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Amanda M Rossetti wrote a new post on the site MIS4596 – Section 3 Spring 2015 9 years, 8 months ago
Going global: Is it time to streamline your ERP?
Today in class we discussed the difference between IT many years ago and today where years ago in order to include IT in your business you needed to spend a lot of […] -
Amanda M Rossetti wrote a new post on the site MIS4596 – Section 3 Spring 2015 9 years, 9 months ago
New Project Proposal
Name of the Organization: Prestige Worldwide
Project Title: Ingredient List Decoder
Project Overview: Our project is to create an app that will help users avoid ingredients or chemicals in products they are using such as allergens. The app will suggest alternative products that do not contain ingredients they wish to avoid.
Project Timeframe: January 20th 2015 – May 4th 2015
Prepared by: Jacklin Altman, Dominic Lyate, Brittany Cougle, Arren Soroko, Amanda RossettiProject Summary
Ingredient lists are complex and hard to read and some are incomplete. People with allergies or have chosen to avoid certain ingredients need a quick and easy way to decipher if the product they are safe for them to use. Our app will fill this gap though allowing users to enter in ingredients and chemicals they wish to avoid. Users then enter or scan the barcode of the product they are looking at and the app will tell the user if the product contains anything they wish to avoid. If it does have ingredients the user does to want the app will then suggest substitute products that are similar but do not contain anything the user is avoiding. Users can use the app to purchase these products and have them shipped to their door.
Project ObjectivesApplication should store user data on what ingredients and chemicals they are avoiding
Application should be able to scan barcodes and search for manually entered products
Application should be able to notify users if the product contains ingredients or chemicals they wish to avoid
Application should suggest alternative products when searching
Application should interface with major online retailers (such as Amazon, Walmart, Target etc) where it will allow users to purchase suggested products through the applicationProject Deliverables
Project Proposal
Contains summary of the project
Contact information for all involved
A background of the problem that our application is going to solve
Objectives for proposed app
List of deliverablesWeekly Progress Reports
States the work performed to date
States what still is in the worksList of Stakeholders
List of people who are directly affected by the project
Budget
States how much money will be allocated for the project
Work Breakdown Structure
An incremental decomposition of the project into phases, deliverables and work packages
Risk Management Plan
Foresees risks, estimate impacts, and define responses to issues
Communications Plan
Describes communication channels between stakeholders involved in project
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Amanda M Rossetti and Dominic P Lyate are now friends 9 years, 9 months ago
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Amanda M Rossetti and Brittany M Cougle are now friends 9 years, 9 months ago
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Jacklin Altman wrote a new post on the site MIS4596 – Section 3 Spring 2015 9 years, 9 months ago
In class we talked about being innovative versus being creative. An article I read cites Shawn Hunter, author of “Out Think: How Innovative Leaders Drive Exceptional Outcomes,” who discerns the two as follows:
“Creativity is the capability or act of conceiving something original or unusual while innovation is the implementation or creation of something new that has realized value for others.”
The article goes on to discuss how creativity does not necessarily mean innovation, though it can lead to it. In a brainstorming session where ideas are flying around, that’s creativity. It isn’t until some value-driving idea is actually implemented that innovation sets in.
Shawn Hunter also chastises businesses for trying to create creativity on demand, by forcing employees into brainstorming sessions instead of focusing on building innovative processes and products. He claims that innovation doesn’t have to be the next big thing, it can simply be a tweak to a current process that makes the business operate better. He also states that it’s crucial that a business and its entire culture do everything possible to foster innovation in the workplace. The article cites the creation of the Starbucks Frappuccino as an example of innovation. Originally, the idea was rejected by company leaders. It wasn’t until the product was quietly made and sold to customers that it became a hit and was officially introduced into the product line.
Do you think that innovation and creativity necessarily need to go hand in hand? Can one exist without the other? Can one be successful without the other? In your experiences in the workplace, does management tend to focus more on innovation or creativity?
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Innovation and creativity do not necessarily need to go hand and hand. Businesses should definitely make sure that they find their proper balance of innovation and creativity because both are needed in order to be successful. However, every business has to make sure that they set themselves apart by focusing on its strengths in comparison to its competitors. Some businesses are better at being innovative than others, while some businesses are better with creativity. If a business is not great at being innovative and its competitors are and they have the same level of emphasis on innovation, the business that is not as innovative will sink. The same is true for creativity.
Creativity can definitely exist without innovation and vice versa. New ideas can be generated everyday but it does not necessarily mean that the business is going to implement it. A company can implement something new that its competitors already have implemented before them, which lacks creativity. In my experience, management focuses more on implementation than creativity because management seems to favor some people’s ideas more than others. However, management does focus on tweaking existing processes to find ways to do things better for everyone, which is the innovation piece.
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I believe that creativity and innovation are two separate entities. Creativity is more of an art approach to something. It uses design to catch the eye of a consumer. Creativity makes a product beautiful or more attractive. Innovation is more developing a new method of doing something that no one has thought of yet. When I think of innovation it is simple, yet extremely useful.
