Sdsu mis - Study guides, Class notes & Summaries

CHAPTER 9: methodology - a set of policies, procedures, standards, processes, practices, tools, techniques, and tasks that people apply to technical and management challenges waterfall methodology - A sequence of phases in which the output of each phase becomes the input for the next prototyping - a modern design approach where the designers and system users use an iterative approach to building the system discovery prototyping - builds a small-scale representation or working model of the ...

information granularity - Answer-the extent of detail within the information (fine and detailed or coarse and abstract) real-time information - Answer-immediate, up-to-date information real-time system - Answer-provides real-time information in response to requests information inconsistency - Answer-occurs when the same data element has different values information integrity issue - Answer-occurs when a system produces incorrect, inconsistent, or duplicate data data gap analysis - Answer-...

What is a fact? - Answer-the confirmation or validation of an event or object What are the core drivers of the information age? - Answer-1. data 2. information 3. business intelligence 4. knowledge What is the information age? - Answer-the present time, during which infinite quantities of facts are widely available to anyone who can use a computer What is data? - Answer-the raw facts that describe the characteristics of an even or object What is information? - Answer-data converted into ...

External Threats - Threats that originate outside an organization examples of external threats - -weather: This affects seasonal business that depends on good conditions -the economy: If you sell something consumers need in any economy, you will fare better than others -Material shortages: tensions in an oil-producing country results in big price hikes, raising production costs for plastics manufactured, trucking firms and others -Your computer system is hacked: This can knock your website...

What is a fact? - ️️the confirmation or validation of an event or object What are the core drivers of the information age? - ️️1. data 2. information 3. business intelligence 4. knowledge What is the information age? - ️️the present time, during which infinite quantities of facts are widely available to anyone who can use a computer What is data? - ️️the raw facts that describe the characteristics of an even or object What is information? - ️️data converted int...

Disruptive Technology - A new way of doing things that does not initially meet the needs of existing customers. They tend to open new markets and destroy old ones sustaining technology - produced an improved product that customers are eager to buy, such as a faster car or a larger hard drive. Sustaining technologies tend to provide us with better, faster, and cheaper products in established markets Internet - a massive network that connects computers all over the world and allows them to c...

structured data - Answer-data easily searchable by algorithms ex. facts, questionnaire, online behavior, constructed data unstructured data - Answer-data that is difficult to be searched by algorithms, doesn't fit into relational databases; has internal structure but it is not structured via pre-defined data models or schema ex. emails, voice messages, texts, social media which is easier for businesses to process, and why? - Answer-structured data is easier for businesses to process becau...

MIS - Management Information Systems- a business function, like accounting and human resources, which moves info about people, products, and processes across the company to facilitate decision making and problem solving CIO - Chief Information Officer: oversees all uses of IT and ensures the strategic alignment of IT with business goals and objectives CKO - Chief Knowledge Officer- responsible for collecting, maintaining, and distributing the organization's knowledge CPO - chief privacy ...

Disruptive Technology - Answer-A new way of doing things that does not initially meet the needs of existing customers. They tend to open new markets and destroy old ones sustaining technology - Answer-produced an improved product that customers are eager to buy, such as a faster car or a larger hard drive. Sustaining technologies tend to provide us with better, faster, and cheaper products in established markets Internet - Answer-a massive network that connects computers all over the world ...

Fact - Answer-The confirmation or validation of an event or object. ex- Water is boiling at 100 degrees celcius Information Age - Answer-The present time, during which infinite quantities of facts are widely available to anyone who can use a computer. Core Drivers of the Information Age - Answer--Data -Information -Business Intelligence -Knowledge Data - Answer-Raw facts that describe the characteristics of an event or object. Information - Answer-Data converted into a meaningful and us...