Discussion 1 (Chapter 1): Compare and contrast predictive analytics with prescriptive and descriptive analytics. Use examples.
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.
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.

 Create a PowerPoint presentation strictly following the instructions in the Presentation file. While you are welcome to do so, this presentation does not require a voice over recording. Only the slides will be required. Please include additional details for your slides as appropriate in the slide notes. 

  Organization I am researching for is: WALMART

ITS 631 Presentation
100 Points Possible, Individual Effort Only! 

Using the organization that you have been researching and writing about during this course, create a PowerPoint presentation with the following slides representing your written papers. Do not copy and paste large sections from your paper to each slide. Your presentation should follow best practices in PowerPoint slide creation. This site may be beneficial to follow if you need help: http://www.garrreynolds.com/preso-tips/design/

1. Slide 1: Cover slide

2. Slide 2: Introduction of the organization

3. Slide 3: Your role within the organization

4. Slide 4: Your summary of the current IT strategy for competitive advantage 

5. Slide 5: The gap(s) you identified which you have sought to address in your project

6. Slide 6: A summary of your research regarding the IT strategy

7. Slide 7: A summary of the positive or negative impacts to business operations involving the IT management processes

8. Slide 8: A summary of your recommendations for TQM, Six Sigma, and/or change management

9. Slide 9: Your 2 recommendations to address the gap(s) identified in your case

10. Slide 10: Your change management plan

11. Slide 11: Your summarized thoughts on IT Governance and security culture within the organization

12. Slide 12: Your overall thoughts of the potential benefits to the organization by implementing your change recommendations 

13. Slide 13: References for all slides (full APA formatted references)

For additional content, use the notes view of PowerPoint to include details. Minimize pictures to those that are relevant to the content. If you quote a source directly in your presentation, a citation must also be included on that slide for the quote in APA format. Do not provide citations for paraphrased information in your slides. For this presentation the final references slide will suffice. 

Assessment criteria (25 points per criteria): 

· The presentation makes good use of course concepts/practices/strategies; 

· The presentation demonstrates understanding of the IT Operational Excellence practices covered during the course; 

· The presentation demonstrates appropriate application of Operational Excellence ideas/concepts/practices/strategies in addressing the case issues;

· Thoroughness, appropriateness, and creativity demonstrated by the descriptions; clarity, organization, coherence, and correctness (spelling, grammar) of the writing, quoted content where appropriate with citations, and full references.

Chapter 5 – Discussion question #1, #2, #3, & #4 and
                   Exercise #6 and
                   Internet Exercise #7 (go to   neuroshell.com  click on the examples and look at the current examples.  The Gee Whiz example is no longer on the page.)

Chapter 6 – Discussion question #1, #2, #3, #4, & #5 and
                   Exercise 4

– Each answer must be at least 100 words

– 2 references apa format

– no plagiarism

– write only answers, do not mention questions

• Do you think that ISO 27001 standard would work well in the organization that you currently or previously have worked for? If you are currently using ISO 27001 as an ISMS framework, analyze its effectiveness as you perceive in the organization.
• Are there other frameworks mentioned has been discussed in the article that might be more effective?
• Has any other research you uncover suggest there are better frameworks to use for addressing risks?

Your paper should meet the following requirements:

• Be approximately four to six pages in length, not including the required cover page and reference page.
• Follow APA 7 guidelines. Your paper should include an introduction, a body with fully developed content, and a conclusion.
• Support your answers with the readings from the course and at least two scholarly journal articles to support your positions, claims, and observations, in addition to your textbook. The UC Library is a great place to find resources.
• Be clearly and well-written, concise, and logical, using excellent grammar and style techniques. You are being graded in part on the quality of your writing.

Project Management Integration Framework – Week 7 Assignment

Closing/Change Control

Create a 2-3 page Word document and include the following. Be sure to label each section. You can embed your change control log and close out document or attach them separately.

·  Often times a project will have a contract with a third party. Explain the importance of conducting procurement management when working with sellers and awarding contracts

·  Review one of the case studies from the previous week(s). Identify at least two unexpected changes that were encountered and will impact your project schedule by making your schedule 2-4 weeks late. Create a change control log. How will you handle this change? 

·  Create a close out document that describes the steps for finalizing and implementing a project

PowerPoint 2nd part

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

2. Discuss the financial benefits of chatbots.

3. Discuss how IBM Watson will reach 1 billion people by 2018 and what the implications of that are.

4. Compare the chatbots of Facebook and WeChat. Which has more functionalities?

5. Research the role of chatbots in helping patients with dementia

6. Microsoft partners with the government of Singapore to develop chatbots for e-services. Find out how this is done.

APA format with 2 references.
2 pages

CHECK ATTACHMENT!!!

Complete the following assignment in one MS word document:

Chapter 1 –discussion question #1 & exercises 9 and 15 (limit to one page of analysis for question 15)

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.

Discussion question #1:

Survey the literature from the past six months to find one application each for DSS, BI, and analytics. Summarize the applications on one page, and submit it with the exact sources

Exercise 9:

Go to microstrategy.com Find information on the five styles of BI. Prepare a summary table for each style.

Exercise 15:

Visit the Million Song Dataset(http://millionsondataset.com/), search the collection, and download a few titles. How are the songs indexed, and how would you download the entire database?
 

minimum 500 words

Discuss the following questions: 1. Discuss Blockchain’s potential application in compensation systems (base wages, incentives, rewards). 2. How can a token economy affect employee compensation? 3. Based on your readings, do worldwide executives believe Blockchain has the potential to radical change the future of organizations? Use the following headings to organize your paper: Introduction, Question 1, Question 2, Question 3, Conclusion, References.

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.