Week 05 – Business Value of IT (I)
Online discussion questions – Oct 3
- How would you quantify the benefits in reduced security risks and improved security compliance from SFO SAFE? How would you put a dollar figure on it?
- How would you quantify the benefits in improved service from OTISLINE? How would you put a dollar figure on it?
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)
Week 05 – SFO Analysis (solution with sensitive analyses)
BRING A LAPTOP on Oct 3 class
Next week, we will learn how to calculate returns on IT investments with Excel. Please bring a laptop on Oct 3.
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?
Week 5 – San Francisco Airport – Brief Guideline
- Why is San Francisco Airport considering to upgrade its security system?
- What are the problems and risks in SFO’s current security infrastructure and processes?
- How does Ms. Dickie try to justify the investments into the new security system?