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 #1OverviewOver the past few decades, one of the most common types of projects within a business is the development of a new piece of software to facilitate a certain facet of business operations.  The assignment will entail a project concerned with the creation of a new version of business expense software for the entry of, tracking of, payment of business expenses accrued by organizational members during normal business operations as other related issues such as reimbursing employees for expenses they personally paid for during their business related travel.,

Assignment

Your first task is to create a risk matrix in EXCEL.Identify the risks to be addressed with a rational as to why you have chosen these risks from the matrix.Explain which of the four remediation methodologies you will use for each risk and why.

#2

• Define Quality?
• What does Total Quality Management emphasize?
• State the Deming philosophy.
• What are the major steps for an organization to follow in implementing TQM?

Text 

Title: Managing Project Risks; 464 Pages

ISBN: 978-1-119-48975-7

Authors: Peter J. Edwards, Paulo Vaz Serra, Michael Edwards

Publisher: Wiley-Blackwell

Publication Date: 2019

Assignment Rules:
Open book and notes assignment

1. This homework tests your knowledge of File Handling, use of String methods, and use of Sets.
2. Adhere to the naming conventions discussed in class for variable names, program name and function names
3. Use meaningful names for variables, functions etc
4. If there are two words in the variable use first word lowercase and first letter of second word upper case i.e., firstName or underscore between 2 words i.e first_name
5. Include appropriate comments in the code
6. Output should be displayed similar to as mentioned against each problem
7. Indent the lines of code appropriately

1. char_analysis.py (40 points)

Write a program that reads the file’s contents and determine the following:

1. The number of Uppercase letters in the file
2. The number of Lowercase letters in the file
3. The number of digits in the file
4. The number of whitespace characters in the file

HINTS:

Define main():

Declare Local variables

Open file text.txt for reading. Use ‘text.txt’ file available under the Modules section in Canvas.

Use for loop to step through each character in the file.

Determine if the character is uppercase, lowercase, a digit, or space, and keep a running total of each.

Close the file.

Display the totals of uppercase, lowercase, digits, spaces.

Sample Output:

Uppercase letters: 29
Lowercase letters: 1228
Digits: 30

Spaces: 260

2. unique.py (30 points)

Write a program that opens a specified text file (text2.txt) and displays a list of all unique words found in the file.

HINTS:

Define main():

Declare Local variables

Open file text2.txt for reading. Use ‘text2.txt’ file available under the Modules section in Canvas.

Use ‘set’ method to find the unique words in the file and store each of them as an element of the set. 

Close the file.

Display all the unique words from the set.

Sample output:

These are the unique words in the text:
management.
name
been
later,
canceled,
is
Eastern,
delay
Eight
1,820
at
it
1867
official
world
and
company,….

3. name.py (30)

Write a program that gets a string containing a person’s first, middle, and last names, and displays their first, middle, and last initials. For example, if the user enters Susan Smith Miller, the program should display S.S.M.

Define main():

Declare Local variables

Prompt user to enter the full name

Use ‘split’ method to split the full name

Use for loop to get first character of each name as an initial

Convert the first character to upper case if it is already not in upper case

Display output

Sample output:

Enter your full name: Susan Smith Miller
S.S.M.

Class,

People are using their mobile phone browsers more and more every day to find information about businesses, make product decisions and purchases, and even determine the quality of a business based on what they can find online.  Write a seven to 10 (7 – 10) page paper in which you: 

• How to Choose a Mobile Web Development Option.
• Research and discuss effective use of screen real estate.
• Compare and contrast different mobile platforms (i.e. Android, iOS).
• The tools of mobile interface design.
• Discuss mobile information design.
• Choosing mobile web options.

Your assignment must follow these formatting requirements:

• Use at least ten – twelve (10 – 12 ) quality resources in this assignment. Note: Wikipedia and similar Websites do not qualify as quality resources.
• Be typed, double spaced, using Times New Roman font (size 12), with one-inch margins on all sides; citations and references must follow APA or school-specific format. 
• Include a cover page containing the title of the assignment, the student’s name, the professor’s name, the course title, and the date. The cover page and the reference page are not included in the required assignment C

 Remember to review the syllabus expectations for initial discussion posts and peer replies! 

