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Information Systems

Subjects : engineering, it-skills
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1. The value of a network node to a person or organization in a network increases when others join the network






2. Includes a company - its competitors - complementors - customers - suppliers






3. Building components of software in a modular way; an architecture where business processes are built on a network - different parts of business functionality reside on different parts of the network - the parts can be combined and reused to create ap






4. Highlights how IS add value to the primary and support activities of a firm's internal operations - customers - and supply chain






5. Inputs/outputs and tasks






6. Coordinated set of actions to fulfill objectives - purposes - and goals






7. Software program that requests and receives data and instructions from another






8. Strategy --> architecture --> infrastructure






9. Comprehensive software packages that incorporate all modules needed to run the operations of a business






10. Business strategy should not be affected because it is at a more abstract level






11. Says competition stems from lowering the cost to perform activities and adding value so buyers will pay more






12. Enterprise systems reflect industry best practices for generic business processes






13. Suggests that speed and aggressiveness of the moves and countermoves create an environment in which advantages are rapidly created and eroded






14. Relates business strategy with IS and organizational strategy; business strategy at the top - organizational and information strategy at the base






15. Tries to minimize risks and maximize benefits of change in an organization






16. Technical skills - IT management skills - relationship skills






17. Business process re- engineering






18. Customer relationship management






19. Self- contained functional units






20. 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.)






21. Strategy where organization limits its scope to a market segment and tailors its offerings to that group of customers using either cost or differentiation






22. Integration - packages - best practices - some assembly required - evolving






23. Includes business - organizational - and information strategy; business strategy is at the top of the triangle because it guides the others






24. Peer- to- peer






25. Processes make services possible; processes have inputs and outputs - while service is a cycle (ongoing)






26. The basic human tendency to make specific inferences on the basis of a general impression (EX: assuming that because a business is successful - it has good management-- ignoring other forces at work)






27. Strategy to goals to business requirements to architecture requirements to architecture to functional specifications to infrastructure specifications (hardware - software - data...)






28. Fewer steps - fewer branches - fewer loops - and fewer decisions






29. Translates strategy into infrastructure - creating plans for the implementation






30. Company who offers a complementary product (e.g. milk complements cereal)






31. Description of goals of an organization - how these goals are realized by business processes - and how these business processes can be better served through technology






32. Inputs/outputs - tasks - decisions - metrics - 'swim lanes'






33. Includes data - technology - people - and processes






34. Hardware - software - professional services - internal staff costs






35. Inter- organizational relationship that affords one or more companies in the relationship a strategic advantage






36. The open group architectural framework; designed to translate strategy into architecture and then into a detailed infrastructure using standardized Architecture Development Methodology






37. Data in context (i.e. with relevance and purpose)






38. Negotiation - commitment - execution - assessment

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39. Utilizes a large base of resources that allows organization to outlast competitors by practicing a differentiation strategy






40. Because they are complex and usually need continual modification to meet the organizations needs






41. Supply chain management






42. Enterprise resource planning






43. Resource- based focuses on internal factors in an organization - focused on external factors in the industry

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44. Software used to connect processes in one or more computers across a network






45. Web- oriented architecture






46. Includes organization's design and the choices it makes to define - set up - coordinate - and control its work processes






47. On a process flow diagram - a square represents a...






48. Infrastructure - information - applications - processes - strategy






49. Total quality management






50. Interrelated set of activities and tasks that turns inputs into outputs