scholarly journals Usability Cost-Benefit Analysis for Information Technology Applications and Decision Making

2022 ◽  
pp. 970-986
Author(s):  
Mikko Rajanen
Keyword(s):  
Information Technology ◽  
Technology Development ◽  
Cost Benefit Analysis ◽  
Cost Benefit ◽  
Benefit Analysis ◽  
Development Organizations ◽  
Technology Applications ◽  
Development Processes ◽  
Information Technology Development ◽  
Analysis Models

Usability is an important quality attribute for information technology (IT) applications. However, integrating usability design and evaluation as an integral part of the development processes in information technology development organizations is still a challenge. This chapter gives an overview on the usability cost-benefit analysis models and provides some example cases of the importance of usability. These models and cases can be used by usability professionals to motivate the organizational management to provide resources for usability work and to integrate usability work as part of the development process. The target audience for this chapter are professionals and researchers working in the field of IT, managers in IT development organizations, as well as managers in organizations acquiring and using IT.

scholarly journals Usability Cost-Benefit Analysis for Information Technology Applications and Decision Making

2020 ◽  
pp. 136-152
Author(s):  
Mikko Rajanen
Keyword(s):  
Information Technology ◽  
Technology Development ◽  
Cost Benefit Analysis ◽  
Cost Benefit ◽  
Benefit Analysis ◽  
Development Organizations ◽  
Technology Applications ◽  
Development Processes ◽  
Information Technology Development ◽  
Analysis Models

Usability is an important quality attribute for information technology (IT) applications. However, integrating usability design and evaluation as an integral part of the development processes in information technology development organizations is still a challenge. This chapter gives an overview on the usability cost-benefit analysis models and provides some example cases of the importance of usability. These models and cases can be used by usability professionals to motivate the organizational management to provide resources for usability work and to integrate usability work as part of the development process. The target audience for this chapter are professionals and researchers working in the field of IT, managers in IT development organizations, as well as managers in organizations acquiring and using IT.

PHARMACOGENETIC INTERVENTIONS, ORPHAN DRUGS, AND DISTRIBUTIVE JUSTICE: THE ROLE OF COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS

2002 ◽  
Vol 19 (2) ◽  
pp. 246-270 ◽  
Author(s):  
Arti K. Rai
Keyword(s):  
Information Technology ◽  
Cost Benefit Analysis ◽  
Cost Benefit ◽  
Orphan Drugs ◽  
Benefit Analysis ◽  
New Approach ◽  
Knock Out ◽  
Pharmaceutical Development ◽  
Animal Genomes

With the human genome mapped, and with the mapping of more than one hundred animal genomes in progress, the amount of genetic data available is increasing exponentially. This exponential increase in data is having an immediate impact on the process of drug development. By using techniques of information technology to manipulate data regarding the genes, proteins, and biochemical pathways associated with various diseases, scientists are beginning to be able to design drugs in a systematic fashion. In the context of any given disease, scientists look to see whether a gene, a protein for which the gene codes, or another protein in the relevant biochemical pathway could be the “target” biological molecule, the “knocking out” of which would halt or slow the disease's progression. Once a target molecule has been identified and characterized structurally, drug therapies that would be likely to knock out this target can be identified and tested systematically. The merger of information technology and genetic technology has changed the process of pharmaceutical development so much that a new term—bioinformatics—has been coined to describe this new approach to such development.

Optimal Purchase Decision Criteria for Information Technology

2003 ◽  
pp. 15-27
Author(s):  
P. Pete Chong ◽  
Ta-Tao Chaung ◽  
Ming Chang ◽  
Jason C.H. Chen
Keyword(s):  
Information Technology ◽  
Computer Technology ◽  
Cost Benefit Analysis ◽  
Cost Benefit ◽  
Benefit Assessment ◽  
Purchase Decision ◽  
Benefit Analysis ◽  
Decision Criteria

With the amount of resources dedicated to information technology (IT) expenditure today, we need to have a systematic way for assessing the elusive benefit of all IT purchases. This chapter proposes a modified Factor Rating approach that separates the subjective benefit assessment from objective cost-benefit analysis. Using this method, we often discover that for most users, due to the advancement of computer technology, the cheapest computer may be the optimal computer in the market today.

The Use of Cost-Benefit Analysis for Evaluating Efficiency of Public Investment Projects (The Case of Sochi-2014 Winter Olympic Games)

2011 ◽  
pp. 57-78
Author(s):  
I. Pilipenko
Keyword(s):  
Net Present Value ◽  
Olympic Games ◽  
Cost Benefit Analysis ◽  
Public Investment ◽  
Cost Benefit ◽  
Investment Efficiency ◽  
Benefit Analysis ◽  
Step Method ◽  
Investment Projects ◽  
The Usa

The paper analyzes shortcomings of economic impact studies based mainly on input- output models that are often employed in Russia as well as abroad. Using studies about sport events in the USA and Olympic Games that took place during the last 30 years we reveal advantages of the cost-benefit analysis approach in obtaining unbiased assessments of public investments efficiency; the step-by-step method of cost-benefit analysis is presented in the paper as well. We employ the project of Sochi-2014 Winter Olympic and Paralympic Games in Russia to evaluate its efficiency using cost-benefit analysis for five accounts (areas of impact), namely government, households, environment, economic development, and social development, and calculate the net present value of the project taking into account its possible alternatives. In conclusion we suggest several policy directions that would enhance public investment efficiency within the Sochi-2014 Olympics.

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