ITOA
DECISION-MAKING
MODEL
Information Technology Online Australia (ITOA) model is developed by the author using Stella Architect System, version 1.9.5, Educational Lab Use Only For Monash University. The model reflects all the natures of the company’s operation and the assumptions that the ITOA committee finalise. This aims to provide all details about the ITOA model which helps DSS analysts understand, maintain and extend it in the future.
This is a fictional scenario and for educational purposes only.
ITOA LOGIC MODEL
The logic of the ITOA model is designed with the main flow:
Interested rate -> Eligibility rate -> Enrolment rate -> Graduate rate
There are also 4 blocks of Applicants, Candidates, Students and Graduates as well as 3 additional flows for Lost flow from each block.
BLOCK
Applicants: Those who are interested in ITOA and have applied to study here.
Candidates: Those who have met minimum entrance requirements and been getting an offer.
Students: Those who have accepted the offer and enrolled in ITOA.
Graduates: Those who have completed all training requirements and graduated from ITOA.
FLOW
Interested rate: The number of people who interested in ITOA per quarter.
Eligibility rate: The number of people who eligible from applicants to candidates per quarter.
Enrolment rate: The number of people accepted by ITOA to become its students per quarter.
Graduate rate: The number of people who pass all components of the level and obtain the corresponding certificate per quarter.
Lost applicants rate: The number of people who withdraw and not eligible for candidates per quarter.
Lost candidate rate: The number of people who not accepted by ITOA per quarter.
Lost student rate: The number of people who drop out from ITOA.
INTERESTED RATE
ELIGIBILITY
RATE
ENROLMENT RATE
GRADUATE
RATE
DATA VISUALIZATION
ITOA MODEL AND STORY
The extension of the model including 2 factors namely the ITOA model interface and the ITOA story. The interface is designed to represent the core output from the model for the ITOA committee. There are 3 different sections in this model.
Firstly, 2 graphs represent ITOA overall operation and Student reporting for the 4-year period which can expand larger.
The second section is the blocks that users can change to reflect any assumption adjustment including Graphical Input, Knob and Group Input.
The final section is Control Panel where the users can Run Model, Go Live, Stop Live and Run ITOA Story.
The ITOA Story represents the story of the model from each component at the beginning to the main flow and the whole model.
For further research, please contact the author to access the original model.
Disclaimer: This information is for educational purposes only and is not intended to constitute any advice.