The most important thing that I took from this course is to look at both my business and personal life in a more systematic fashion. I found it very helpful in understanding why things happen the way they do, as […]

While I do agree with Karen in regards to the risk of failure when using the agile method, I believe the benefits outweigh those risks. A means of revision is critical to project success and when one is using the […]

In respect to the Wawa case study, I believe that getting each individual store owner’s buy-in would be the most difficult. It is on their shoulders to make sure their stores are stocked with fresh products and […]

When I am asked to give an estimate regarding how long a task will take me at work, I think about my past experiences. Those past experiences help me to estimate how long the task will take based upon how I […]

You make a good point regarding the myriad of factors that go into selecting a project. One cannot base one’s decision on one or to criteria alone, it must be done using careful analysis of many factors. I agree […]

I agree with Stan, If you have an experienced, competent project manager, the other pieces should fall into order. A good project manager knows to define the scope, analyze the budget, and make a timeline. They […]

It’s too bad Kodak wasn’t the company to pioneer this technology. Perhaps they would still be in business.

The biggest takeaway for me was that ERP are incredibly complex undertakings. They involve hundreds of people, cost millions of dollars, and are very like to fail. With only a 7% success rate, it amazes me that […]

I believe that the development of Watson is very similar to any other information systems project. I think that it was a poor excuse to say that there were no requirements for this project. Even though the […]

If you haven’t already read it, you can find more material regarding Kodak’s fall in a Harvard Publishing article entitled “Kodak and the Digital Revolution (A) “.

I believe that the touchscreen technology would help to serve CVS’s undershot customers. Currently, there is no consumer technology being used within CVS’s pharmacies. Adding a device to speed up the […]

One of the processes that I deal with constantly is driving through an EZ Pass lane. The inputs and outputs are relatively straight forward; the input is my unpaid car and the output is my paid car. However, the […]

I believe that systems thinking is usually the best way to generate positive results when dealing with a complex issue. However, systems thinking may be too complex when trying to resolve simple issues. For […]

Arriving at a consensus was interesting in my group because some of my group members had different assumptions. For example, I made the assumption that the party would be held after the class ended while another […]

It is hard to say what’s the most important takeaway from this class. There were many valuable lessons learned throughout the course. However, if I had to choose one thing it would be learning about SQL. There […]

I believe that digital information goods will be able to collect a continuing stream of revenue however, their means of revenue generation may change over time. Many costumers are getting used to Google’s means […]

Integrating external social data with existing data is difficult due to lack of standardization. Data can come in many different formats and it can be difficult to resolve the discrepancies. For example, a name […]

Several questions would needed to be asked in order to accurately capture sales data: What stores are we looking at, are we looking at a specific area or everywhere, do we have a targeted demographic, which […]