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Assignment 4: Term Paper
Due Week 10 and worth 200 points

You were talking to members of your favorite local band after a recent show. The topic of software came up, and the leader said she has a love-hate relationship with it. She loves the recording software they use and is okay with QuickBooks for the band’s financial records. But, she does not like the available options to track bookings and create set lists that draw from their entire repertoire.

In addition to their regular weekly gigs, the band performs for many school assemblies and community events. They have to pick music that’s appropriate for the audience and the theme without being repetitive. They are constantly adding new songs to their catalog, and putting others on hiatus. The band likes to take requests, so they frequently update the set list after a gig. The band does not want to bother entering chords or lyrics because they don’t use computers or phones on stage.

You offer to put together a system design to address the band’s needs. It’s okay to collect ideas by looking at off-the-shelf solutions, but the design must be your own for this assignment. Include the following in your design:

1. A list and short explanation of each function to manage:

1. the band’s song catalog,
2. bookings,
3. set lists, and
4. any other category you believe is important for this application.

2. A logical data design that supports all of these functions. Use either an entity-relationship or a UML class diagram, which should be in third normal form. Indicate all primary keys, relationships, and cardinalities.

3. Recommend a system architecture that identifies the hardware and software components and how they interact. Include a short (not more than 500 words) description and rationale. Illustrate using your choice of a static functional decomposition or object-oriented diagram.

4. Identify security concerns and other nonfunctional requirements for this system.

5. Propose at least three distinct and measurable criteria to evaluate the quality of the finished software.

Important Note: The required attached template must be used for this assignment and is not optional. It has been designed so that papers are logically organized and includes prompts for all required information for the assignment. Assignments submitted not using this template will be returned ungraded and must be resubmitted using the template. Late penalties on improperly submitted papers will apply in accordance with the published late policy.

Creating a Budget

In this assignment you will create a spreadsheet and a chart to help a hypothetical couple work out their budget. You will submit a Microsoft Excel spreadsheet following the directions below to the appropriate submission folder by the due date. You will name this file W4P_LastName.xlsx.

Click on the link below, Week 4 Project Tips, for some visual aids on how to tackle this week’s project.

Week 4 Project Tips

Please Note:Information to help you with this project is available in the Week 4 online lectures, your textbook, as well as Microsoft Excel Help (F1). Your professor is also a great resource. If you work ahead, you can post questions about this assignment on the Questions for the Professor discussion board and still submit your assignment on time.

Scenario

Tom and Sally were trying to get a handle on their budget. They heard that MS Excel could help them with that.  Tom is going to school and has cut back on his hours. Sally has finished her associate’s degree and is working full time. They want to look at the last three months of their income and expenses to see where they can make changes.

Part I – The Spreadsheet

First, in an Excel Spreadsheet, create a budget to show Tom and Sally’s income, expenses, and money leftover each month (Net). Create formulas in your spreadsheet for your calculations using the following data:

• Tom brought home $1,000 a month for January, February, and March.
• Sally brought home $1,900, $2,000, and $1,975 respectively for those three months.
• They paid $1,000 for rent and utilities each month.
• They paid $88 for insurance each month.
• They paid $60 for cell phones and $60 for Internet/TV each month.
• They spent $600, $750 (due to a big birthday bash), and $500 on food respectively.
• Their car payment and gas came to $225, $250, and $300 respectively.
• Entertainment and gifts were $75, $100, and $45 respectively.
• They paid a little extra on their credit card $150, $125, and $100 respectively.
• They allocated $200 each month for personal grooming and health care.
• They put $100 each month into savings.
• Miscellaneous Expenses came to $200, $100, and $400 respectively.

A sample budget layout is included below as an example of one way to lay out a budget.

Part II – The Chart

Once you have worked out the budget spreadsheet, use the tabs at the bottom of the page to open another sheet. Here you will create a chart similar to the example below using the tools you learned about in the lectures and the textbook. On the new sheet:

1. Create a column chart to visually represent their monthly expenses. If you have a challenge getting the chart on this sheet, research how to move your chart using your reading or Help (F1). You might also try right clicking on the chart.
2. Add a descriptive title to the chart.

