Thoughts fromToday's Class

The old said "Do not judge a book by its cover" could be very well represented when we're talking about making decisions with support systems. As we learned today from the presentations and some insights that were shared, the value of something is not always obvious from what we see on the surface. We used pivot tables in excel, as well as conditional formatting, filtering and other features, which all help us make better decisions given a summarized and dimensional report on the data that we have. However, there may always be something else behind it that can't be shown on such report, and it demands us to be careful and analytical as we make the final decision. By doing so, we will avoid some awful consequences from judging a book only by its cover. Decision support systems are helpful, but not perfect, but when combined with our mind and knowledge can become more accurate.