Both creativity and innovation go hand in hand. Although able to stand alone, both are best used when put together. With a mix of the two, the creation of a new product or idea can far surpass any standard that already exists. For example, when designing a new car. If the engine is a new innovative idea, a consumer may not see the innovation without a creative outside design. Creativity and innovation should be intricately intertwined to create outstanding ideas.
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Using the article’s definition of creativity and innovation I would say creativity can exist without innovation but innovation needs creativity. Someone can come up with many creative ideas but without action they remain that, ideas. Also, not every creative idea is innovative. I usually think of innovative ideas as not just implemented, but somewhat successful. I don’t believe people would call an idea that caused a business to go out of business innovative, but it could have been creative.
I think an issue with being innovative businesses have is trying to force it as he discusses. When you sit a group of people in a room and say, ok innovate, you get people so focused on coming up with a new, innovative solution that they do not come up with any innovations at all. I agree with Shawn Hunter that brainstorming sessions are not always the best strategy to trying to employ when trying to think of a solution. I sat in many brainstorming sessions as an intern where the person running the session did not employ the best practices we discusses in class and all they led to was awkward silence and no solutions. When you put so much pressure on people to be creative or innovative they will self edit before they say anything.
In my experience management looks for innovation because they want actionable ideas. The next question after ‘we could do ____’ is always ‘how would we do that’. They also tend to dismiss the idea if you don’t at least have a starting point.
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Amanda M Rossetti and Arren Soroko are now friends 9 years, 9 months ago
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Jacklin Altman and Amanda M Rossetti are now friends 9 years, 9 months ago
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Jacklin Altman and Brittany M Cougle are now friends 9 years, 9 months ago
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Jacklin Altman and Arren Soroko are now friends 9 years, 9 months ago
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Jacklin Altman and Dominic P Lyate are now friends 9 years, 9 months ago
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Brittany M Cougle's profile was updated 9 years, 9 months ago
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Arren Soroko wrote a new post on the site Arren Soroko 9 years, 10 months ago
The project has come to an end. All of our documents are pretty much finished and we are just working on collaborating with what we think should go into our final binder. The BA’s presentation went fairly well […]
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Arren Soroko wrote a new post on the site Arren Soroko 9 years, 11 months ago
We met with our group last week and focused on the prototype. Our BA’s went to Flanagan and talked to him about the prototype and the direction that he thinks it should take. A big part of last Friday’s meeting […]
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Arren Soroko wrote a new post on the site Arren Soroko 9 years, 11 months ago
This week has been a pretty successful week so far. On Wednesday me and john were working on Microsoft Project trying to get our WBS and Budget and such worked out and to our surprise, it was fairly successful. We […]
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Arren Soroko wrote a new post on the site Arren Soroko 9 years, 11 months ago
Our project is on track and going pretty well for right now. All of our work is being completed and done fairly well. Our BA’s first draft for the prototype was very good for a place to start. Urgency is starting […]
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Arren Soroko wrote a new post on the site MIS 3535 Team 3's Blog 9 years, 12 months ago
This week the PM’s decided that it would be best to meet with the group twice this week considering that we had to skip our meeting last week. We went over the scope document again because the BA’s haven’t put any […]
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Arren Soroko wrote a new post on the site Arren Soroko 10 years ago
This week, our team of PM’s produced an Organizational Chart, RACI Chart, and a list of Stakeholders. We are all in the process of making changes proposed by our fellow classmates last class to improve the overall […]
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Arren Soroko wrote a new post on the site Arren Soroko 10 years ago
Today we are meeting with the BA’s to look over their graded scope and offer help on how to fix what Rich did not like. The BA’s justinmind extra credit was due Wednesday, so we are going to discuss how they felt […]
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Arren Soroko wrote a new post on the site Arren Soroko 10 years ago
The one thing that we managed to do this week that worked was we found one day a week that everyone is always free to meet and talk about whatever me need to talk about. Another thing we tried is focusing on just […]
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Arren Soroko wrote a new post on the site Arren Soroko 10 years ago
The team has been doing ok so far. There has been a lack of urgency on the BA’s parts and it has become a little frustrating. Myself and the other PM’s have been trying to get the point across that this class will […]
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I do not think that a single ERP for a multi-national company is the best approach because a multi-national company has a different set of business needs for each of its locations as well as a different set of regulations. Also, I think that it is safer for a multi-national company to have multiple ERP systems because it is important for multi-national companies to have a back-up system in case one system fails. The benefits of having a single ERP system are that it is less maintenance involved, system upgrades won’t take as long, taxation is easier to deal with, and it helps the business standardize itself. The downfalls of having a single ERP system are that the company only has one system to rely on, downtime, and the potential to lose customers if the system losses important information due to a crash. I think an organization should implement a global ERP system when a company has duplicate ERP systems and resources in more than one country, the company is resorting to manually reconciling financial and accounting information, and if the company is struggling with multiple taxation and legal environments.