This book is structured so that you can learn how to use the Information Catalog Manager with the aid of sample scenarios that describe a fictitious company, the CelDial Corporation. The scenarios show how users at the CelDial Corporation use the information catalog to find the information they need.
Use the sample information in the ICMSAMP information catalog and this book to develop hands-on experience with the Information Catalog Manager before accessing your own company information.
The scenario portions of this book are continuous, so one set of tasks builds on knowledge you learned from the previous set. The scenario tasks begin in Locating information.
Important:
For the scenarios in this book, the Information Catalog Manager gives you a choice of programs to launch to view Lotus 1-2-3(R) spreadsheets. You can launch Lotus 1-2-3 if you have it installed on your workstation, or you can choose to view screen captures of the same spreadsheets in Paintbrush or Paint.
The topics described in this book are:
CelDial Corporation is a well-established manufacturer of cellular telephones. The company plans to expand its business to provide a cellular network. To support the expansion, CelDial Corporation is using the Information Catalog Manager to update their information network.
Marketing research analysis has measured an increase in market demand for cellular phones and other telecommunications technology of the same type sold by CelDial. As a new marketing representative at CelDial, your task is to gather the results and determine the focus of the 2000 campaign so that you can plan a successful '01 campaign.
You have just returned from a CelDial business meeting where the 2000 end-of-year results were presented. The results reflected the largest sales increase since the company's very successful sales campaign was launched in early 2000. But you need to know what the initial figures were for early 2000 when the campaign was just getting underway; then you can compare them to the latest results. You also need to know more about the sales campaign; the information from the 2000 campaign will help you make the right decisions when planning the upcoming 2001 campaign.
Where do you start? You need to:
Your group has just installed the tool, Information Catalog Manager, for helping you to find and access company information.