MIS 5402 – Prof. Min-Seok Pang

Session #1- 3– Value and Cost of IT – In-Class Discussion Questions

  • How much do you think Otis has spent in Otisline and e*Logistics? How can we justify such a large amount of investments?
  • What are the business benefits of Otisline?
  • Who provides the IT budget at IVK? On what basis do the business units at IVK pay for IT?
  • Why had Mr. Davies, the former CIO, have to set up “slush funds”? How did he secure the slash funds?
  • Why is Mr. John Cho requesting an immediate funding on IT security? Why has the request for IT security funding kept being denied?
  • Do you know why there is no group assignment in this course?
  • What does Maggie, Mr. Barton’s girlfriend/consultant, mean by “one neck in the noose”?
  • How would you evaluate the IT funding process at VWoA? Is it better than the current process at IVK? How?