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Can Web services deliver decision support? by Daniel J. Power Editor, DSSResources.COM Web services describes a standardized way of integrating Web-based applications using open standa...	DSS Foundations	Nov 25, 2015
Is Amazon Web Services a 'good fit' for decision support and OLTP? by Daniel J. Power Editor, DSSResources.COM Amazon Web Services (AWS) hosts many popular Web applications including: Instagram, Vine, IFTTT, Netf...	DSS Foundations	Aug 25, 2013
How does decision support help in a major emergency? Daniel J. Power and Ciara Heavin Any event that occurs with little or no warning and causes or threatens death or injury, serious disruption of es...	DSS Foundations	Aug 29, 2020
Is decision support outsourcing a mistake? by Daniel J. Power Editor, DSSResources.COM Outsourcing of any organization capability, function or task should be driven by strategy not simply ...	DSS Foundations	Apr 26, 2015
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
What are benefits of decision support applications in the cloud? by Dan Power Editor, DSSResources.COM Cloud computing is a distributed computing model that uses a network to share resources. The resources a...	DSS Foundations	Jul 08, 2012
What is a client/server architecture for DSS? by Dan Power Editor, DSSResources.com Most decision support systems (DSS) are built within the context of a corporate-wide client/server architec...	DSS Foundations	Jun 03, 2010
What is a RESTful decision support application? by Daniel J. Power Editor, DSSResources.COM A specific decision support vision and a well-defined architecture for a new application provides a d...	DSS Foundations	Jan 19, 2014
What is stakeholder engagement? Daniel J. Power Editor, DSSResources.com Stakeholder engagement and stakeholder management are the most important ingredients for successful proje...	DSS Foundations	Jan 20, 2020
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
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 is business intelligence? by Dan Power Editor, DSSResources.com Business intelligence (BI) is often viewed as a term similar to military or competitive intelligence. And h...	DSS Foundations	Aug 06, 2005
Is it advantageous to outsource development and operation of Decision Support Systems? Sometimes! Currently, outsourcing and especially global outsourcing of information technology services is one of the most controversial business, econ...	Evaluating DSS Projects	Aug 07, 2005
Do consumers need decision support capabilities? by Dan Power Editor, DSSResources.com Purchase decisions have become increasingly complex with the advent of Internet shopping. Making decisions...	DSS Foundations	Feb 27, 2013
What is a data-driven decision making organization? by Dan Power Editor, DSSResources.COM A data-driven decision making organization encourages and rewards use of facts and data by employees. Us...	DSS Foundations	Jan 17, 2016
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 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
Who uses computerized decision support and analytics? by Daniel J. Power Editor, DSSResources.COM and Ciara Heavin Managing Editor, Journal of Decision Systems Traditionally, many researchers a...	DSS Foundations	Jan 08, 2017
How do decision situations differ? Daniel J. Power Editor, DSSResources.com Decision situations differ in terms of structure, complexity, uncertainty, and importance to name a few s...	DSS Foundations	Aug 21, 2020
What is mobile business intelligence? by Dan Power Editor, DSSResources.com Mobile business intelligence refers to data-driven decision support applications on mobile devices like sma...	DSS Foundations	Nov 20, 2012
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
What staffing is needed for DW/BI/DSS? by Dan Power Editor, DSSResources.com Some Ask Dan! questions are more difficult for me to answer than others. On July 6, 2006, Aileen MacKay se...	Building DSS	Oct 22, 2006
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
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 DevOps and is it important to decision support? by Daniel J. Power Editor, DSSResources.COM DevOps is a made-up term for a software/systems development method, practice or technique that combi...	DSS Foundations	Nov 14, 2015
Can computerized decision support encourage health literacy? by Daniel J. Power Editor, DSSResources.COM People make poor health choices for many reasons (Carrera, 2014). One reason is a lack of informati...	DSS Foundations	May 29, 2016
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
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
How can ambient intelligence assist people in decision making? by Daniel J. Power and Ciara Heavin Placing sensors and other computing devices in working and living spaces creates opportunities for real-time c...	DSS Foundations	Aug 06, 2018
What are the components of a decision support system? by Dan Power Editor, DSSResources.com Traditionally, academics and practitioners have discussed building a decision support system (DSS) in terms...	DSS Theory	Aug 26, 2005
What is big data? by Daniel J. Power Editor, DSSResources.COM Big data is an overused and somewhat confusing phrase. Big data is characterized by high volume, low...	DSS Foundations	Jul 02, 2018
Who originated the term Business Intelligence (BI)? by Dan Power Editor, DSSResources.com Decision support and data warehousing sources agree that Howard Dresner coined and popularized the term Bu...	DSS Foundations	Jun 29, 2016
What are the “best” DSS case studies at DSSResources.COM? by Dan Power Editor, DSSResources.com Professor Roth and I started following DSS/IT developments at Ertl Company in 1997. The Ertl case (Power and...	DSS Applications	Nov 08, 2006
What is predictive asset management? by Daniel J. Power Editor, DSSResources.COM Cognizant, Deloitte, IBM, SAS and other vendors and consulting firms are promoting use of predictive ...	DSS Foundations	Jun 27, 2018
What is an information system? by Daniel J. Power Editor, DSSResources.com Modern information systems combine computing hardware, software, networking and storage infrastructu...	DSS Foundations	Jan 11, 2020
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
What is value-driven delivery of projects and work? Daniel J. Power Editor, DSSResources.com Project managers, team leads, and other managers are encouraged to make project decisions that result in ...	DSS Foundations	Sep 17, 2019
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
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
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
Did decision automation cause the subprime mortgage crisis? by Daniel J. Power Editor, DSSResources.COM Actions of greedy and naive people caused the crisis. People built and implemented the computerized d...	DSS Foundations	Sep 14, 2018
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
Who are the Luddites? by Daniel J. Power Editor, DSSResources.com Over the years, the word luddite has been used as a derogatory term to poke fun at those who resist te...	DSS Foundations	Jan 22, 2021
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 DSS and Decision Support technologies help reduce the threat of terrorism? by Daniel J. Power Editor, DSSResources.COM Lest we forget. I want to remember those who died, were injured, and were directly impacted by the te...	DSS Applications	Dec 29, 2015
What is the role of decision support in virtual organizations? by Dan Power Editor, DSSResources.com Computerized decision support helps make virtual organizations possible. DSS is an enabler and a facilitat...	Communications-driven DSS	Mar 06, 2016
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
What are the origins of SIG DSS? by Dan Power Editor, DSSResources.com SIG DSS is the Special Interest Group about Decision Support and Analytical Information Systems affiliated ...	AIS SIG DSS	Feb 13, 2014
How can managers improve security for decision support applications? by Daniel J. Power Editor, DSSResources.COM Decision support security is important. Managers and Information Systems staff must understand and ex...	DSS Theory	Apr 14, 2013
What are examples of technology innovation failures? by Daniel J. Power Editor, DSSResources.com Technology success has led to innovations in organization decision making, operations, and products. ...	DSS Foundations	Aug 08, 2017

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