This decision involves changing the levels of revenues and costs in product budgets again, according to specific criteria. As in the first example, the different combinations of revenues and costs can be saved as scenarios or versions of an original budget. The decision may also involve combining or aggregating the affects of the product changes into departmental views. Once again, changes in revenues and costs can also be made at this level of aggregation. This research will determine both quantitative and qualitative benefits of using IUVs.
Quantitative benefits are important for any successful information system project.
Our research will be based on these frameworks. Along with specific benefits relating to the features of IUVs, our research will also measure some more general benefits of using IUVs. The following discussion presents some of the benefits of using decision support systems as described in the literature. These benefits will be among those measured in our research. Twelve benefits of decision support systems were proposed by Keen in 1981.