Integrating wireless technology in the enterprise / William Wheeler.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Wheeler, William (William R.)

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Wireless communication systems.

Telecommunication systems.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (434 p.)

Place of Publication:

Amsterdam ; Boston : Digital Press, 2003.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Integrating Wireless Devices in the Enterprise provides a solution that every enterprise can use, described in terms of scope, feasibility and return on investment, architecture, and data structures. The solution Wheeler offers here is scalable from a single handheld and single desktop to small workgroup to large enterprise environments. The number of devices is not a determinant of success or failure. It's more often the planning and managing of them that's crucial. This book also provides tools to deal with the increase of devices, and the corresponding complexity of managing those resourc

Contents:

Front Cover; Integrating Wireless Technology in the Enterprise; Copyright Page; Contents; Author Information; Preface; Acknowledgments; Chapter 1. Introduction and Handheld Basics; Executive summary; 1.1 Avoiding the "that's the way we've always done it" trap; 1.2 What is a personal digital assistant?; 1.3 What it is not...; 1.4 How do we get the most out of it?; 1.5 So we ask again, "what is a PDA?"; 1.6 So what does a PDA buy me?; 1.7 Use it like it was intended to be used; 1.8 Baseline features; 1.9 Calendar; 1.10 Contacts or phone book; 1.11 Tasks/to-do's; 1.12 Notes/Memos; 1.13 Email

SummaryChapter 2. Handhelds as Industrial Strength Tools; Executive summary; 2.1 Barcoding; 2.2 Barcode symbology and formats; 2.3 Scanners and decoders; 2.4 Batch scanners; 2.5 Wireless scanners; 2.6 Additional software and A-Os; 2.7 Cellular phones; 2.8 Wireless standards; 2.9 High points of the 802.11 standards; Summary; Chapter 3. Laying the Groundwork for Success; Executive summary; 3.1 Business justification; 3.2 Cost; 3.3 Scope; 3.4 Schedule; 3.5 Putting cost, scope, and schedule together; 3.6 Feasibility analysis; 3.7 Feasibility analysis matrix; 3.8 Identify critical success factors

SummaryChapter 4. How Do We Know Where to Go Without a Plan?; Executive summary; 4.1 Planning; 4.2 Request for information system services; 4.3 Preliminary investigations; 4.4 Problem analysis; 4.5 Pest management problem description; 4.6 Describe current situation; 4.7 Problem or opportunity statements; 4.8 Basic workflow (process) design; 4.9 Problems, opportunities, objectives, and constraints matrix; 4.10 Systems analysis; 4.11 Solution analysis; 4.12 Candidate systems matrix; 4.13 Management approval; Summary; Chapter 5. When Does It Make Sense to Do a Project and When Doesn't It?

Executive summary5.1 OK, you've got my attention, but does it make sense to my accounting department?; 5.2 It sounds expensive ...; 5.3 When does it make sense and when doesn't it?; 5.4 I'm a "bottom-line kind of guy." Show me the numbers; 5.5 Systems analysis; 5.6 Preliminary investigations; 5.7 Problem analysis; 5.8 Requirements analysis; 5.9 Feasibility analysis; 5.10 The challenge; 5.11 The method; 5.12 Environment complexity; 5.13 End-user complexity; 5.14 Expanded requirements; 5.15 The results; 5.16 Decision tables; 5.17 Decisions and conclusions

5.18 How will I know if it makes money to do this?5.19 What are the next steps?; 5.20 The challenge; 5.21 End-user mobility; 5.22 End-user complexity; 5.23 Environment complexity; 5.24 Expanded requirements; 5.25 More decision tables; 5.26 Decisions and conclusions; Summary; Chapter 6. System Requirements and Project Success; Executive summary; 6.1 System requirements and analysis; Summary; Chapter 7. Methodology, Application Development, and System Architecture; Executive summary; 7.1 Methodology; 7.2 Approach overview; 7.3 Process models; 7.4 Waterfall method; 7.5 Extreme programming

7.6 Differences in requirements focus

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

1-281-04926-3

9786611049263

0-08-047855-7

OCLC:

437181472