MIS 3534 – Prof. Min-Seok Pang

Week 05 – Business Value of IT (I)

Week 5 – Business Value of IT – class slides and videos (UPDATE)

Week 05 – Business Value of IT (color).pdf

Week 05 – Business Value of IT (bw).pdf

Man Arrested After Major Security Breach – ABC San Diego (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MBtTa0WN0J8)

Hundreds of ID Badges Missing from Airport – NBC News (http://www.nbcnews.com/nightly-news/video/hundreds-of-id-badges-have-gone-missing-from-atlanta-airport-411284547700)

Need to a volunteer to explain the ROI concepts (a waiver for one brief)

I am looking for a volunteer who can explain the concepts of return-on-investments (ROI) for Oct 3rd. She/he will explain how to calculate net present value (NPV), internal rate of returns (IRR), and a backpack period.

The volunteer will be given participation points and a waiver for one reading brief. Please email me (minspang@temple.edu) to come forward!

In-class discussion questions – Week 5 (Oct 3)

  • How can we justify a large amount of investments in e*Logistics or Common Digital Platform?
  • Why is security a concern at an airport?
  • Which individuals should an airport manage for security?
  • Which information does a security system have to maintain? Which process does the security system have to handle?
  • What are the risks from the current manual, inefficient processes in managing airport employee credentials?
  • What could be the WORST-CASE scenarios from a security failure at SFO?
  • What is your recommendation for SAFE Project at SFO? Go or no go? How certain are you? Are you certain that everything will pan out as predicted?
  • Which assumption or prediction is most sensitive (critical)?
  • What are the problems with the ROI analysis we just did? What does this fail to account for?