This file of BSA 500 Week 1 Discussion Questions 2 includes:

Consider the business you chose for DQ1, and that you are almost ready to launch the business; including yourself (as a working owner) and three of your most important subordinates, describe each's role in management (if any) and why you made that choice, considering the four basic functions of management discussed in Chapter 7 of the text. Computer Science - General CS BSA 385 Weeks 1-5 All DQs Week 1, DQ 1 Based on the Barr (2010) article, what are the risks associated with outsourcing enterprise development? Should these risks be mitigated by only outsourcing the maintenance of legacy systems?

Week 1, DQ 2 Based on the Keston (2010) article, under what circumstances would you consider using agile development methodologies? Why has flexibility become so important in developing viable system solutions?

Week 2, DQ 1 Based on the Woodward (2010) article, what is the rational for employing service-oriented architecture (SOA) platforms from multiple vendors? How do these vendors support the traditional systems development life cycle (SDLC)?

Week 2, DQ 2 Based on the Woodward (2010) article, what affect does SOA have on the traditional SDLC? Why has SOA had such a dramatic influence on system development?

Week 3, DQ 1 Based on the Drumheller (2009) article, what affect do application servers have on the traditional SDLC? What affect does server virtualization have on application servers? Week 3, DQ 2 Based on the Woodward (2007) article, how might one deal with the complexities of implementing systems based on SOA? How might the traditional SDLC reduce the risks associated with the complexities of this new technology?

Week 4, DQ 1 Based on the Kercher (2009) article, how has Computer Associates transformed its pro