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s.tung

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You are evaluating BI software from a variety of vendors. Identify six elements in the BI environment.
 
  Use your understanding of the importance of these elements to formulate six questions to ask the vendor in order to determine how their software will interplay with your needs.

Question 2

The relationship between users and information systems specialists has traditionally been a problem area for information systems implementation efforts.
 
  Indicate whether the statement is true or false


JCABRERA33

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Reply #1 on: Jul 7, 2018
Answer to Question 1

The six elements are:
1. Data from the business environment. A question for a salesperson is: How does your software integrate with our data?
2. Business intelligence infrastructure. What type of database system does your software use?
3. Business analytics toolset. What tools are included?
4. Managerial users and methods. Our management team uses these metrics. Does your software provide that?
5. Delivery platform: How does your software integrate with our platforms?
6. User interface: What are the elements of your user interface and what delivery methods are usedmobile, social media, web portal, etc.
Student evaluations of which of these are the most important will vary.

Answer to Question 2

TRUE


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