...attention to the characteristics of the company and its IS projects. NOTE: This is an individual, not a team, iLab. In your review, make notes specifying how you would rate the following characteristics of the company and project. These notes will not be turned in, but you will use them in conducting your analysis in Step 2 and preparing your memo in Step 3. 1. Is theproject technologyextremely stable, moderately stable, or experimental? 2. At the start of the project, are theproject requirementswell known, partially known, or mostly unknown (i.e., experimental)? 3. Is theproject domainheavily regulated, moderately regulated, or lightly regulated by government or other outside agencies? 4. Is thesize of the organizationlarge, mid-sized, or small? 5. Is theorganizational culturebureaucratic, mixed, or entrepreneurial? 6. Is theorganization's competitive environmentslow-paced, moderately paced, or fast-paced? STEP 2: Analyze SDLC suitability Based on the information given in the case study, analyze the suitability of a specific Software Development Life Cycle (SDLC) model for Acme Medical Data Storage LLC: • If the last digit of your DSI Number is 0, 1, 2, or 3, use theWaterfall SDLC; • If the last digit of your DSI Number is4, 5, or 6, use theUnified Process; and • If the last digit of your DSI Number is 7, 8, or 9, use anagile SDLC (Scrum or XP). In your analysis, examine your notes from your review of the project and organizational characteristics from Step 1, and make...
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...attention to the characteristics of the company and its IS projects. NOTE: This is an individual, not a team, iLab. In your review, make notes specifying how you would rate the following characteristics of the company and project. These notes will not be turned in, but you will use them in conducting your analysis in Step 2 and preparing your memo in Step 3. 1. Is theproject technologyextremely stable, moderately stable, or experimental? 2. At the start of the project, are theproject requirementswell known, partially known, or mostly unknown (i.e., experimental)? 3. Is theproject domainheavily regulated, moderately regulated, or lightly regulated by government or other outside agencies? 4. Is thesize of the organizationlarge, mid-sized, or small? 5. Is theorganizational culturebureaucratic, mixed, or entrepreneurial? 6. Is theorganization's competitive environmentslow-paced, moderately paced, or fast-paced? STEP 2: Analyze SDLC suitability Based on the information given in the case study, analyze the suitability of a specific Software Development Life Cycle (SDLC) model for Acme Medical Data Storage LLC: • If the last digit of your DSI Number is 0, 1, 2, or 3, use theWaterfall SDLC; • If the last digit of your DSI Number is4, 5, or 6, use theUnified Process; and • If the last digit of your DSI Number is 7, 8, or 9, use anagile SDLC (Scrum or XP). In your analysis, examine your notes from your review of the project and organizational characteristics from Step 1, and make...
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... Home Page » Business and Management Memo to Manager In: Business and Management Memo to Manager Memo Date: March 22, 2010 To: Andre Adams, Program Coordinator of the TerpZone * From: * Adedoyin Ogunbajo, Tournament Coordinator, the TerpZone Subject: Proposal to implement a sign-up fee for all video game tournaments. Purpose The purpose of this proposal is to request your approval to evaluate the current video game tournament sign-up process and ultimately institute an entrance fee for all tournaments starting next semester. Summary When the TerpZone started running the video game tournament series, I personally did not know what to expect, as I was in charge of coming up with a schedule of games, implementing the schedule into the TerpZone calendar, coming up with various ideas to market the various tounrmanents, and actually hosting and running the tournaments. But as the results have shown, the TerpZone video game tournament series has been a huge success, and the attendance numbers have steadily increased as more students become aware of the possibilities that our tournaments offer. However, as this number has continued to increase and I have continued to implement different new strategies and additions to the tournaments, there still lies the problem of what measure of compensation the students who participate in these tournaments should receive, either as a winner, runner-up, or finishing in a certain position after competing...
