Online discussion questions – Feb 11

Published February 11, 2015 | By Min-Seok Pang, Ph.D.

Why does cloud computing enable experiments and facilitate innovation?
Data in the cloud – who owns data? The vendor or the client?
Does open source software have higher quality than closed properietary software. Why or why not?
What would be the examples of “Wisdom of Crowds”?

Week 5 – Cost of IT (I) – class slides and videos

Published February 11, 2015 | By Min-Seok Pang, Ph.D.

Six Main Benefits of Cloud Computing – Amazon.com (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yMJ75k9X5_8#!)

Published February 11, 2015 | By Min-Seok Pang, Ph.D.

Published February 10, 2015 | By Min-Seok Pang, Ph.D.

Please bring a fully-charged laptop to the class on Friday, Feb 13. We will learn how to conduct sensitivity analyses in ROI.

Published February 9, 2015 | By Min-Seok Pang, Ph.D.

On Page 58, it reads “we’ve run closer to 5 to 6 percent of sales on IT spending. Which, by the way, Davies thought wasn’t enough to keep IT assets from degrading over time..” Why does Mr. Davies mean by degrading?
What are the cases in which IT systems need to be maintained?
What are the cases in which news IT systems need to be developed?
What are the examples of IT systems that have high strategic impacts but not operational dependency?
What are the examples of IT systems that have high operational dependence but not strategic impacts?

Published February 9, 2015 | By Min-Seok Pang, Ph.D.

We will discuss these questions in-class on Wed, Feb 11. Do not post comments on this.

When would you buy your own home instead of renting? What are the advantages and disadvantages of buying a house?
What is a cloud computing?
Why did we just discuss about buying vs. renting?
When does it make sense to go to cloud?
Why would a company like to use IaaS such as Amazon Web Services? Why would be the reasons not to use IaaS?
Is Open Source Software really free?
Will the quality of OSS be better than proprietary software?
Which is more secure – open-source or proprietary software?

Published February 6, 2015 | By Min-Seok Pang, Ph.D.

We will discuss these questions in-class on Mon, Feb 9. Do not post comments on this.

Why does an IT system need maintenance? It does not become rusty!
On Page 58 of the textbook, it reads “we’ve run closer to 5 to 6 percent of sales on IT spending. Which, by the way, Davies thought wasn’t enough to keep IT assets from degrading over time..” Why does Mr. Davies mean by degrading?
If it needs to spend money in maintaining IT systems, how much does a company need to spend on it?
What happens with too little spending in maintenance? What happens with too much?
Spending in IT maintenance should depend on what?

Published February 6, 2015 | By Min-Seok Pang, Ph.D.

What would be the intangible (hard-to-quantify) costs with SFO SAFE project (other than what we discussed – training, employee adjustment, work disruption)?
How would you quantify the benefits in reduced security risks from SFO SAFE? How would you put a dollar figure on it?
How would you quantify the benefits in improved service employee training from OTISLINE? How would you put a dollar figure on it?

Published February 4, 2015 | By Min-Seok Pang, Ph.D.

We will discuss these questions in-class on Fri, Feb 6. Do not post comments on this.

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?
What are the intangible (hard-to-quantify) costs? What are the unexpected costs that we need to be mindful?
What are the intangible (hard-to-quantify) benefits?
How would you quantify benefits from increased compliance? Based on what?
How would you quantify benefits from reduced security risks?
What would be the intangible (hard-to-quantify) benefits from OTISLINE? How to categorize them?