Introduction to Information Systems or Winning with Software

Introduction to Information Systems: Supporting and Transforming Business

Author: Efraim Turban

Live IT!

Information technology lives all around us--in how we communicate, how we do business, how we shop, how we learn, even how we register for classes. Smart phones, iPods, PDAs, and wireless devices dominate our lives, and yet it's all too easy to take information technology for granted.

Now, Rainer, Turban, and Potter's Introduction to Information Systems helps make information technology come alive in the classroom. This text takes students where IT lives--in today's businesses and in our daily lives--and helps them understand how valuable information technology is to their future careers. Throughout, the text connects IT to accounting, finance, marketing, human resources, and operations, so students can discover how critical IT is to each functional area and every business.

Technology to help students reach their full potential WileyPLUS provides everything needed to create an environment where students can reach their full potential and experience the exhilaration of academic success.

With WileyPLUS, students can:
* Interact with engaging activities for each chapter, including simulations and animations that help them visualize IT processes.
* Develop IT solutions for a simulated music venue called Club IT.
* Come to class better prepared for lectures.
* Get immediate feedback and context-sensitive help on assignments and quizzes.
* Access a suite of learning resources, including a complete online version of the text.

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Aiming to teach undergraduate business majors how to use information technology (IT) to the benefit of their future organizations, this textbook covers IT infrastructure, IT applications, and system development and management. Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)

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Winning with Software: An Executive Strategy

Author: Watts S Humphrey

"Every senior executive needs to read this book."
--Robert Musson, Vice President, Business Strategy Cenus Technologies

"An informative book for any business person (not just technologists) who has ever been associated or involved with a software development effort and thought 'There must be a better way!' Watts has provided that better way--the PSP/TSP, and a great book."
--Roy Kinkaid, Head of Continuous Improvement and Software Quality Assurance, EBS Dealing Resources

Watts Humphrey is the well-known author of methods and models widely used by organizations, teams, and individuals to improve the efficiency and effectiveness of software development. In Winning with Software he shows corporate executives and senior managers why software is both a business problem and a business opportunity.

"This book is extremely well written and targets the right audience. I plan to buy a copy for each of my executives."
--Kevin J. Berk, Director, Process Improvement, Total Quality Systems

Humphrey, drawing on his own extensive executive and management experience, first demonstrates the critical importance of software to nearly every business, large and small. He then outlines seven steps needed to gain control of a software operation and transform it into a professional, businesslike engineering function. Failure to recognize the importance of software, and to take charge of its development process, invites the risk of damaging the entire business. By contrast, Humphrey relates the substantial benefits real organizations have obtained from such awareness and control. He concludes with an analysis of the impressivefinancial returns the recommended transformations typically yield.

"This is a great book that will play a valuable role. It has excellent anecdotes that illustrate the points being made, as well as good examples depicting the problems faced by teams and managers. I look forward to sharing it with my colleagues."
--Steven Sliwa, President and CEO, Insitu Group, Inc., and former President of Embry-Riddle University

"The logical approach, the high level explanations, and the application of real-life experiences make the book not only credible but easily understood. If a large number of CEOs don't at least try out the book's concepts, I will be greatly surprised."
--David Webb, Software Engineering Project Manager, Hill Air Force Base

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Mellon worked for 27 years at IBM, and has written several books on the software development process and software process improvement. He presents this book for senior executives who have profit responsibility and direct control of their company's resources, and who want to improve the business performance of their software groups. Coverage includes the impact of software on businesses; the potential for software to be a powerful business asset, as opposed to a threat; some of the most common software problems and their causes; and the steps an executive can take to assume control of a software operation and transform it into a professional, businesslike engineering function. Written with a business slant, but containing a minimum of technical jargon. Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)

Table of Contents:

	Preface
Ch. 1	Every Business Is a Software Business	1
Ch. 2	Why Projects Fail	15
Ch. 3	Rational Management	29
Ch. 4	Why Quality Pays	41
Ch. 5	Leadership Goals	51
Ch. 6	Changing Engineering Behavior	65
Ch. 7	Building Motivated Teams	77
Ch. 8	The Benefits of Teamwork	91
Ch. 9	Next Steps	105
App. A	The TSP Process	115
App. B	Launching a TSP Project	123
App. C	Reviewing a Project Plan	133
App. D	The Quarterly Project Review	157
App. E	The Standard-Stage Review	177
App. F	Return on Investment	197
	Index	213
	For Additional Information	231