In your initial post, answer the following questions about IT Project Management. In addition to your course textbook (chapter 11 attached), utilize the UC library for information and examples.

What is a project, and what are its main attributes? How is a project different from what most people do in their day-to-day jobs? Discuss the importance of top management commitment and the development of standards for successful project management. Provide examples to illustrate the importance of these items based on your experience on any type of project. Discuss the unique challenges that an IT project presents.

Please make your initial post substantive. A substantive post will do of the following:

At least one scholarly source should be used in the initial discussion thread. Be sure to use information from your readings and other sources from the UC Library. Use proper citations, intext citations and references in your post.

The CEO of your selected industry has asked you to explore the possibility of replacing the wireless 802.11x phones with a cellular system. Explain the security program described, the differences in core architecture between different generations of cellular and mobile network technologies, the end-to-end delivery of a packet and/or signal, and what happens with the hand-off at each step along the communications path to the CEO.

Overview detailing the following:

1. Various smartphone generations and technologies (e.g., GSM, WCDMA, CDMA2000, LTE).
2. Recommendation for embedded smartphone operating systems (e.g., iOS, Android).
3. Changes to existing networking infrastructure.
4. Implementation of mobile protocols, logical channels, and encryption standards.
5. Using mobile-unique identifiers and location-based services to track device and data input validation.

Your recommendations should cover the feasibility of using cellular systems to enter secure data into proposed databases.

Discussion: This week we discuss an important aspect of information technology: ethics.  Please describe the term information system ethics and note some of the principles a company can establish to ensure they are acting ethically within their information systems.

Note: The first post should be made by Wednesday 11:59 p.m., EST. I am looking for active engagement in the discussion.  Please engage early and often.

Your response should be 250-300 words.  Respond to two postings provided by your classmates.

Pick one of the below operating systems and present information on the operating systems, and your thoughts comparing the selected operating system with other systems. Explain with an example for each OS mangers. You will need to submit both your presentation and project paper (10-15pages Max) and showing your references and citations.

• Windows 
• Linux 
• Unix
• Android
• iOS

Effective strategies on the Internet of Things (IoT) cybersecurity.

Discussion (Chapter 1): Compare and contrast predictive analytics with prescriptive and descriptive analytics. Use examples.
Response should be 250-300 words and with references

There must be at least one APA formatted reference (and APA in-text citation) to support the thoughts in the post.  Do not use direct quotes, rather rephrase the author’s words and continue to use in-text citations.

Assignment Content

1. Your father has a private retail pharmacy in a small rural town. He accepts credit cards and holds customer information on a small database server. He wants to know if he should be concerned about PCI compliance, as well as HIPAA, and has asked you for a summary so he can decide if he wants to hire an outside consultant to help him comply with government regulations.

   Write a 3- to 4-page summary in Microsoft® Word of the important aspect of PCI and HIPAA regulations to help him make his decision. In your summary:

   • Accurately describe what PCI is and why it is important to a small business.
   • Explain why a small business needs to comply with PCI. Provide at least two reasons.
   • Outline the ramifications of noncompliance to a small business. Provide two examples.
   • Concisely describe who is covered under HIPAA.
   • List the information protected under HIPAA.
   • List the administrative requirements under HIPAA.
   • Cite all sources using APA guidelines. 

     Submit your assignment.

Refer to the attachment:

1. How do geographically dispersed teams collaborate effectively?

2. Please find at least three tools on the market that teams can use to collaborate on a geographically dispersed team.  Please note the pros and cons of each tool. 

3. Based on the research above, note which tool you would select if you were managing the geographically dispersed team and why.

• Review the Multimedia PDF and the Web Development PPT
• Download the Word document below and follow the instructions
• HTML Lab
• ZIP up your HTML file and your image file into a Lab15.zip file
• Upload the ZIP file to Canvas for grading

Read the Orlando Marathon Case Study, found in this week’s module. Then respond to the following questions by due date listed in the syllabus:

1. Consider  the responsibilities of risk management programs and risk in volunteer  management. What steps should be taken to prepare for the event in  compliance with the responsibilities of risk management programs and in  the aftermath of the Boston Marathon events. Assume that terrorism  threats on this event would be extremely heightened.
2. What are all of the risks that you need to consider for the organization and for volunteers?
3. In  what ways would you approach each of these risks? (Think about  elimination, reduction, assumption, transfer, etc). Explain your  rationale.

By the Saturday following the due date listed on  the syllabus at 11:59pm, respond to at least 1 other student. Do you  agree with the steps they selected to prepare for the event? Are there  risks they did not identify that should be included?