McColl Article

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McColl Article

• Do you agree that products and delivery systems
  face drastic changes due to IT? (How ?)
• Do you agree that, due to IT, competitors emerge
  from unexpected places? (How, where?)

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• McColl says, Im more dependent on others than
  ever before.--Who, Why?
• What if he is not dependent enough?
• The article references major IT
  expenditures-Home banking-Smart cards-Were
  invested a waste?

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• Technology is like electricity-Do you agree?
• Is IT a performance or a survival issue?
• What about banking and the net?-Has the basis of
  competition changed?IT--the issue of first to
  market vs. do better

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• McColl says, We need a new strategy, and its
  got to be a technology-based strategy.
• What is a technology-based strategy?

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Fox-Meyer

• What was FM-s goal in making a 65 million IT
  investment?
• What did they try to do?
• What went wrong?

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What About the Challenge of Applying It
Successfully?
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How Big IT Projects Turn Out (1996) Standish
Group International
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Oxford Health Plans

• What was Oxfords objective in making their IT
  investment?
• What did they try to do?
• What went wrong?