Session 11

Decision Support Systems 150:127 -- D. Power

Today's Agenda -- Tuesday, February 13, 2007

  • Submit project deliverable #1
  • Return Exam #1, discuss essay question
    1. Memo to your Boss -- opening comments then address the issues.
    2. Do we need to get moving on a DSS? What about diagnosis and feasibility study?
    3. How should your Boss proceed? What are your recommendation(s) and why? Be specific!
  • Ask Dan! Building DSS: What DSS interface design is "best" for eliciting values?
  • Check DSS book Appendix II "User Centered Design Checklist": 42 questions --> easy to understand, easy orientation and navigation, enhance productivity, maintain integrity of the DSS, provide control to users
  • Review lecture slides "Designing and Evaluating DSS User Interfaces" and discuss chapter review questions
    1. What are the four user-oriented entities in the ROMC approach to designing DSS user interfaces?
    2. What is the most frequently violated guideline for user interface design?
    3. User interface design guidelines standardize the "look and feel" of a user interface. Why is this important?
  • Videos
    1. Sun Microsystems: Looking Glass Demo (7 minutes) Check web
    2. Virtual Battlespace Multimodal Command and Control (3 minutes) Check web
    3. BumpTop 3D Desktop Prototype (7 minutes) Check web
    4. Focus-plus-context screens: Combining Display Technology with Visualization, Xerox PARC (3 minutes) Check web
    5. Dust & Magnet, Georgia Tech (5 minutes) Check web

To Do and Upcoming

  • For Class Session 12 -- Thursday, Feb. 15, 2007
    • VBA Tutorial
  • For Class Session 13 -- Tuesday, Feb. 20, 2007
    • Read Ch. 6. Evaluating DSS Architecture, Networking and Security Issues
  • For Class Session 14 -- Thursday, Feb. 22, 2007
    • TUT 1: Excel as a Decision Support Tool