CIS 310 Lecture 1: Chapter One Lecture
16 Sep 2016
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Moores law: transistors amount doubles each 18 months. Metcalfe s law: network value equal to the square of users connected to it (microsoft word) most users. Word is better than a free thing because more people use it. Mis teaches to assess, evaluate, and apply tech to business. Abstract reason: ability to make and manipulate models (there is a certain way you must do things) Systems thinking: talk to every dept. in company. Ability to experiment: make analysis of an opportunity, develop possible solutions. Goal of mis: help business to achieve goals by using is informationtech: products, methods, inventions, standards. Cannot buy is, you can rent and lease. Amount of work being moved from people to comp (high tech vs. , low tech) Scope: how big of an investment into the system. People are the most difficult comp in is. Information: knowledge from data, meaningful context, processed data, makes a difference.
