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What steps can lead to digital transformation? by Daniel J. Power Editor, DSSResources.com Digital transformation is an ongoing and evolving process of change that is focused on generating, an...	DSS Foundations	Jan 07, 2018
What is digital transformation of an organization? by Daniel J. Power and Ciara Heavin Digital transformation changes processes, systems and operations by implementing improved computing technologi...	DSS Foundations	May 13, 2018
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 can managers create a successful digital transformation? by Ciara Heavin and Daniel J. Power Digital transformation is a complex concept and challenging goal that holds a variety of meanings for a diver...	DSS Foundations	Sep 13, 2017
How is digital transformation changing accounting? by Daniel J. Power Editor, DSSResources.COM People no longer perform most traditional accounting tasks. Today accounting is much more than record...	DSS Foundations	Nov 21, 2020
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
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
What are major managerial dilemmas of digital transformation? by Daniel J. Power Editor, DSSResources.com Managers face some difficult choices among potentially disruptive or in other ways undesirable soluti...	DSS Foundations	May 29, 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 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
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
Is an insight-driven organization myth or reality? Daniel J. Power Editor, DSSResources.com An insight-driven organization seems more like marketing hype, building on a catchy name, than reality. O...	DSS Foundations	Aug 18, 2019
What is a customer journey map? by Daniel J. Power Editor, DSSResources.COM Customer journey mapping creates a visual representation of what a typical customer is doing, feeling...	DSS Foundations	Feb 12, 2019
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
How does the Internet of Things (IoT) support decision making? by Daniel J. Power Editor, DSSResources.COM Supporting decision making is broadening in its scope and in available capabilities. According to Pow...	DSS Foundations	Aug 19, 2018
What is proactive problem solving? by Daniel J. Power Editor, DSSResources.COM Proactive problem solving is about identifying problems early to avoid them or minimize and resolve th...	DSS Foundations	Jul 09, 2019
How does an agile person cope with adversity? by Daniel J. Power and Ciara Heavin People, teams, and organizations frequently encounter adverse or unfavorable circumstances, calamity, difficul...	DSS Foundations	Nov 27, 2019
What is Technology Leapfrogging? Ciara Heavin and Daniel J. Power The Winter 2020 global coronavirus outbreak created a significant impetus to adopt new technologies to support an...	DSS Foundations	May 09, 2020
How can data-based decision support facilitate digital transformation of Healthcare? by Daniel J. Power and Ciara Heavin Disentangling the Gordian Knot associated with Digital Transformation of Healthcare remains challenging and s...	DSS Foundations	Mar 18, 2019
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
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 is an enterprise-class translytical database? by Daniel J. Power and Ciara Heavin Translytical is a portmanteau word, in that parts of the words transaction and analytical are combined to form...	DSS Foundations	Oct 02, 2017
What is digital data? by Daniel J. Power Editor, DSSResources.COM Blog posts, tweets and high definition movies are all digitized. We live in a digital universe of bit...	DSS Foundations	Jan 04, 2020
What is visual analytics? by Daniel J. Power Editor, DSSResources.COM Visual analytics combines automated analysis techniques with interactive visualisations to support de...	DSS Foundations	Jun 12, 2013
How can decision support aid smart manufacturing initiatives? by Daniel J. Power Editor, DSSResources.COM, University of Northern Iowa, USA; Marzieh Khakifirooz, National Tsing Hua University, Taiwan; Mahdi F...	DSS Foundations	Jun 13, 2018
What technologies are central to digital transformation of healthcare? by Ciara Heavin and Daniel J. Power A diverse array of technologies enable and support digital transformation of healthcare. Fitting technologi...	DSS Foundations	Mar 18, 2019
What is a decision process audit? by Dan Power Editor, DSSResources.com Increasing decision-making effectiveness should be the major objective for any DSS project. Stabell (1983) ...	DSS Foundations	Jul 07, 2009
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
How should digital ethics impact analytics and data mining? by Ciara Heavin and Daniel J. Power Ethics should guide analytics, data mining, decision support, and decision making. Big data and new analytica...	DSS Foundations	Mar 23, 2019
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
How do data storage strategies differ among uses? by Daniel J. Power Editor, DSSResources.COM Everything that happens is being digitized. Customers are data, processes are data, supply chains are...	DSS Foundations	Aug 13, 2018
Why is agile important? Daniel J. Power and Ciara Heavin Agile hype continues to grow and some see agile as a solution to every problem (cf., Ambroziewicz, 2017; Mandir, ...	DSS Foundations	Jun 22, 2020
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
Do agile processes have phases or steps? Daniel J. Power Editor, DSSResources.com Some methods classified as agile do use the phases or steps terminology. The "phases" are not however dis...	DSS Foundations	Apr 04, 2020
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
How has the health crisis impacted use of information technologies? by Daniel J. Power The novel coronavirus pandemic has been impacting our lives for many months. People and organizations have rapidly adopted and u...	DSS Foundations	Oct 31, 2020
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 is ethical behavior especially important for IT professionals? Daniel J. Power and Ciara Heavin Information technology (IT) professionals are the enablers and "gatekeepers" of our digital society. As the gatek...	DSS Foundations	Jul 14, 2020
What is a decision support model? by Dan Power Editor, DSSResources.com In the realm of decision support, a model is a quantitative description of a phenomenon. A model replicates...	DSS Foundations	Jan 13, 2013
What can one conclude about becoming agile? Daniel J. Power and Ciara Heavin Agile behaviors and processes are often better than rigid, bureaucratic ones. Becoming agile is worthwhile. Agile...	DSS Foundations	Aug 06, 2020
Is Information Technology transforming the U.S. Heartland? by Daniel J. Power Editor, DSSResources.COM The American heartland is 12 states in the heart of the United States and North America: Illinois, Indi...	DSS Foundations	Dec 12, 2015
What is solution-focused agile? Daniel J. Power Editor, DSSResources.com Managers, project teams, and consultants should focus primarily on the present and future. We examine the...	DSS Foundations	Aug 02, 2019
Can mHealth help physicians manage patients and reduce their own cognitive workloads? Daniel J. Power and Ciara Heavin mHealth is an umbrella term for any use of mobile devices and telecommunications to support the practice of medic...	DSS Foundations	Jul 21, 2020
How can organizations keep data-driven DSS and data warehouses current with changes in source systems? by Daniel J. Power Editor, DSSResources.COM In my Ask Dan column of October 22, 2006 (Vol. 7, No. 22), I answered some of the challenging questi...	Data-driven DSS	Mar 02, 2007
What is the best approach for organizing data? by Daniel J. Power Editor, DSSResources.COM In an information technology context, organizing means to arrange data in a coherent form and to syst...	DSS Foundations	Jul 25, 2013
What is logical decision-making? by Daniel J. Power Editor, DSSResources.COM Many adjectives are used to modify the compound word decision making or decision-making. For example,...	DSS Foundations	Sep 10, 2019
What is data? by Daniel J. Power Data is important. Data is growing rapidly. Approximately 2.5 quintillion bytes of data are created each day or 2.5 billion giga...	DSS Foundations	Jan 06, 2020
How are processes related to enterprise systems? by Daniel J. Power Editor, DSSResources.COM Enterprise systems support business processes. Implementing new enterprise systems may require extens...	DSS Foundations	May 07, 2019
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
Is decision support research still needed? Daniel J. Power Editor, DSSResources.com Digital transformation is occurring globally and data-driven decision support, machine learning, and Arti...	DSS Foundations	Nov 25, 2019

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