Information Technology Investment: Decision-Making Methodology
- 5h 36m
- Ashlyn M. Schniederjans, Jamie L. Hamaker, Marc J. Schniederjans
- World Scientific Publishing Co
- 2004
From the individual to the largest organization, everyone today has to make investments in information technology. Making a good investment that will best satisfy all the necessary decision criteria requires a careful and inclusive analysis. Information Technology Investment: Decision-Making Methodology is a textbook that will provide the understanding of methodologies available to aid in this area of complex, multi-criterion decision-making. It presents a detailed, step-by-step set of procedures and methodologies that readers can use immediately to improve their IT investment decision-making. Unique to this textbook are both financial investment models and more complex decision-making models from management science, so users can extend the analysis benefits to confirm and enhance the ideal IT investment choices.
In this Book
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Introduction to Information Technology Investment Decision-Making Methodology
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Needs Analysis and Alternative Information Technology Investment Strategies
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Measuring Information Technology Performance
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Basic Financial Methods
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Other Financial Methodologies
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Cost/Benefit Analysis
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Critical Success Factors, Delphi Method and the Balanced Scorecard Method
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Multi-Factor Scoring Methods and the Analytic Hierarchy Process
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Decision Analysis and Multi-Objective Programming Methods
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Benchmarking Techniques and Game Theory
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Investment Portfolio Methodologies
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Value Analysis and Benefit/Risk Methodologies
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Epilogue—The Costs of Not Making the Right Information Technology Decision (and Strategies on How to Avoid Them)