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Information Systems
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Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. The situation in which a company's current and emerging business strategy is enabled - supported - and unconstrained by technology
information resources
Long- term relationships with software vendors
alignment
managerial levers
2. Service- oriented architecture
business process reengineering (BPR)
most widely used enterprise system
SOA
Long- term relationships with software vendors
3. Allows functional areas of an organization to share information easily
major benefit of an enterprise system
WOA
organizational strategy
focus
4. Interrelated set of activities and tasks that turns inputs into outputs
IS strategy triangle
What enterprise systems need to be integrated with
process
characteristics of a business process
5. Enterprise systems reflect industry best practices for generic business processes
best practices (characteristic of ES)
unlimited resources model
business process reengineering (BPR)
F.O.A.M.A.
6. For changes in organizational structure - expensive - risky
business process management (BPM) systems
Long- term relationships with software vendors
disadvantages of enterprise system
F.O.A.M.A.
7. Strategy --> architecture --> infrastructure
architecture
client
SCM
general process for developing is...
8. Hardware - software - professional services - internal staff costs
three major categories of IT capabilities
components of the high cost of enterprise systems
mission
ES
9. Integration - packages - best practices - some assembly required - evolving
network effects
F.O.A.M.A.
when information strategy changes
characteristics of enterprise systems
10. Total quality management
TQM
network effects
value chain framework
client
11. Enterprise systems usually require...
configurations for IT architecture
layers of enterprise architecture
Long- term relationships with software vendors
mission
12. Incremental approach to changing business processes (a management program that seeks to improve the quality of process outputs by identifying and removing the causes of defects and variation in the various processes.)
major disadvantage of an enterprise system
TOGAF
six sigma
more specific sub- steps in process from strategy to architecture to infrastructure
13. Clear and compelling statement of organization's purpose and what makes it unique
characteristics of a business process
mission
IT asset
factors influencing value sustainability
14. Framework for understanding the design of an organization; links together business processes - values & beliefs - management control systems - and tasks & structures
SCM
Porter's 5 Forces
information resources can either be..
business diamond
15. Comprehensive software packages that incorporate all modules needed to run the operations of a business
Ring and Van de Ven's stages of a strategic alliance
Decision
supply chain management (SCM)
enterprise resource planning
16. Fewer steps - fewer branches - fewer loops - and fewer decisions
resource- based view
WOA
total quality management (TQM)
more efficient processes have
17. Negotiation - commitment - execution - assessment
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18. Uses a large central computer that handles all the functionality of the system; common in legacy systems
more efficient processes have
IS strategy
mainframe architecture
IT capability
19. When all the activities are in a predetermined order (not when steps vary in a process)
when business process management systems are most useful
complementor
focus
BPM
20. Mainframe - client/server - SOA - P2P - WOA
middleware...
mission
configurations for IT architecture
halo effect
21. Strategy where companies cooperate and compete at the same time with companies in its value net
information resources can either be..
IS strategy triangle
IT asset
co-oopetition
22. Anything that can be used by a firm in its processes for creating - producing - and/or offering its products
shared services
IT asset
resource- based view
enterprise systems
23. Web- oriented architecture
WOA
more efficient processes have
Service - process
characteristics of a business process
24. Coordinated set of actions to fulfill objectives - purposes - and goals
strategy
what ERPs help companies do
organizational strategy
Endpoint
25. Strategy where organization aims to be the lowest- cost producer in the marketplace
cost leadership
F.O.A.M.A.
TOGAF
value chain
26. An IT capability makes it possible for the firm to use its IT assets effectively
Information Systems (IS)
major benefit of an enterprise system
relationship between coopetition and strategic alliance
IT asset vs. capability
27. R/3 (made by SAP)
most widely used enterprise system
disadvantages of enterprise system
shared services
characteristics of a business process
28. Because they are complex and usually need continual modification to meet the organizations needs
configurations for IT architecture
most widely used enterprise system
characteristics of enterprise systems
why enterprise systems tie a company to a vendor
29. Firms achieve competitive advantage through cost leadership - differentiation - or focus
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30. Centralization (because they focus on integration)
characteristics of enterprise systems
organizational change management
enterprise systems are useful for this sort of organizational structure
risks associated with using information systems to gain strategic advantage
31. Company who offers a complementary product (e.g. milk complements cereal)
characteristics of enterprise systems
difference between a process and a service
value net
complementor
32. Supply chain management
major disadvantage of an enterprise system
Task
SCM
enterprise systems are useful for this sort of organizational structure
33. Activities designed to learn more about customers' needs and behaviors to develop stronger relationships with them and enhance their value chains
alignment
BPM
characteristics of a business process
customer relationship management (CRM)
34. Speed and aggressive moves and coutermoves by a firm create competitive advantages
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35. An organization's hardware - operating systems - databases - telecommunications - legacy systems
What enterprise systems need to be integrated with
mainframe architecture
co-oopetition
IS strategy
36. Improves the way a company finds raw components it needs to make a product or service - manufactures that product or service - and delivers it to customers
WOA
relationship between coopetition and strategic alliance
disadvantages of enterprise system
supply chain management (SCM)
37. Inputs/outputs - tasks - decisions - metrics - 'swim lanes'
BPR
hypercompetition
characteristics of a business process
network effects
38. On a process flow diagram - a diamond represents a...
three major categories of IT capabilities
Decision
D'aveni's model
BPR
39. Inter- organizational relationship that affords one or more companies in the relationship a strategic advantage
client
competitive advantage
architecture
strategic alliance
40. Threat of new entrants - bargaining power of buyers - threat of substitute products or services - bargaining power of suppliers - rivalry among existing competitors
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41. Businesses have to conform to the system - sometimes have to redesign processes to fit system
major disadvantage of an enterprise system
supply chain management (SCM)
the business triangle
TOGAF
42. Strategy to goals to business requirements to architecture requirements to architecture to functional specifications to infrastructure specifications (hardware - software - data...)
BPR
more specific sub- steps in process from strategy to architecture to infrastructure
factors influencing value sustainability
differentiation
43. Strategy where organization qualifies its product or service in a way that allows it to appear unique in the marketplace
managerial levers
IS strategy triangle
infrastructure
differentiation
44. The unique set of features of a company and its products that are perceived by the target market as significant and superior to the competition
managerial levers
competitive advantage
mainframe architecture
characteristics of enterprise systems
45. The plan an organization uses in providing information services
unlimited resources model
when information strategy changes
IS strategy
network effects
46. Processes make services possible; processes have inputs and outputs - while service is a cycle (ongoing)
business diamond
BPM
difference between a process and a service
general process for developing is...
47. Inputs/outputs and tasks
client/server
BPR
two essential characteristics of a business process
value chain
48. Processes are horizontal across a corporation - many functional areas of the business will be involved in a process; functions are vertical silos in an organization (e.g. finance - operations - accounting - marketing - administration)
more efficient processes have
processes vs. functions
organizational strategy
information
49. Manage fragmentation of information across an organization
resource- based view
architecture
what ERPs help companies do
layers of enterprise architecture
50. Business process management
IT asset vs. capability
Porter's 5 Forces
total quality management (TQM)
BPM
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