Week 3 Assignment - Case Study
Review the opening vignette in Chapter 3 and answer the following questions:
1. Why is it important for IRS and for U.S. state governments to use data warehousing and business intelligence (BI) tools in managing state revenues?
2. What were the challenges the state of Maryland was facing with regard to tax fraud?
3. What was the solution they adopted? Do you agree with their approach? Why?
4. What were the results that they obtained? Did the investment in BI and data warehousing pay off?
5. What other problems and challenges do you think federal and state governments are having that can benefit from BI and data warehousing.
6. What is a data warehouse, and what are its benefits? Why is Web accessibility important with a data warehouse?
Instructions
1. No minimum number of word requirements.
2. Responses must pertain to the topic and demonstrate a mastery level of understanding of the subject matter.
3. Excellent understanding of how references relate to the topic, and the ability to express individual judgments about their value.
4. Submissions must make use of in-text citations and reference citations using APA where appropriate.
5. Submissions contain minimal grammatical, spelling, and mechanical errors.