I think the most important take away from this course was the significance of understanding a process because that helps you think of your business from a systems perspective which is useful when trying to get to […]

I think the waterfall model is more at risk to fail since it involves a step by step approach of Conception, Initiation, Analysis, Design (validation), Construction, Testing and Maintenance whereas the agile model […]

Since we chose pharmacy as our scenario, the hardest stakeholder to get on board was pharmacy technicians because either process they have in place, the pharmacy technician has the most work. The change of the […]

When I am asked to give estimates at work, I try to think about the components involved with the project along with the stakeholder who are part of the project. Based on previous experience either in parts of the […]

I think project selection cannot be based on just one or two factors; rather it’s the best combination of many factors like time, scope, cost, benefits (tangible or intangible), risks, etc. Project selection […]

I think poor communication is the most important mistake to avoid because there can be many adverse effects. Whether internal or external there should always be communication to help everyone keep the overall goal […]

I think the most important take away from Barbara was how much dedication is required to be make implementation of an ERP system be among the 7% that are successful. She explained the time line and how many people […]

I think the development of Watson seemed as it was similar to most information system projects. I think in some ways it’s good to have vague requirements and starting point because it really allows the developers […]

I think the self-serve data entry model for CVS would serve both undershot and overshot customers. It would serve the undershot by attracting them with this this type of unique service that other pharmacies might […]

A process that I deal with is depositing cash into an ATM when the bank is closed. It seems a simple and easy process but I do not know what is happening behind the machine. For example, it counts how many bills […]

The possible downsides to a “systems thinking” approach is some people could get too caught up in all of the details that they are not able to get together an overall of picture of what they are trying to improve […]

We arrived at a consensus about the list of assumptions about the party by first going around listing we thought was most important and if it was different from the group’s items we discussed why it was on our […]

It is hard to say what the most important takeaway from the class is because I think the whole course itself was very important. I think the in class activities of ERD, SQL and Pivot Tables really helped because […]

I think Amazon’s Model will succeed due to its flexibility. People always like to have options and favor convenience. Although Apple’s platform strategy is good for having everything in one place, it is not […]

I think Weigend made a great point about even though the technology is changing around, what is more important is how we adapt to those changes made by technological innovations and how they affect our daily life […]

My question was what aged patients visited the ER the most in 2010 for chest pain? Answer was Age 40 and 50.

If I was in charge of Data.gov, I would try to encourage people to make better use of its raw data by thinking of instances where a combination of two or more databases would be required to complete a task. For […]

In both of these articles, the data was the raw numbers from statistical analysis (fielding percentage. Run average, batting average) or steps to perform the procedures since 90% of them followed the same approach. This observed and experimented data was analyzed and converted to information to create a process in order to increase efficiency and [...]

A simple data quality issue I see in my day-to-experience is keeping a phone log. It is important to keep track of the message to be conveyed and whom the call is for and a call back number. Being affiliated with many organizations and media requests it is important for my manager, and my co-workers [...]

A situation where you would need to join the tables is if you wanted to know the type of procedures that were performed at which hospital in which states. You would have to join the procedure table, the hospital table and the state table. This can allow you to see the types of procedures as [...]