Computer Science 1032A/B Study Guide - Business Process, Information System, Decision-Making

• School: Western University
• Department: Computer Science
• Course: Computer Science 1032A/B
• Professor: Diane Goldstein

Document Summary

Transform: resources and information of one type into another. Facts or figures: collected, recorded, stored, processed. Data organized and processed to provide meaning. Data processed by summing, ordering, averaging, grouping, comparing. Good information: accurate, timely, relevant to context and subject. Business processes generate information: bringing together items of data in a context, at a higher level useful for management and strategy decisions. Payment transforms quantityrecieved and shippinginvoice into paymenttosupplier. Is used by activities: several activities may use one system, activity may have its own system, activity may use several systems. Relationship of activities to is determined by system designers during systems development. Data is an important part of any is. Is supports decision: providing the information (the raw material) to make decisions. Dimensions of decision making: decision level operational, managerial, strategic, decision process structured, unstructured. Transactions events that generate or modify data. How many individuals to assign to a project. Provides access to internal and external information.