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...OVERVIEW Physical security is primarily concerned with restricting physical access by unauthorized people (commonly interpreted as intruders) to controlled facilities, although there are other considerations and situations in which physical security measures are valuable (for example, limiting access within a facility and/or to specific assets and controls to reduce physical incidents such as fires). Security unavoidably incurs costs and, in reality, it can never be perfect or complete - in other words, security can reduce but cannot entirely eliminate risks. Given that controls are imperfect, strong physical security applies using appropriate combinations of overlapping and complementary controls. For instance, physical access controls for protected facilities are generally intended to: • deter potential intruders (e.g. warning signs and perimeter markings); • distinguish authorized from unauthorized people (e.g. using pass cards/badges and keys) • delay and ideally prevent intrusion attempts (e.g. strong walls, door locks and safes); • detect intrusions and monitor/record intruders (e.g. intruder alarms and CCTV systems); and • trigger appropriate incident responses (e.g. by security guards and police). It is up to security designers to balance security controls against risks, taking into account the costs of specifying, developing, testing, implementing, using, managing, monitoring and maintaining the controls. Physical access control is a matter of who, where, and...
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...Business Law March 6, 2011 Monica Cosentino-Benedict Recognizing Contract Risks and Opportunities MEMO To: Span Systems Management From: Jennifer Breeden Date: March 6, 2011 ------------------------------------------------- Subject: Recognizing Contract Risks and Opportunities The purpose of this memo will be to analyze the recent contract between Span Systems (Span) and Citizen – Schwarz AG Bank (C-S). This contract’s purpose was to have Span build a transaction processing-based software system for C-S and in return C-S would pay $6 million dollars (University of Phoenix, 2002). These two companies come up against many disagreements about the language and meanings of the contract. In the end, Span worked very hard to renegotiate the clauses of the contract to continue a positive working relationship with C-S. This memo reviews the legal risks, liabilities, and opportunities that occurred during this process to make future business with C-S and other companies to come more enjoyable for both sides. Risks and Liabilities A breach of contract is the first accusation C-S made of Span, which starts the list of risks and liabilities. C-S said that the deliverables were below the standards agreed upon and were not delivered on time. C-S claimed that Span was producing deliverables of substantial performance, meaning that they were below standards set up in the contract. Span could have also claimed that C-S was asking for changes to the software considered...
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...Project Proposal Memo By Lisa Young 09/14/2014 CMGT/410 Adam Hawlk Technology Implementation Training Memo To: Micheal Smith Project Sponsor From: Lisa Young Project manager Mr Smith I have been hired to assist with the rollout of a new companywide compliance system all branches will comply with the changing and the implementation to the new technology. There will be 10 hours of training for all the managers across the country on both the use of the new platform as well as a host of new compliance policies being introduced. The training will take place at the main branch in Kansas City because it is located half way between California Branch and the New York City branch and that way no branch will needs to travel more than half way across the country. There will be ten hours of hands on training that will be conducted at the Kansas City branch; this training will be conducted in three training sessions with groups no larger than twenty. The training will help the managers to help others such as the employees to use the new technology that will be implemented into all branches no later June of 2015. The outcome of this training will help to train the employees and overall performance of the company that will help to bring in new clients to the company. This training is important to the company and those involved in the company’s success, so the outcome of this training is important not just to the company but to the customer and employees...
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...Contract Risk and Opportunities Memo University of Phoenix MEMO TO: Citizen-Schwarz AG FROM: Michael R. Dillon, Span System DATE: December 2, 2009 SUBJECT: Contract Creation and Management This memo is regarding a contract between Span Systems, a company that creates software, and Citizen-Schwarz AG, a large German bank. This memo will examine the contract issues in the Contract Creation and Management Simulation (Contract Creation, 2009). The memo will examine steps managers can take to decrease risks, resolve conflicts between the two parties, and take advantages of business opportunities. A contract is formed when two parities make an agreement to do certain acts in exchange for the other person’s acts. Each person makes a promise in exchange for the promise of another person. A contract can be verbal or written. It can be formal or non-formal. A contract must have the following three elements: offer, acceptance, and consideration (Jennings, 2006). One of the leading causes of business disagreements is the interpretations of contract terms. A contract is binding on the parties and can force the parties to perform. Disputes over a contract can lead to decrease production and expensive legal fees. To avoid these issues, it is important for both parties to make sure all contract terms are addressed, read the contract carefully, and make necessary changes before signing (Goldberg, 2008). The contract is for Span Systems to create custom e-banking software...
