Discussion

 

In 250 words or more, describe your company’s mission-critical system(s). Please include the following information. Include references and citations when/if applicable:

  1. What functionalities those systems are serving?
  2. What made the company classify these systems as mission-critical?
Figure 7-22: Level-0 DFD for WebStore

Apply: Systems Requirements Presentation

 

Assignment Content

  1. Imagine this scenario: After considering their 3 target markets, Pine Valley Furniture’s board of directors has selected the student furniture project for the WebStore. They are asking you to help them choose a method for determining the requirements. 

    Create a 12- to 18-slide presentation in which you:

    • Compare traditional, contemporary, radical, and agile methodologies for requirements gathering.
    • Outline advantages and disadvantages in your comparison.
    • Recommend the methodology you think will work best for Pine Valley Furniture’s student furniture WebStore.
    • Explain the figure below. It used to be “Figure 7-22: Level-0 DFD for the WebStore” of Ch.7, “Structuring System Process Requirements” from Modern Systems Analysis and Design. 
    • Figure 7-22: Level-0 DFD for WebStore

      Include detailed speaker notes.

      Consider incorporating multimedia and images where appropriate.

      Cite references to support your assignment.

      Format your citations according to APA guidelines.

      Submit your assignment.

      Resources

    • Center for Writing Excellence
    • Reference and Citation Generator
    • Grammar and Writing Guides
    • The Rubric Template shows how the paper will be graded:

      Week3_IA_Rubric_template.docx

Supply Chain Management

There are fundamental challenges in managing effective supply chains (those activities that largely affect a company’s COGS and working capital deployed).  The effective supply chain manager must recognize then lead the way through these challenges.  The best explanation of the challenges is:
A.  Trying to understand true Customer Expected Lead Time (CELT) and effort to make supply chains more responsive
B.  Trying to change production mindsets from push to pull while illuminating muda.
C.  Trying to make the purchase of milk more Make-to-Order
D.  Use techniques like postponement and vendor managed inventory to shift inventory holding responsibility from our balance sheet to another supply chain partner
E.  Identifying the adjectives that describe potential supply chain segments then implementing them throughout the company.

Research Paper

Research Paper on the topic “Cyber Security”.  It should be at least 12-15 pages with at least 5 APA citations & matching references. Formatting: Introduction; Image / Table; Conclusion; 12 TNR font; double space; clearly divided small paragraphs; bold & underline headings 

Discussion

Discussion: 1. Some people say that chatbots are inferior for chatting. Others disagree. 

Discussion:2. Discuss the financial benefits of chatbots.

Chapter Discussion

The political debate over Net Neutrality has been going on for many, many years now in this country against the backdrop of freedom of information vs. censorship.  Write an essay explaining a brief timeline of the controversy, who the stakeholders in the debate are, and what position they are taking in the controversy.  Explain whose position you support and why.  It is possible you will not agree with either point of view completely.  In that event, propose a compromise solution and explain why it is the better outcome of the debate.  Below are two short articles outlining the basic idea of the debate.  After reading them, research the topic in more depth and use facts or quotations from articles you find to support any conclusions you draw. You must reference at least two additional sources. 

BI Week 16 Assignment

Complete the following assignment in one MS word document:

Chapter 14–discussion question #1, #3, #4 & exercise 2

APA in-text citations) to support the work this week. All work must be original (not copied from any source).

Discussion 1. Some say that analytics in general dehumanize managerial activities, and others say they do not. Discuss arguments for both points of view.

Discussion 3. What are some of the major privacy concerns in employing intelligent systems on mobile data?

Discussion 4. Identify some cases of violations of user privacy from current literature and their impact on data science as a profession.

Exercise 2. Search the Internet to find examples of how intelligent systems can facilitate activities such as empowerment, mass customization, and teamwork.

Assignment

#1: What are the main reasons for the recent popularity of data mining? 

 #2: Discuss what an organization should consider before making a decision to purchase data mining software. 

#3:  What are the privacy issues with data mining? Do you think they are substantiated? 

 When submitting work, be sure to include an APA cover page and include at least two APA formatted references (and APA in-text citations) to support the work this week.