Managing and Using Information System

Index

A

Abbott, Pamela, 278n

Accessibility, 365–367

Accuracy, 364–365

Acharya, Parul, 97n

Activity-based costing (ABC), 226–227

Activity streams, 113

Adaptability, 187–188

Agarwal, S., 84n

Agile business processes, 142–143

Agile development, 306–308

Crystal, 306

Dynamic System Development Method (DSDM), 306–307

Feature-Driven Development, 306

Rapid Application Development (RAD), 306

Scrum, 306

XP (Extreme Programming), 306

Allocation funding method, 224–225

complaints about, 224–225

Amazon.com, 2, 26

American LaFrance (ALF), 159

Analytical capabilities maturity levels, 342

Andrews, Lori, 360n, 363

Angwin, Jula, 361n

Appian BPM product, 147–148

Applegate, L., 264n, 312n

Applegate, L. M., 83n

Applications, 172

Archetypes, IT governance, 242, 244

Architecture, 18, 167–196

architectural principles, 180

basic components to be considered, 172

building vs. IT, 168

capacity-on-demand, 177

cloud computing, 183–185

common configurations of architecture, 173

enterprise architecture (EA), 180–183

existing architecture, understanding, 185–186

financial issues, assessing, 190–192

leap from strategy to architecture to infrastructure, 170–177

manager's role, 169–170

‘One-VA’ architecture, 176

strategic timeframe, assessing, 186–187

technical issues, assessing, 187–188

virtualization, 183–185

from vision to implementation, 168–170

Web-based architectures, 176

Ashford, Warwick, 237n

Assumptions, ...