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...26, 2015 SUBJECT: Leadership Approach Memo Recently the company made a decision to add a new department. In accordance with the business strategic plan to move into a new market segment, I have been appointed as manager over the new department and will be leading the department’s team with the tasks of meeting the objectives and expectations of the company. I, Tania Malveaux, along with Dawn Foster, Sonya Harriest, Wanda Lawson, and Iris Salas will work as a team to accomplish the goals assigned to our department. Because the company is venturing in to a completely new platform, our team will need to carefully and effectively evaluate all areas so that all objectives can be achieved. As department manager, I will develop a control process to measure the actual performance of my team members and a leadership approach. I have arranged a leadership plan to evaluate my team members, including myself based on a few measurable criteria. The leadership style we will use is a democratic style. An evaluation of the current situation in regards to the culture, urgency, and other factors will be included in this memo. I will also include some theories, guidelines, and best practices. My leadership plan consists of weekly brainstorming sessions to develop and critique new ideas. Two team members will be teaming up to go out and do some benchmarking. I will use personal observations and written reports as control processes to measure performance. We will have bi-weekly meetings...
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...Risk Management Health care institutions are the centers for different kind of healthcare services, so when patients and their families come for check-ups, surgeries, acute hospitalizations, tests, minor procedures, etc. they expect quality care and positive outcomes. Issues come up when patients’ expected outcomes are not realized due to one reason or another. Factors that may prevent positive outcomes in patient care may be quality management issues or risk management issues. Before a full introduction and analysis of risk management in my place, one has to understand quality management and risk management. In terms of quality management, they are issues that arise in the work place as a result of poor management and need to be improved on. They are more prevention oriented (Sullivan and Decker, 2009). In the case of risk management, it is about issues that are problematic throughout a health organization and may lead to poor patient outcomes. As described by Sullivan and Decker (2009), “risk management’s purpose is to identify, analyze, and evaluate risks and then to develop a plan for reducing the frequency and severity of accidents and injuries” (p. 84). Risk management is not about monthly, quarterly or yearly assessment and improvement of programs, but a daily assessment of issues that arise in the work place that may lead to bigger problems if not corrected. Current risk management issue at my work place. The main current risk management issue in my place of employment...
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...computers: If I determine the use of a laptop during class time is disruptive behavior that hinders or interferes with the educational process, you will be required to turn it off. Technical Support Technical Support is available 24 hours a day, 365 days a year. Call 1-877-832-4867, or use the e-mail support form. For answers to the most common issues, go to “Knowledge Base” by clicking Help, found at the top of every student Web site. Course Description See eCampus. Course Topics & Objectives See eCampus. Course Materials See eCampus. Participation In an intensive, collaborative learning environment such as that of University of Phoenix, class attendance is perhaps the most obvious and objective starting point as a measure for participation. If you are not in attendance, you miss out on many opportunities for learning. Consequently, if you miss class, you will not receive participation points for that week. Determination of participation points is within the subjective discretion of the instructor and will be based on the quality of the participation and not the quantity: Students are graded on achievement, rather than on effort. A student will not earn total participation points simply by attending the entire class....
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...ENGLISH 221: Technical Writing Fundamentals PRINT OUT—PRINT OUT-- PRINT OUT—PRINT OUT-- PRINT OUT If you have any questions about the syllabus, please post them in the Main Classroom. Susan Colebank scolebank@email.phoenix.edu (University of Phoenix) susancolebank@gmail.com (back-up; do not CC this address when you e-mail me at my UOP address) COURSE NUMBER: ENG221 COURSE TITLE: Technical Writing Fundamentals COURSE START DATE: 1/17/12 COURSE END DATE: 2/20/2012 FACILITATOR AVAILABILITY I am in the Classroom five days of the week: Sunday, Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, and Friday. I am on in the morning and then again at night, with the afternoon set aside for telecommuting and taking care of my daughter. I provide you with these times to make it easier to communicate with me, and not to limit our contact. I want you to know that, should you need to contact me outside this timeframe, you should not hesitate to do so via my University of Phoenix e-mail. I HIGHLY RECOMMEND e-mailing me with your questions or concerns, since it is best to document our conversations with a paper trail. I have yet, in nine years of being a UOP instructor, found a student who has a question or concern that couldn’t best be discussed via e-mail. If you need to call me, then please e-mail me first to schedule a time and to leave your phone number. For emergencies, when you are not able to gain access to messages on the Online Learning System (OLS), please send a message to...
