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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
Can decision support tools help minimize black swan events? by Daniel J. Power Editor, DSSResources.COM In decision making and planning, managers are sometimes surprised by unanticipated events. A black sw...	DSS Foundations	Aug 11, 2019
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
What is a Planning Support System? by Dan Power Editor, DSSResources.com Reading the trade press, academic articles and web sites forces those of us interested in computerized supp...	DSS Foundations	Aug 06, 2005
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
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 decisions are appropriate for model-driven DSS? by Dan Power Editor, DSSResources.com Some decision problems occur across diverse businesses. Various approaches can be used to solve them depen...	Model-driven DSS	Dec 29, 2008
What is/was IFPS? IFPS is an acronym for interactive financial planning system. My friend Paul Gray is an expert on financial planning systems and IFPS, and what I know...	Model-driven DSS	Aug 07, 2005
What is a good replacement for models built using IFPS? On December 5, 2000, Hubert Deneault, Hydro-Quebec, wrote "First, I want to thank you for offering a service like DSSResources.com. It is very he...	Model-driven DSS	Aug 07, 2005
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
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
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
How important is forecasting decision support? by Daniel J. Power Editor, DSSResources.COM Decision support and analytical systems that use data sets with models and statistical analyses remain...	DSS Foundations	Jul 12, 2015
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 active enterprise financial planning? Active enterprise financial planning is a collaborative, participative, real-time, web-based approach for budgeting, performance management and financ...	DSS Applications	Aug 07, 2005
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 vendors have communications-driven DSS for collaboration? by Dan Power Editor, DSSResources.com With the growth of cloud computing more sophisticated communications-driven DSS have been developed to ass...	DSS Foundations	Dec 17, 2011
What is the design concept for PlanningDSS.com? In the Ask Dan! in DSS News of May 22, 2005, I introduced PlanningDSS.com and indicated that in a future column I might explain the overall concept an...	Planning DSS	Aug 07, 2005
What are Drucker's views on planning and decision making? by Daniel J. Power Editor, DSSResources.com Peter Drucker (November 19, 1909 – November 11, 2005) was an influential management thinker. His w...	DSS Foundations	Apr 23, 2018
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 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 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
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
What is PlanningDSS.COM? Recently, DSSResources.COM registered a new domain name, PlanningDSS.COM. The name summarizes the purpose of the web site -- it is a planning decisi...	Planning DSS	Sep 13, 2005
What is the scope of database administration? by Daniel J. Power Editor, DSSResources.COM Databases are central to transaction processing and decision support. Database administration is a com...	DSS Foundations	Nov 12, 2014
What criteria should be used for evaluating proposed plans? In the process of developing plans and alternative courses of action (COA), multiple criteria or factors should be used to determine the validity of e...	DSS Theory	Aug 16, 2005
How does organization level impact decision support? by Dan Power Editor, DSSResources.com A wide variety of managerial decisions are made in each organization's hierarchy. Many of those decision...	Building DSS	Aug 05, 2008
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 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
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 important DSS articles from MIS Quarterly? by Dan Power Editor, DSSResources.com A number of terms have been used for information systems supporting management decision making including m...	DSS Foundations	Jul 27, 2016
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
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
Can DSS/IS/IT improve the Incident Command System? What needs can DSS meet? YES. Readers may recall my initial discussion of computerized decision support in crisis/emergency situations (DSS News, 08/31/2003). That Ask Dan! ...	Crisis Management	Aug 16, 2005
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 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 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
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 predictive analytics support decision making? by Dan Power Editor, DSSResources.com Predictive analytics is a general term for using simple and complex models to support anticipatory decisio...	Building DSS	Jul 30, 2012
How does a DSS differ from an MIS? by Dan Power Editor, DSSResources.com Some Decision Support Systems (DSS) are Management Information Systems (MIS), but DSS serve purposes other ...	DSS Foundations	Sep 28, 2009
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 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
What is the evolution of decision support and analytics architectures? by Daniel J. Power Editor, DSSResources.COM During the past 70 years as new computing technologies have been developed, the computing architectur...	DSS Foundations	Dec 05, 2018
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
Where can I find information about KPIs for building DSS in different industries? The topic of identifying KPIs or Key Performance Indicators is a major issue in developing Executive Information Systems, Balanced Scorecard Systems a...	Data-driven DSS	Aug 06, 2005
Who uses computerized decision support? by Dan Power Editor, DSSResources.com Many people use computerized decision support for work and in recent years to aid in personal decision maki...	Building DSS	Sep 02, 2012
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
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
How will decision support technologies shape our global society? by Daniel J. Power Editor, DSSResources.COM Change is definitely occurring in our global society. Some changes are minor and seemingly insignific...	DSS Foundations	Aug 04, 2013
What factors impact decision support project implementation risk? by Dan Power Editor, DSSResources.com Managers should contemplate a wide range of decision support projects. Perhaps an enterprise-wide, data wa...	Evaluating DSS Projects	Aug 15, 2008

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