Information Technology for Business - Desklib

Running head: IT FOR BUSINESS
Information technology for business
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Table of Contents
Discussion Activity 1.................................................................................................................2
Discussion Activity 2.................................................................................................................3
Discussion Activity 3.................................................................................................................5
Discussion Activity 4.................................................................................................................6
Discussion Activity 5.................................................................................................................8
References................................................................................................................................10

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Discussion Activity 1
Question 1
Answer: This statement is inadequate as an information system comprises of various
other things as well like telecommunications, human resources, procedures, data warehouses
and several databases (Laudon and Laudon 2015). With all these components, when
computer software and hardware is added, it is known as an information system.
Question 2
Answer: A problem can be defined as any particular situation or matter that is
regarded as harmful or unwelcome and should dealt to overcome.
The most significant example of business problem is data security and privacy.
Computer based information system helps to increase the data security by providing
secured location of data storage and data manipulation (Galliers and Leidner 2014).
Question 3
Answer: Yes an off the shelf computer program can be utilized as strategic
information system as the off the shelf computer program provides training, support,
development influence, price, software updates as well as upgrades, fitness for purpose, trials,
ownership to its clients. These advantages are also present in strategic information system.
Question 4
Answer: The strategic information system offers corporation short lived advantages
often because of the fact that the competitors solely imitate the leader and thus the advantage

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finishes or diminishes (Pearlson, Saunders and Galletta 2016). This is the one and only
reason.
Question 5
Answer: Adobe encourages the PC users for downloading the Flash Player and
Acrobat Reader completely free of cost. Strategically, it helps the Adobe as both of the
products belong to it and applying anything on these two products is never free of cost
(Davies, Dean and Ball 2013). Thus, Adobe is making money indirectly.
If they give the application away, their generosity would help them to make money by
the software itself. After few months of usage, the software has to be upgraded and they can
easily make money from that.
Discussion Activity 2
Question 1
Answer: The main advantage of agile over waterfall model is that it does not a
sequence of processes throughout the project execution. It is very fast and effective (Rainer et
al. 2013). The deliverable of the project is produced as well as accepted incrementally within
short iterations. This is absent in waterfall model.
The main risks of agile model involve lack of documentation makes the new members
of the project difficult to understand. The next risk is that it requires more cost and time and
hence often it crosses budget.
Question 2