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...financial institution for the necessity of the use of money and the protection of the money. Bangladesh is now integral part of global market. As such there is an urgent requirement for Bangladesh to place the traditional banking pretties in harness with the global trades of a free market economy by following international Banking customs, practices and standards. Today clients of a bank in Bangladesh are exposed as well as interNational markets. They have to stay update with their practice and standards to meet the demands of achieving harmony in the high standards of a free economy. Rationale of the Study: Now a days banking sector have built up as the most important player of the economy. Economists have observed that loan is of the most important aspects of economic activity because of its great role in establishing various projects that generates production and thus generating employment. The only important aspect of loan is economic and social development in addition to achieving a suitable profit margin. Islamic banks consider loan as the basic motivation for community development and a means to get rid of social and economic problems through employment and operation of available resources, such as money and individuals. Especially after the financial crunch, Islamic banking and Islamic loan have proved to be more profitable and less risky. Since EXIM Bank is a Shariah based bank, the major portion of it assets consists of Loan. By analyzing the loan the productivity of...
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...Measuring Economic Health Memo Christina Roddey ECO/212 June 13, 2011 Luis Torres Introduction When it comes to measuring economic health, there are important things to remember. Gross Domestic Product (GDP) is primary used to measure the economy’s health. Fiscal policies are organized by the government to figure out what caused the unhealthy changes in the economy. The Use of Gross Domestic Product Gross Domestic Product (GDP) is a measure of the gross national output; it’s a cumulative of all the consumption of the all the consumption of the all households in an economy. The consumption or spending by the government into different economic welfare activities such as education, healthcare, welfare and military, private domestic investments in way of new projects and buying capital goods and a net current account balances. The business cycle is the growing and shrinking of the economy. When measuring a business cycle, it changes in real GDP which focus on the changes in output. There are four parts of the business cycle which are – peak, contraction, trough, and expansion. Information has to be collected after a certain time frame is completed, in which, the business cycles are next translated between the changing periods of economic recession or economic expansion. Roles of Government Bodies National fiscal policies are arranged by the President and Congress. They have steps that helps determine the policies. First, the U.S. Government Accountability...
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...E-Sonic Compensation Paper Todd Lipscomb, Belma Alic, and Teresa Halpin Davenport University Strategic Analysis Outline: 1. Strategic Analysis A. E-Sonic NAICS falls into two different codes 334614 and 512220. The first code 334614 definition is, “Providing mass duplication of recorded products; Software and other Prerecorded Compact Disc, Tape, and Record Reproducing” (). This code is given in reference to E-Sonic’s producing of music on to various forms of products. The second code 512220 is, “Releasing, Promoting, and Distributing sound recordings. Integrated Record Production/Distribution” (). B. Analysis of E-Sonic’s external market environment 1. Sonic records are a part of the recording and production studio industry, which is going on to start E-Sonic. “Sonic Records, a market-leading recording studio and production house, has witnessed declining demand for music CDs” (). The company boasted over $15 billion in revenue five years ago. However, times have changed over the past five years; technology has greatly improved over time. There have been many technological advances that has offered alternatives to CDs. The one thing that has improved the industry some is the government regulations against pirating music, which is essentially stealing the merchandise. 2. E-Sonic’s competition is pretty fierce as the market has been going for quite some time now. It kind of goes along with, don’t reinvent the wheel if it is already working. Consumers...
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...Course Background and Syllabus for a sonic pda project-oriented Course Background: Project/Company/Product Analysis Assignments Each student and/or team will select create a fictional product or service that they would like to bring to market. The students then become the class experts on the product, the company, and the industry in which it operates. Students should be encouraged to look up articles about that industry in Business Week, Forbes, Fortune, the Wall Street Journal, Marketing Communications, Media-Scope, and/or Advertising Age. The students should use the Kotler text as guides for the project and the program Marketing Plan Pro to formulate the full marketing plan. The Marketing Plan Pro will provide the basis for either presentations and/or a paper that analyzes and evaluates the marketing program of the chosen product. You could grade the effort based on the following criteria: • Use of analytical marketing concepts to analyze the company and its products. • Degree to which information was sought and attained. • Quality of critique of company’s marketing program. • Quality of suggestions for future marketing. • Quality of writing. MARKETING MANAGEMENT FALL SEMESTER Instructor: E-mail: Web site: Campus: Office Hours Or by Appointment at Either Location Course Credits: 3 (Three) Class: Required Materials Marketing Management, 12th edition, by Kotler/Keller, Prentice-Hall...
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