Journal of Systems Management articles from April 1994

Journal of Systems Management archives from April 1994

American companies exploring networks in Europe: alternatives, challenges & recent advances. (Cutting Edge)
April 1, 1994... Global networking has become an operational necessity for conducting business. This article focuses on the factors to consider when developing a global network, the alternatives available, the limitations that can be present, and the current...

Confidently outsourcing software development. (IS Management)
April 1, 1994... Whereas the package buyer can see and evaluate the package in action, the buyer of development services generally has no sure way to tell what the developer's output really will be, which can destroy their confidence in their choice of a...

Design & implementation issues for a banking decision support system. (IS Management)
April 1, 1994... This article presents an overview of a Decision Support System (DSS) that assists managers of a large commercial bank in the establishment of prices (interest rates) for a money market deposit account (MMDA). The system employs a series of...

Elusive quality estimates. (controlling cost estimates in information systems development) (System Notes) (Column)
April 1, 1994... I wish you could have been with me the past few weeks as I've talked with Information Systems people in some of our largest corporations. I've attempted to find from each of them what percentage of IS projects are delivered on time. The answer...

Servers (vs. clients) (Client/Server Strategies column) (Tutorial)
April 1, 1994... Last month we talked about clients. Now, let's talk about servers. Servers are the computers which do their jobs behind the scenes in a Client/Server environment. There are as many categories of servers as there are applications, as many...

An investigation of guidelines for selecting a prototyping strategy. (Techniques)
April 1, 1994... An information system prototype is a model of a system. Prototypes can be built with the intention of discarding them after they are no longer needed (expendable prototype) or they become part of the final operation system (evolutionary...

Using activity-based costing in your organization - part 2. (IS Management)
April 1, 1994... In part one, activity-based management (ABM) and activity-based costing (ABC) were described as effective cost management tools that could be used by IS managers. Until recently, most activity-based costing applications have focused on...

The human side of retooling. (Retooling) (Column)
April 1, 1994... As organizations flatten, technology increases, and systems get more automated, the skills required to be an effective member of the IS team are changing. Yesterday one could learn the trade and work his/her way up from junior programmer to...