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Decision Support Systems Failure

In: Handbook on Decision Support Systems 1

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  • David Arnott

    (Monash University)

  • Gemma Dodson

    (Monash University)

Abstract

The development of any decision support system (DSS) is a risky affair. The volatile task environment and dynamic nature of managerial work means that DSS projects are prone to failure. This chapter explores a number of aspects of DSS failure, first by considering the definition of success and failure and then by developing a set of critical success factors (CSFs) for DSS. This CSF set is used to understand two DSS project failures: one a small scale personal DSS, and the other a large enterprise-scale data warehouse with business intelligence applications. In addition to understanding DSS failure ex post, the CSF set could be used during a project to provide early warning of potentially fatal problems.

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  • David Arnott & Gemma Dodson, 2008. "Decision Support Systems Failure," International Handbooks on Information Systems, in: Handbook on Decision Support Systems 1, chapter 34, pages 763-790, Springer.
    • Handle: RePEc:spr:ihichp:978-3-540-48713-5_34
    DOI: 10.1007/978-3-540-48713-5_34
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