Part III – Changing Values

1. Copy everything from Sheet 1 (the budget calculations) and paste it into a new worksheet.
2. Change values for Sally’s March income to $200 more. Let’s say that they didn’t use as much heat in March and their utilities were $75 less (you could use a formula to figure out $75 less but you don’t have to). See how the totals change automatically if you used formulas correctly. If the values did not change, check your formulas and try them again. Seek help if you can’t figure this out.
3. Rename each of your three spreadsheets with descriptive names.

By the due date assigned, submit this budget to the Submissions Area. In the message box, share how the process of creating this went for you, including any challenges, successes, or insights. In the Comments box, briefly share your experiences with completing this project.

create a presentation, covering the following objectives:

• Explain the  basic commands and functions of SQL
• How to use SQL for data administration (to create tables, indexes, and views)
• How to use SQL for data manipulation (to add, modify, delete, and retrieve data)
• How to use SQL to query a database to extract useful information

• Use PowerPoint. Prezi or a similar presentation tool.

 Select from the following list four (4) topics and discuss. Use only 50-words max per topic to discuss and present your answer.  The discussion questions this week are from Chapter 9  (Jamsa, 2013).

Chapter 9 topics:

• List the security advantages of cloud-based solutions.
• List the security disadvantages of cloud-based solutions.
• Define and discuss the data wiping process.
• Discuss how a cloud-based solution provider may reduce the risk of a DDoS attack.
• Define and discuss hyperjacking attacks.
• Define and discuss guest-hopping attacks.

NOTE: You are required to use at least two-peer reviewed sources (besides your textbook) to answer the above questions.   

 Discussion Topic: Define and describe cloud-based collaboration. What are the advantages and disadvantages? 

Paper Topic: 

Topic: The CIO of Ace Accounting Services suggests that the company can save considerable money using VoIP for phone calls. Define and describe VoIP. Then present three companies that provide VoIP offerings. Compare and contrast each company’s offering. Also, discuss whether or not you agree with the CIO and justify why.

Paper requirements:

• Minimum 900 words (excluding title page, table of contents, and references pages)
• Minimum of 3 references
• Format your paper consistent with APA guidelines
• When submitting the assignment, please ensure you are submitting as an attached MS Word document.

Please use attached APA 7 format especially for REFERENCES, TABLE OF CONTENTS.

Go online and research some tools that would be valuable in collecting both live memory images and images of various forms off media. Put together a shopping list for your manager that includes tools needed  to be purchased. Include a price if applicable.

Write your answer using a WORD document. Do your own work. Submit here. Note your Safe Assign score. Score must be less than 25 for full credit.

300 Words

You have three attempts.

Discussion 2.1

“In general, clustering is the use of unsupervised techniques, for grouping similar objects.” Please discuss this and what is your understanding of ‘unsupervised techniques.’

( With Refrences )

Case Study 2.1

• Read the Case Study: Case 3.1 – Customer arrival at Bank 98
• Write a summary analysis and answer the questions

Writing Requirements

• 3–4 pages in length  (excluding cover page, abstract, and reference list)
• APA format, Use the APA template located in the Student Resource Center to complete the assignment.
• Please use the Case Study Guide as a reference point for writing your case study.

Please see attached file

 The goal here is to outline how you would conduct your research to answer the research question.  

Directions: 

1. Review your notes from class on the different methodologies and instruments used to measure. Also, review the examples via the links here Approaches Expectations, Meets Expectations, Exceeds Expectations.

    

2. Develop a 3-4 page methodology section that includes the following:
    
   1. Introduction 
       
   2. Research Paradigm (qualitative or quantitative) 
       
   3. Research- or project- Design 
       
   4. Sampling Procedures and or/
       
   5. Data Collection Sources (reference Informed Consent and IRB approval placed in Appendices) 
       
   6. Statistical Tests Summary (quantitative) OR Data Organization Plan for Qualitative
       

Research project manager’s positions and please post the following. Please do not copy and paste from web sites.

1. Find three different job postings in the area you live in for a Project Manager. What are the items in the three job ads that are the same? Are there any major differences? Also, look up how much a project manager earns in your area. 
2. In your opinion was any of the information that you uncovered in your search interesting or surprising?