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Indicators
1. Ratio of actual project execution time to the estimated time
2. Ratio of actual project development cost to budgeted cost
3. Managerial attitudes toward the system
4. How well managers information needs are satisfied
5. Impact of the project on the computer operations of the firm
Dickson and Powers [1973]
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Measures
System Use
User satisfaction
Favorable attitudes
Degree to which system accomplishes its original objectives
Payoff to the organization
Benefits to costs ratios
Degree of institutionalization of MSS in the organization
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Degree to which the system agrees with a human expert
Adequacy of the system’s explanations
Percentage of cases submitted to the system for which advice was not given
Improvement of the ES on the learning curve speed to maturity
Guimaraes et al. [1992] and Sprague and Watson [1996]
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DSS In Focus 20.1: The Success of DSS
Meador et al. [1984]: Rate your agreement with the success of your DSS 1. The DSS fits in well with our planning methods
2. It fits in well with our reporting methods 3. It fits in well with our way of thinking about problems
4. It has improved our way of thinking about problems 5. It fits in well with the politics of how decisions are made around
here 6. Decisions reached with the aid of the DSS are usually implemented
7. The DSS has resulted in substantial time savings 8. It has been costeffective
9. It has been valuable relative to its cost 10. It will continue to be useful to our organization for a number of years
11. It has so far been a success