Session 14

Decision Support Systems 150:127 -- D. Power

Today's Agenda -- Thursday, February 22, 2007

• Tutorial 1. On page 22 print step 7. On page 28, create a new Most Likely scenario (sales softball=65; baseball=120; golf-girls=55; golf-boys=45); then print that scenario with your name in the left header. Print formulas for Fig. 1-28 on p. 35 (include row and column headings and grid lines). On p. 51 Fig. 1-44 print first 6 rows (step 6) showing formulas (include row and column headings and grid lines). Submit 4 sheets (5 points).

To Do and Upcoming

• For Class Session 15 -- Tuesday, February 27, 2007
1. Read Ch. 7. Implementing Communications-driven and Group DSS; Read cases: eRoom “Naval Medicine” and Wasyluk “Veteran's Affairs"
2. Read 26. eRoom Staff, "Naval Medicine CIOs use collaboration and knowledge-sharing decision support application", eRoom, Inc., 2002, posted at DSSResources.COM August 2, 2002
3. Read 47. Wasyluk, O. John, and Daniel Saaty, "Developing a Portfolio Approach to Capital Investment: A Case Study in Re-Engineering Resource Allocation at the U.S. Department of Veteran's Affairs", Expert Choice, Inc., 2001, posted at DSSResources.COM December 14, 2001
4. Visit Facilitate.com
5. PlanningDSS.com -- alpha testing