Using MIS (10th Edition)
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Author: David M. Kroenke, Randall J. Boyle
Publisher: PEARSON
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The project was known to be in trouble, but it seemed to have a life of its own. Ying Kwong, a technology analyst at Oregon’s Department of Administrative Services, said in May 2013 that the Cover Oregon project reminded him of the science fiction movie The Blob: “You simply don’t know how to shoot this beast, because it does not have a known anatomy with the normal vital organs that make it tick.”18 Had you been a senior manager at Cover Oregon, what would you have done when the problems became apparent?
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