Discuss the following questions: 

1. What are the benefits and challenges associated with public and private blockchain and which has the most potential for application in human resource management?

 2. What are Smart Contracts and how might they be applied in human resource management? 

3. How might Blockchain technology impact labor relations and employee safety? You are required to cite this week’s assigned readings in your paper. You may also cite prior week’s reading assignments and external sources if you wish.

Use the following headings to organize your paper: Introduction, Question 1, Question 2, Question 3, Conclusion, References.Submit your paper as a Word attachment in the discussion forum.

 I provide feedback within the paper and will not grade your post unless you submit it as an attachment. Your response to the discussion prompt should contain a minimum of 500 words and it should be submitted no later than Wednesday before 11:59 pm EST.  Your response should be formatted in APA style and reference each of this week’s readings.Also, two peer replies should contain a minimum of 150 words each and should be submitted no later than Sunday before 11:59 pm EST.  The initial post is worth 40 points and the peer replies are worth 5 points each (10 points). Follow the following writing requirements for all of your discussion prompt responses (note that these writing requirements DO NOT apply to your responses to other students):Writing Requirements for All Assignments:

• References MUST be cited within your paper in APA format. Your reference page and in-text citations must match 100%. Papers without in-text citations will earn failing grades.
• Always include a cover page and reference page with all submissions
• Your paper must have headings in it. For discussion posts Introduction, Prompt/Question, and Conclusion will suffice as headings.  
• Provide the EXACT web link for all online sources – do not provide just the home page, but the EXACT LINK – I check all sources
• No abbreviations, no contractions – write formally
• Write in the third person formal voice (no first or second person pronouns)
• Write MORE than the minimum requirement of the word count assigned
• As always, the word count is ONLY for the BODY of the paper – the cover page, reference page, and / or Appendix (if included) do not count towards the word count for the paper
• Indent the first line of each new paragraph five spaces
• Refer to the example APA paper in the getting started folder under the content tab if you need an example. Also, a power is provided under the information tab that addresses APA format.
• Use double-spacing / zero point line spacing, a running header, page numbers, and left justify the margins.

References —- 

1. Chapter 3 of Blockchain for Business

From the Harvard Course Pack Link: https://hbsp.harvard.edu/import/822085

2. Morkunas, V. J., Paschen, J., & Boon, E. (2019). How Blockchain technologies impact your business model. Business Horizons, 62, 295-306.

3. Berke, A. (2017, March 7). How safe are Blockchains? IT depends. Harvard Business Review, 51-60.

4. Whitehouse, E. (2018, July/August). We can change the way you work. People Management, 30-34.

5. Druck, J. A. (2018, October). Smart Contracts are neither smart nor contracts. Discuss. Banking & Financial Services Policy Report, 37(10), 5-9.

Please discuss/answer the following questions:

1. Why is it important to learn the various signals associated with the kill command?
2. Suppose you have observed that your system is performing slower than usual. Applications are taking longer to load; switching among tasks is also taking longer and may even cause some applications to crash. Which system resources are likely to be at the root of the problem? How can you use system tools, such as the Task Manager, to help identify and troubleshoot these problems?

For APA format, include a title page. Include an abstract statement on page two. Add the body on pages 3 & 4. Put your references on page 5. Use more than one reference for your information. Use Times New Roman 12 point font, double-spaced through the entire document. Indent paragraphs in the body. The abstract is not indented. 

You can use the APA template and References tab in MS Word for easier formatting.

Discussion: 

 This week we focus on the social and organizational issues that exist with better understanding why changes occurs.  This week discuss the phases of change noted in the Linear Development in Learning Approaches section in the Information Technology and Organizational Learning text. 

Assignment: 

 Information Systems for Business and Beyond Questions:

• Chapter 3 – study questions 1-8, Exercise 2
• Chapter 4 – study questions 1-13, Exercise 5

Information Technology and Organizational Learning Assignment:

• Review the strategic integration section.  Note what strategic integration is and how it ties to the implementation of technology within an organization.
• Review the information technology roles and responsibilities section.  Note how IT is divided based on operations and why this is important to understand within an organization.

