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IMT Custom Machine ??After reading the above case on pages 116-127, summarize the case and answer the following questions:
Questions for Discussion
1. What do you think of the particular assignment given to Browning?
2. Consider CMCI's Mission/Vision Statement (see case Exhibit 4) and the Fort Wayne MIS Directions and Objectives Statement (see case Exhibit 5). What is your opinion of these statements? Are they appropriate? Are they comprehensive? Are they at the correct level of generality? Were these statements appropriately developed and adopted?
3. Discuss the specific developments within CMCI over the previous five years and currently under consideration that have impacted or will impact the overall information systems architecture at the Fort Wayne plant.
4. Consider Browning's four options by listing the pros and cons of adopting each based upon the material given in the case study as well as your reading and general knowledge of information systems.
5. Should Browning have provided other options?
Data Governance at InsuraCorp
Please provide a summary of the case and then answer the following questions:
1. What business strategy change led to the decision to centralize the IS organization personnel and other IT assets?
2. How will Principles #11 and #14 (in Exhibit 2) enable the new business strategy?
3. Give an example of a data quality problem that was identified. Why was this problem not identified earlier?
4. At the end of the case, several data governance questions are raised. Choose any two of these and provide a rationale for whether IS managers, business managers, or both should be responsible for this type of data governance.
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