysis? by Dan Power Editor, DSSResources.com Decision support system cost benefit analysis is one technique used to determine if a proposed DSS should b...	DSS Foundations	Jul 18, 2010
How important is flexibility for a DSS? by Dan Power Editor, DSSResources.com In the early years of computerized decision support, Keen (1980) and Sprague and Carlson (1982) argued th...	DSS Foundations	Jul 09, 2008
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
How can DSS help in crisis planning, response and management? This Ask Dan! is a follow-up to a column written in August 2003. My goal is to discuss "some of the more creative and practical things we can u...	Crisis Management	Aug 16, 2005
What are specific benefits of document-driven DSS? by Dan Power Editor, DSSResources.com Document-driven DSS is a relatively new category of computerized decision support. These systems assist in ...	DSS Foundations	Aug 02, 2010
What is a spreadsheet-based DSS? by Dan Power Editor, DSSResources.com Most managers are familiar with spreadsheet packages like Microsoft Excel. If a decision support system (D...	Model-driven DSS	Jan 30, 2017
What is best practice for data visualization? by Dan Power Editor, DSSResources.COM Visualizing data means that we can see relationships if they exist. A visualization is a short cut to un...	DSS Foundations	Dec 23, 2012
What is DSS 2.0? by Daniel J. Power Editor, DSSResources.COM Discontinuities and major technology change can result in improving and significantly altering the sc...	DSS Foundations	Jul 19, 2014
What is the best data analytics approach? by Ciara Heavin and Daniel J. Power Selecting the most appropriate data analytics approach and tools for a specific task or project can be very c...	DSS Foundations	Sep 18, 2017
What are the features of a document-driven DSS? by Dan Power Editor, DSSResources.com This column is installment #3 about features of the five types of computerized decision support systems (P...	Document-driven DSS	May 01, 2007
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
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
What are common data mining tools? by Dan Power Editor, DSSResources.com As it became possible and affordable to store large amounts of data, managers wanted to access and analyze ...	DSS Foundations	Dec 06, 2009
How do data-driven, data-based and data-informed decision making differ? by Ciara Heavin and Daniel J. Power Managers are preoccupied with making better use of data – internal organizational data, customer data, supp...	DSS Foundations	Jul 24, 2017
What is the history of AIS SIG DSS: ISDSS? by Dan Power Editor, DSSResources.com AIS SIG DSS: ISDSS refers to the Association for Information Systems (AIS) Special Interest Group (SIG) on ...	AIS SIG DSS	Mar 01, 2014
What can DSS designers learn from video games? Today, decision support systems use mature user interface technologies. Dashboards are not "new"; the smiley faces and sliders for user input are fa...	Building DSS	Feb 05, 2006
What is decision-oriented diagnosis for building DSS? by Dan Power Editor, DSSResources.com Decision-oriented diagnosis is an approach and a way of analyzing the need for computerized decision sup...	Building DSS	Aug 22, 2007
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 are ethical issues associated with building and using DSS? by Daniel J. Power Editor, DSSResources.com Decision support builders and users face ethical challenges and issues. Some people think that bui...	Evaluating DSS Projects	May 10, 2019
What is a "performance" dashboard? A few days ago, I received a very nice promotional brochure from iViz Group (ivizgroup.com) about their "innovative Dashboard and Scorecard software...	Data-driven DSS	Feb 05, 2006
How does data mining provide knowledge? by Daniel J. Power Editor, DSSResources.com In the 1970s, companies employed business analysts who used statistical packages like SAS and SPSS to...	DSS Foundations	Jan 17, 2021
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
What is real-time decision support? The question of "real-time" decision support has been addressed in articles and books for almost 30 years, but as computing, sensor, and net...	Building DSS	Aug 06, 2005
When are checklists useful decision aids? Daniel J. Power Editor, DSSResources.com Checklists are especially helpful in complex environments, but a poorly designed checklist can hinder dec...	DSS Foundations	Aug 03, 2019
What is a Management Information System? by Daniel J. Power Editor, DSSResources.COM Broadly defined, a Management Information System (MIS) refers to any computer-based system or applica...	DSS Foundations	Aug 05, 2017
What is surveillance analytics? Ciara Heavin and Daniel J. Power Monitoring and tracking of what is occurring is not a new phenomenon. People and various activities have been obs...	DSS Foundations	Dec 05, 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
How will Web 2.0 impact design and development of decision support systems? by Dan Power Editor, DSSResources.com Web 2.0 applications facilitate information sharing, user-centered design, and collaboration. In the past 5...	DSS Foundations	Jan 03, 2011

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