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Questions for Web Case
Furukawa cites visibility as critical to the project's suc-
cess. The team was quick to get scientists working on the
supercomputer as soon as it was ready. As scientists and their
projects benefited from the system, word of the success
spread quickly. "Keeping the project on schedule and within
budget really added to the success and credibility," says
Clayton Kau, vice president and general manager of Northrop
Grumman's space and defense products division.
See the Web site for this topic to read about the Whitmann
Price Consulting case for this chapter. Following are ques-
tions concerning this Web case.
Whitmann Price Consulting: Systems Design, Imple-
mentation, Maintenance, and Review Considerations
Discussion Questions
1.
Discussion Questions
1.
What technique was used at Northrop Grumman to assist
scientists and engineers in being more productive?
What function(s) did the systems analysis report and the
design report play in the creation of the AMCI system?
2.
What role did the CIO play in the development of Northrop
Grumman's new system?
2.
What precautions did Josh and Sandra take to make sure
the AMCI system was stable and met customer needs
prior to mass production?
Critical Thinking Questions
1.
Why was it smart to establish a governance board to man-
age the new system?
Critical Thinking Questions
1.
What did Josh and Sandra do that was contrary to “text-
book execution” of the systems development life cycle?
Why?
2.
What do you think the CIO's biggest challenges are in
growing the new system? How is he meeting those
challenges?
2.
Why do you think Whitmann Price executives shelved the
suggestions made by the systems analysts regarding
extensions to the system?
SOURCES:
Mitchell, Robert, “Hot Projects,” Computerworld, December 10,
Grumman's Web site,
www.northropgrumman.com,
accessed July 20, 2008.
NOTES
Wiens, Jordan, “With Security, More Is Better,” Information Week,
March 10, 2008, p. 42.
Sources for the opening vignette:
SAP staff, “CARLSBERG POLSKA,” SAP
Customer Success Story, 2008,
http://download.sap.com/solutions/
Carlsberg Polska Web site,
http://carlsbergpolska.pl,
accessed July 17,
2008; Carlsberg Group Web site,
www.carlsberggroup.com,
accessed
July 17, 2008.
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Ambrosio, Johnanna, “Multiple Short Outages Can Add Up to Major
Problems,” Computerworld, May 12, 2008, p. 16.
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Fonseca, Brian, “IT Facing Up to a Task of Working with Executives
on Disaster Recovery,” Computerworld, April 30, 2007, p. 10.
15
Pratt, Mary, “Surviving the Big One,” Computerworld, March 31, 2008,
p. 23.
Fonseca, Brian, “IT Facing Up to a Task of Working with Executives
on Disaster Recovery,” Computerworld, April 30, 2007, p. 10.
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Mitchell, Robert, “On the Edge of Disaster,” Computerworld, April 30,
2007, p. 25.
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Thibodeau, Patrick, “NYSE Places Buy on Linux,” Computerworld,
December 17, 2007, p. 9.
1
Rogers, James, “EMC's Disaster Plan,” Information Week, March 3,
2008, p. 28.
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2
Bulk, Frank, “Copper Costs Lots of Pretty Pennies,” Information
Week, May 26, 2008, p. 29.
19
Rotenberg, Marc, “The Grill,” Computerworld, February 18, 2008,
p. 19.
3
Preston, Rob, “Will Cloud Computing Rain on IT's Parade?” Informa-
tion Week, February 18, 2008, p. 52.
20
Foust, Dean, “Diagnosis: Identity Theft,” Business Week, January 8,
2007, p. 30.
Cheng, Roger, “Those on the Go Get to Go Online,” The Wall Street
Journal, September 4, 2007, p. B3.
4
Hagel, John, “The Grill,” Computerworld, January 7, 2008, p. 18.
21
Hoover, Nicholas, “Microsoft Opens Live Mesh to More Users,” Infor-
mation Week, April 28, 2008, p. 22.
5
Brandel, Mary, “Green IT Companies,” Computerworld, February 18,
2008, p. 29.
22
Gomes, Lee, “Good Site, Bad Site: Evolving Web Design,” The Wall
Street Journal, June 12, 2007. p. B3.
6
Collett, Stacy, “Slimmed-Down Servers,” Computerworld, March 3,
2008, p. 28.
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7
Shipley, Greg, “Risk=$,” Information Week, March 31, 2008, p. 31.
Mitchell, Robert, “Power Pinch,” Computerworld, April 30, 2007,
p. 19.
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8
Fonseca, Brian, “E-Discovery Rules Still Causing IT Headaches,”
Computerworld, January 7, 2008, p. 14.
25
Thibodeau, Patrick, “EPA Helps Put Data Centers on an Energy Diet,”
Computerworld, March 24, 2008, p. 12.
9
Srivastava, Samar, “Search Software Gets Boost,” The Wall Street
Journal, May 16, 2007, p. B6.
26
Weier, Mary Hayes, “So Your Company's Going Green,” Information
Week, May 5, 2008, p. 24.
Lei, Tao Ai, “Using Software to Save Time and Money,” The Straits
Times, May 6, 2008.
10
Wittmann, Art, “Think Thin, Green, and Virtual,” Information Week,
May 26, 2008, p. 19.
27
Vijayan, Jaikumar, “Offshore Worker Nabbed for Caterpillar Data
Theft,” Computerworld, September 17, 2007, p. 16.
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