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MIS career paths
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Mauricio Featherman, Ph.D.
Department of MISe
College of Business
Washington State University
Levels of expertise
• Use IT (knowledge workers, managers,
management analysts)
• Help others use it (IT admin, trainers,
consultants)
• Set it up for others (IT admin, systems
integrators, consultants)
• Design and create it (developers)
Where does MIS fit?
Business person
with Information
Needs
The technology,
the technologists,
and technology
stack
Self-Analysis
Personality Trait
Relevant Job
Organizer
Data Base Administrator (DBA)
Detective/Analytical
BI Analyst,
Builder
BI Architect, DBA, Data Warehouse
designer
Creative
Web designer
Entrepreneurial
Phone/Tablet app designer
Problem-solver, puzzle-solver
Programmer
Like to fix things – Mechanic
Network administration, hardware
technician, technical analyst
Management oriented - Like to be in
charge or team builder
Project management
Dark-side
Security specialist
Extrovert
Consulting, systems integrator
Love tech
Technical analyst
What is the daily job like?
blogs.lessthandot.com
IT Stack
www.ksi.ca
SSRS or Powerview Report
blogs.msdn.com
PerformancePoint Dashboard in Sharepoint.
Why use sharepoint?
blogs.technet.com
PerformancePoint Dashboard in Sharepoint.
Why use sharepoint?
blogs.technet.com
Example Powerpivot report hosted in Sharepoint
blogs.technet.com
http://www.youtube.com
/watch?v=oNNk9-tmsZY
What is this Data Science I am hearing about?
Wikipedia.com
OK can you simplify that? What forces are fueling
the BI/BA phenomenon.
Management Analysts,
Functional Analyst
Dashboard people
Statistics, Data Mining,
Operations Research
Stats wonks
Database, Data Warehouse,
BI Architects
Technology experts
Technology wonks
OK can you simplify that? What forces are fueling
the BI/BA phenomenon.
Management Analysts, and
Business managers. Need to
stay competitive.
Statistics,
Data Mining
Data Management
Technologies and
Best practices
OK what technologies are we using again?
Statistics,
Data Mining
Excel, SSAS
Excel, Tableau,
IBM Cognos (maybe),
Sharepoint,
PerformancePoint,
SSRS
Data Management Technologies and
Best practices
SQL Server MGMT
Studio
You must merge with the machine