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Evaluating Decision Support Systems Projects

Evaluating Decision Support Systems Projects. Who Evaluates. Technical Managers Chief Information Officer, Corporate IT professionals, Database administrators, and Network administrators Business Managers Senior managers, Strategic planners, Business development managers,

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Evaluating Decision Support Systems Projects

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  1. Evaluating Decision Support Systems Projects

  2. Who Evaluates • Technical Managers • Chief Information Officer, • Corporate IT professionals, • Database administrators, and • Network administrators • Business Managers • Senior managers, • Strategic planners, • Business development managers, • Competitive intelligence analysts, and • Market researchers

  3. Evaluation Questions • What is the return on investment for a proposed DSS project? • What is the payback period? • What is the opportunity cost? • What are the anticipated benefits? • What can we do with a new system that we cannot do with our current information systems? • Do our competitors have a data warehouse or OLAP or an EIS?

  4. Scope of DSS Project Evaluation • Evaluation activities should be commensurate or proportionate to the size, complexity and cost of a proposed DSS project • Project sponsors and project managers must decide what amount and type of evaluation is appropriate and necessary in their company’s Information technology management environment Building KDSS and Mining Data, D. J. Power

  5. An On-Going DSS Project Evaluation Process • Initial idea stage • Formal feasibility analysis • Scheduled milestones • Prior to full-scale implementation • Follow-up evaluation Building KDSS and Mining Data, D. J. Power

  6. Evaluation Tools and Techniques • Cost-Benefit Analysis • Cost-Effectiveness Analysis • Scoring Approach • Incremental Value Analysis • Qualitative Benefits Scenario Approach Building KDSS and Mining Data, D. J. Power

  7. Cost-Benefit Analysis • Systematic, quantitative method for assessing the life cycle costs and benefits of competing alternatives • Explicitly state assumptions • Disregard sunk costs and prior result • Estimate direct and indirect costs and benefits • Discount costs and benefits • Perform sensitivity analysis Building KDSS and Mining Data, D. J. Power

  8. Cost-Benefit Process • Determine Problem Definition and Project Objectives • Document current decision process • Establish System Life-Cycle and user demands • Define alternatives to proposed project • Collect Cost and Benefit Data • Document assumptions • Estimate Costs and Benefits (direct, indirect, tangible, intangible) • Establish measurement criteria (specially for benefits) • Evaluate alternatives (NPV, Benefit/Cost Ratio, Payback) Building KDSS and Mining Data, D. J. Power

  9. Cost Factors • Direct Hardware, software • Project personnel costs • Support services (vendors or consultants) • Process change costs (people, material) • Incremental Infrastructure costs • Other implementation costs Building KDSS and Mining Data, D. J. Power

  10. Benefit Factors • Improved access to data • Improved accuracy and consistency of data used in decision making • Faster access to decision support • Cost savings from process improvements Building KDSS and Mining Data, D. J. Power

  11. Cost-Effectiveness Analysis • A simplified analysis where one assumes that all of the alternatives have either the same benefits or the same costs. The analysis is simplified because only benefits or costs needs to be calculated • The best alternative is the one with the greatest benefits or the lowest cost Building KDSS and Mining Data, D. J. Power

  12. Scoring Approach • Select a rating system to make numerical comparisons • Have multiple raters evaluate each alternative on benefit and cost factors • Weight the benefit and cost factors in terms of importance • Calculate a weighted score for each alternative Building KDSS and Mining Data, D. J. Power

  13. Other Scoring Factors • Business Justification • Aligned with strategy • May provide competitive advantage • Competitors response • Technical Viability • Infrastructure Risk • Development Resources Building KDSS and Mining Data, D. J. Power

  14. Incremental Value Analysis • Establish list of benefits a proposed DSS must achieve to be acceptable • Establish maximum cost to attain benefits • Build Prototype and assess benefits and costs • Revise prototype until benefits attained within cost constraints or cost exceeded Building KDSS and Mining Data, D. J. Power

  15. Qualitative Scenario Approach • Envision the DSS Project implemented • Describe the use of the proposed DSS • Discuss benefits that result from the new Decision Support Systems, give specific examples • Check for consistency and plausibility • Discuss risks and uncertainties • Estimate upper and lower bounds on costs and development schedule Building KDSS and Mining Data, D. J. Power

  16. Evaluating International and Cultural Issues • Potential Users of DSS • Location? • Cultural and ethnic backgrounds? • Data sources? Building KDSS and Mining Data, D. J. Power

  17. Location Issues? • Telecommunications infrastructure • Time zone differences • Technology standards • Regulations Building KDSS and Mining Data, D. J. Power

  18. Cultural Issues? • English versus other languages? • Pace of life – slow versus fast • Work hours • Nationalism and holidays • Cultural assumptions • Information sharing norms • Decision making practices Building KDSS and Mining Data, D. J. Power

  19. Data Sources? • Transborder data flow – what data can be collected and shared? • Accounting and Currency Issues • Data formats, legacy systems • Data cleaning Building KDSS and Mining Data, D. J. Power

  20. Localizing a Decision Support System • User Education and sensitivity to user needs • User Interface • Allow for translation • Use icons and symbols that are globally recognized • Translate help pages • Check for political and cultural meaning in word choice, labels and icons • Emphasize graphics Building KDSS and Mining Data, D. J. Power

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