Modify your program from Learning Journal Unit 7 to read dictionary items from a file and write the inverted dictionary to a file. You will need to decide on the following:

• How to format each dictionary item as a text string in the input file.
• How to covert each input string into a dictionary item.
• How to format each item of your inverted dictionary as a text string in the output file.

Create an input file with your original three-or-more items and add at least three new items, for a total of at least six items.

Include the following in your Learning Journal submission: 

• The input file for your original dictionary (with at least six items).
• The Python program to read from a file, invert the dictionary, and write to a different file.
• The output file for your inverted dictionary.
• A description of how you chose to encode the original dictionary and the inverted dictionary in text files.

For this project, select an organization that has leveraged Cloud Computing technologies in an attempt to improve profitability or to give them a competitive advantage.  Research the organization to understand the challenges that they faced and how they intended to use Cloud Computing to overcome their challenges.  The paper should include the following sections each called out with a header.

• Company Overview:  The section should include the company name, the industry they are in and a general overview of the organization.
• Challenges: Discuss the challenges the organization had that limited their profitability and/or competitiveness and how they planned to leverage Cloud Computing to overcome their challenges.
• Solution:  Describe the organization’s Cloud Computing implementation and the benefits they realized from the implementation.  What was the result of implementing Cloud Computing?  Did they meet their objectives for fall short?
• Conclusion:  Summarize the most important ideas from the paper and also make recommendations or how they might have achieved even greater success.

Requirements:

The paper must adhere to APA guidelines including Title and Reference pages.  There should be at least three scholarly sources listed on the reference page.  Each source should be cited in the body of the paper to give credit where due.  Per APA, the paper should use a 12-point Time New Roman font, should be double spaced throughout, and the first sentence of each paragraph should be indented .5 inches.  The body of the paper should be 3 – 5 pages in length.  The Title and Reference pages do not count towards the page count requirements.

Describe the difference between a chained conditional and a nested conditional. Give your own example of each. Do not copy examples from the textbook.

Deeply nested conditionals can become difficult to read. Describe a strategy for avoiding nested conditionals. Give your own example of a nested conditional that can be modified to become a single conditional, and show the equivalent single conditional. Do not copy the example from the textbook.

70 words

GO19_AC_CH05_GRADER_5G_AS – Tuition and Fees 1.0

Start   Access.Open the file Student_Access_5G_Tuition_Fees_AS.accdb   downloaded with this project.

Create   a new query in Design view using the Categories and Students tables. From the   Categories table, add the Category field. From the Students table, add the   Student ID, Age Group and Monthly Tuition fields (in that order).

In   the design grid, in the first blank field column, type Annual Tuition: [Monthly Tuition]*12.   Run the query.

View   the query in Design view. In the design grid in the first blank field column,   type Total Cost: [Annual Tuition]+[Competition Fee].   Run the query and adjust all column widths to view data. Save the query as Total Cost. Close the query.

Create   a new query in Design view using the Categories and Students tables. From the   Categories table, add the Category field. From the Students table, add the   Age Group and Monthly Tuition fields (in that order).

Run   the query. Display the total row and sum the Monthly Tuition field. Save the   query as Tuition by Category and   Age Group.   Close the query.

Using   the Query Wizard, create a new crosstab query based on the Total Cost query.   Use the Category field as the row headings and the Age Group field as the   column headings. Sum the Total Cost field, and deselect the option to   summarize each row. Save the query as Crosstab Query.   Close the query.

Create   a new query in Design view using the Categories and Students tables. From the   Categories table, add the Category field. From the Students table, add the   Monthly Tuition field.

In   the design grid, click in the Criteria row under Category, and type Gymnastics.

Change   the query type to an update query.

In   the query, update the Monthly Tuition field by increasing it by 10%. Run the   query and save the query as Update Gymnastics   Tuition.   Close the query.

Save   the database. Close the database, and then exit Access. Submit the database   as directed.