Academics:  Master of Science in Information Management

Thin is in is a management objective and strategic direction to reduced support and configuration costs at the desktop level. The organization is anticipating the next hardware refresh cycle to begin in 2004 and would like to coordinate the thin client and the refresh activities together. One of the objectives was to create a preliminary cost and service matrix depicting the proposed service offerings. This matrix would be used as one of the metrics for validating the success of the architecture in the opportunity evaluation and then the proposed pilot stage.

Electronic information resources and databases have become an essential part of library collections. Understanding how these resources are being used is critical for collection development, accountability, library management and strategic planning. The existing database analysis tool allows the library management team to understand how the databases and other electronic information resources of KCLS are being used by patrons. The existing tool has limitation in handling large amount of data and producing new statistics as per the requirements of the library management team. Therefore understanding how the existing system is being used, finding out the new requirements, and upgrading the existing system were the aims the project.

The Document Imaging POC was a project designed to determine the feasibility and utility of an enterprise-wide document imaging system. With a system (document imaging) already on-site from a previous IT purchase, an opportunity to experiment at a low-cost existed despite the fact that the system was not highly customizable. From this point, applying the system to the current accounting document storage and retrieval process was the task that would allow me to work with the accounting end users and design the malleable portions of the system. Generally speaking, the user community was quite pleased with the system and the resulting efficiencies that I will further discuss in the subsequent sections.

The Exchange Client Group is constantly looking for efficient and effective ways of handling information to support its customers. As the company continues its downsizing activity, the group has seen its workforce decrease and workload increase.

In this project, I developed a design for an information management system and built a Web-based prototype to test and demonstrate concepts within the design. When fully implemented, this information management system will integrate sales, tournament management, marketing, and customer relations management. This system will help Wishmaker Ltd. use the Web to ease logistical burdens of managing a tournament centered collectible card game.

The U.S. Navy is moving toward "Net-Centric" information architecture for sensor data analysis, real-time targeting information, and “Command and Control” information flows. The system currently in place is one of “Stove Pipe” sensor / data arrays and information flows. The move to a “Net-Centric” system will allow for real-time information sharing, and will give battle zone (theater) commanders a more comprehensive, real-time picture of their "Area of Influence." A major information component of this future system, the Joint Fires Network (JFN), will tie together sensor data and analysis from the old “Stove Pipe” warfare specialty groups such as Strike, Surface, Undersea, Air, and Mines. JFN is a collection of standards being moved forward to make the data analysis, targeting, and information sharing aspects of the system seamless. As part of conducting an efficient transformation from the “Stove Pipe” systems in the Navy today to the “Net-Centric” Navy of tomorrow, existing “Net-Centric” building blocks needed to be identified. The goal of this project was to provide recommendations pertaining to the utility of using carrier vessel - tactical support center (CV-TSC) architecture as the undersea warfare (USW) component of JFN based on their functions, information requirements, and system descriptions.

Gap Analysis of Akula is designed to find the gaps around its architecture and processes. The understanding, that considering the huge size of the Akula initiative, things may go unnoticed or the pieces may not fit together during the integration or implementation phase. It is assumed that Gap Analysis project will be a testing ground to understand the intricacies of the information organization problem at Microsoft and review the architectural pieces of its solutions