A study of decision support systems and applications. Topics include: decision support framework, decision processes, design and development, architecture and networking, web-based DSS, evaluating DSS projects
As a result of our work together in this course, you should:
Week 1
Ch. 1 Supporting Business Decision-Making
Tutorial 1: Using Worksheets to Make Business Decisions
Week 2
Ch. 2 Gaining Competitive Advantage with DSS
Tutorial 2: Creating a Worksheet
Week 3
Ch. 3 Analyzing Business Decision Processes
Tutorial 3: Developing a Professional-Looking Worksheet
Week 4
Ch. 3 Analyzing Business Decision Processes
Tutorial 4: Creating Charts
Week 5
Ch. 4 Designing and Developing DSS
Week 6
Review Power DSS Chs. 1-4
Week 7
Ch. 5 Designing and Evaluating DSS User Interfaces
Tutorial 7: Developing an Excel Application
Week 8
Ch. 6 Evaluating DSS Architecture, Networking and Security Issues
Tutorial 11: Importing Data into Excel
Week 9
Ch. 7 Implementing Communications-Driven and Group DSS
Tutorial: Using Microsoft Netmeeting for Decision Support
Week 10
Ch. 8 Building Data and Document-Driven DSS
Tutorial 5: Working with Excel Lists
Appendix 2: Using Data Maps
Week 11 & 12
Review Power DSS Chs. 5-8
Week 13
Ch. 9 Building Knowledge-Driven DSS and Mining Data
Tutorial 9: Data Tables and Scenario Management
Week 14
Ch. 10 Building Model-Driven DSS
Tutorial 10: Using Solver for Complex Problems
Week 15
Final Trem
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