Session 28

Decision Support Systems 150:127 -- D. Power

Today's Agenda -- Thursday, April 19, 2007

• Discuss Ch. 12 "Evaluating DSS Projects "
1. For a large scope, low structure DSS project, what type of evaluation is needed and justified?
2. What cost factors are easy to overlook in a DSS project evaluation?
3. What are the four evaluation "tests" for proposed DSS/IT projects?
4. What do we call the resources that have already been expended on a project
5. What type of DSS project should be evaluated most critically? What are its characteriscs?
• What is the difference between formative and summative DSS evaluation?

To Do and Upcoming

• In class Project work day Tuesday, April 24
• Exam #3, Ch. 9-12 and Excel (100 points) on Tuesday, May 1, 3-4:50 p.m. The exam will have 6 short answers questions @ 4 points each (choose 5 of 6 with 20 pts. total). Some of those questions will be broader questions drawing from the course. Also, there will be 35 multiple choice questions, including 5 about VBA (70 pts. total). Exam #3 will have an open book case question on Pontz and Power (10 pts.).