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Building a Case for IT investments

Class Testimonials

"The class provides experience with a real IT case through a team-based project using Smart IT, which is an analysis tool of CTG. It was very helpful to understand IT issues in government agencies, since I had only been involved in business organizations. Therefore, I have learned both similar and different factors that affect the success of IT initiatives between profit and non-profit organizations."

Jinwon Ho

Adjunct Instructor

School of Information Science and Policy

University at Albany/SUNY

"Professor Pardo's class is really great in terms of learning theories of IT investment, and getting experience from an actual administration of IT investment. Theoretical tools and actual project experience could be applied anywhere in public or private organizations."

"When I took PAD 650, our team was working on revising the credentialing process of the NYS, Office of Alcoholism and Substance Abuse Services) by using theoretical tools of Smart IT and IT investment, and our contribution to this project proved to be very effective."

"Students learned risk analysis, cost-benefit analysis, measuring success factors of IT investment, project management skills, how to use and apply information technologies to IT investment, and much more."

"Professor Pardo is an excellent teacher. She is always willing to help us to achieve high performance and competency in this field."

Kwang-Seok Yoon

Ph.D. Student

School of Information Science and Policy

University at Albany/SUNY

"PAD 650 is a class where you can really put theory into practice. We learned "Making Smart IT Choices" and applied it to our case study with the government sector, the NYS Office of Alcohol and Substance Abuse Services (OASAS). The skills I learned in this class helped build my communication skills, critical and strategical thinking, and inspiration in my future career. I have to admit, this is one of the greatest and most memorable classes I have taken during my masters year."

Tina Chang

Allion/ NSTL

"The opportunity of analyzing a real problem at the Office of the Real Property Services, and using tools that have proven to be useful in many other situations made this class a very practical and integrative learning experience."

Luis F. Luna Reyes

Universidad de las Americas