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Are soft skills important in a digital business? by Daniel J. Power Editor, DSSResources.COM Some observers claim the increasing use of Artificial Intelligence and Decision Automation will creat...	DSS Foundations	Feb 12, 2019
What are critical analysis and reasoning skills? by Daniel J. Power Editor, DSSResources.COM Measuring critical analysis and reasoning skills is often inferred by asking about the basic componen...	DSS Foundations	Mar 20, 2018
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 evaluation tools are appropriate for DSS? by Daniel Power Editor, DSSResources.com Managers evaluate many types of projects, but those involving information technologies are often consid...	DSS Foundations	Dec 06, 2020
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
What are the skills of a data scientist? by Ciara Heavin Managing Editor, Journal of Decision Systems and Daniel J. Power Editor, DSSResources.COM Like many of the IT professional ...	DSS Foundations	Nov 25, 2016
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 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 are examples of data science jobs? by Daniel J. Power Editor, DSSResources.COM Data scientist is the "new", "hot", "sexy" and high paying job associated with decision support and...	DSS Foundations	Feb 22, 2014
What are key skills of data-based decision makers? by Ciara Heavin and Daniel J. Power Decision making habits are often learned by trial and error. Decision making skills should be learned through...	DSS Foundations	Mar 18, 2018
What are the similarities and differences between Data-Driven and Document-Driven DSS? Document-Driven DSS is a relatively new category of Decision Support. There are certainly similarities to the more familiar Data-Driven DSS, but there...	Document-driven DSS	Aug 06, 2005
What do managers need to know about IS/IT, MIS and DSS? In the academic field of Information Systems we have repeatedly asked the question “What do managers need to know about IS/IT, MIS and DSS?” All o...	DSS Theory	Aug 06, 2005
Who should participate in building decision support capabilities? by Daniel J. Power Editor, DSSResources.COM Building decision support capabilities requires varied expertise. More complex data, parallel process...	DSS Foundations	May 11, 2013
What skills do data-driven decision makers need? by Daniel J. Power Editor, DSSResources.COM Decision making habits are often learned by trial and error. Decision making skills are learned throu...	DSS Foundations	Dec 22, 2014
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
How should decision support projects be managed? by Dan Power Editor, DSSResources.com Since the early 1950s, much has been written about project management. This literature prescribes generic ...	Building DSS	May 11, 2014
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 are the steps to develop data-based decision support? by Ciara Heavin and Daniel J. Power Encouraging and developing data-based decision support is an organization-wide effort and requires many resou...	DSS Foundations	Mar 18, 2018
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 skills do team leaders need for conducting effective virtual decision-making meetings? by Dan Power Editor, DSSResources.COM In general, team leaders need planning, organizing, staffing, directing and controlling skills (cf., Huber,...	Communications-driven DSS	Aug 02, 2006
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 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 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
What are post-relational databases? by Daniel Power Editor, DSSResources.com Post-relational or non-relational databases implement a conceptual schema using a non-relational data mo...	DSS Foundations	Aug 20, 2016
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
Why is a person kept in the decision cycle? by Daniel J. Power Editor, DSSResources.COM Decision making using data and algorithms has inherent limitations. Decision automation and decision m...	DSS Foundations	Feb 04, 2018
Should managers build decision support applications? by Dan Power Editor, DSSResources.com Managers get paid to manage, but in some situations managers can build computerized decision support capabi...	DSS Foundations	Feb 02, 2013
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
Can decision support aid in critical thinking? by Daniel J. Power Editor, DSSResources.COM Critical thinking is discussed broadly in education circles. Teaching students to be "critical thinke...	DSS Foundations	Nov 25, 2015
What should be taught in a Business Intelligence/Data-Driven DSS course? by Dan Power On Tuesday, December 13, 2005, Michael Lane, Lecturer Information Systems Department, Faculty of Business, University of Southern ...	Data-driven DSS	Aug 01, 2006
How does business analytics differ from data analytics? by Daniel J. Power Editor, DSSResources.COM Both business analytics and data analytics are relatively new terms in the business lexicon. Students...	DSS Foundations	Jun 24, 2018
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
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 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
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 are challenges of real-time decision support? by Dan Power Editor, DSSResources.com Pushing "real-time" information to decision makers is now realistic and practical. Real-time decision sup...	Building DSS	Oct 29, 2008
How can managers cope with digital disruption? by Daniel J. Power and Ciara Heavin Nineteen fifty one (1951) marks the beginning of the first wave of economic and social digital disruption and tr...	DSS Foundations	Jun 25, 2018
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 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 steps create a data-driven organization? by Daniel J. Power Editor, DSSResources.com Transforming a traditional organization into one where data is systematically incorporated into decis...	DSS Foundations	Jul 26, 2017
How might AI, Blockchain and Decision Support impact Accounting and Auditing? by Daniel J. Power Editor, DSSResources.COM Historically, bookkeepers, accountants, and auditors have maintained financial records and created de...	DSS Foundations	Oct 14, 2018
How smart is IBM Watson? by Daniel J. Power Editor, DSSResources.COM IBM is heavily promoting a cognitive system named Watson in television ads. A major selling point is t...	Knowledge-driven DSS	Dec 16, 2015
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 the information technology productivity paradox? by Daniel J. Power Editor, DSSResources.COM Starry-eyed salespeople proclaimed that information technology would revolutionize organizations, cre...	DSS Foundations	Dec 24, 2018
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 the advantages and disadvantages of computerized decision support? by Daniel J. Power Editor, DSSResources.COM This question in various forms has been popular in the Ask Dan! email. For example, J. Maclearn aske...	DSS Theory	Mar 02, 2007
How complex is managing? Daniel J. Power Editor, DSSResources.com Management roles are increasingly specialized, management tasks are often complex, and projects have expa...	DSS Foundations	Aug 28, 2019
How should managers implement an Intelligent Automation strategy? Daniel J. Power Intelligent automation (IA) is changing business operations and it is necessary to implement such systems to stay competitive in ma...	DSS Foundations	Jul 31, 2020
What are the advantages and disadvantages of using Second Life for decision support? by Dan Power Editor, DSSResources.com Multi-user visual simulations are at the leading and bleeding edge for computerized decision support. The maj...	Model-driven DSS	Aug 19, 2007
What is a decision support system feasibility study? by Dan Power Editor, DSSResources.com Someone in an organization has an idea for a replacement DSS or an innovative DSS. Perhaps a senior manage...	Building DSS	Jan 09, 2008

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