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 To successfully complete this week’s discussion, you will need to:

• Refer to Project Management Foundations: Requirements [27 min]. 
• Review the instructions and scoring guide for the Business Requirements assignment due this week.

Please respond to the following in a substantive post ( 3–4 paragraphs):

• Describe the functional business requirements (scope) and scope control for your hypothetical start-up e-commerce company.
• Describe the technical requirements necessary to integrate various e-commerce infrastructure components.

  Use the Internet, regional or state newspapers, or professional journals to search for requests for proposals.

a. Copy the RFPs and bring them to class for discussion.

b. From a careful reading of one RFP, identify the problem or need.

c. Identify the audience the proposal writer needs to address.

d. Brainstorm a list of ideas to include in the proposal’s introduction.

According to your readings, cloud computing represents one of the most significant paradigms shifts in information technology (IT) history, due to an extension of sharing an application-hosting provider that has been around for many years, and was common in highly regulated vertical industries like banks and health care institutions.  The author’s knowledge from their research continue to assert that, the impetus behind cloud computing lies on the idea that it provides economies of scale by spreading costs across many client organizations and pooling computing resources while matching client computing needs to consumption in a flexible, real-time version. 

Today, social, mobile, and local marketing are the fastest-growing forms of online marketing. The assignment this week is to visit two of the social networks listed on page 438 (Facebook, Instagram, Twitter, LinkedIn, Pinterest, Snapchat, and Tumblr)  and describe their social marketing process, their business model, and how they are different from traditional marketing. If you owned a business, describe how you would use social, mobile, and local marketing in your business plan?

The requirements below must be met for your paper to be accepted and graded:

·  Write between 500-750 words (approximately 2-3 pages) using Microsoft Word.

·  Attempt APA style.  Use the APA Resources in your course for guidance.

·  Use font size 12 and 1″ margins.

·  Include a cover page and reference page.

·  At least 80% of your paper must be original content/writing.

·  No more than 20% of your content/information may come from references.

·  Use at least two references from outside the course material, preferably from EBSCOhost.  The textbook, lectures, and other materials in the course may be used, but are not counted toward the two reference requirement.

Reference material (data, dates, graphs, quotes, paraphrased words, values, etc.) must be identified in the paper and listed on a reference page.  Reference material must come from sources such as scholarly journals found in EBSCOhost, online newspapers such as The Wall Street Journal, government websites, etc.  Sources such as Wikis, Yahoo Answers, eHow, etc. are not acceptable.

Title: Preliminary Investigation and System Requirements (total of 4-8 pages)

A Preliminary Investigation and System Requirements for your proposal will be due at the end of Week 4. This is normally two different documents but due to the length of the course we will combine them.

Please use the template below as it lists the parts that are graded.

1. General Information 50

• Company profile
• Business situation
• Problem or Opportunity
• Project Scope and Constraints
• Perform Fact-Finding
• Copy of a survey or interview questions.
• Diagram current processes. –

1. Requirements 40

• List of Requirements

1. General Format and Grammar 10

***IMPORTANT NOTE***
For this requirement you needed to show
1) Current Processes
2) Requirements.
These are two different things. Note that in the PIR, both of these combined are worth more than 50% of the grade. So, it’s important that you get this down.

For the Current Processes, you needed to show the following details for each process:
a) Process name
b) Input
c) Process
d) Output

See below for an example.

For Requirements, you needed to show a bulleted list of what you want the system to have in the form of “The system mush have…”, or “The system shall have…”.

Example: You need to make sure each section has appropriate information.
+ It’s important to properly name a process. Use the Verb_Noun format where the Verb shows what happens to the Noun e.g. Print_PayrollChecks.
+ In the “Input” section you need to show what goes into the “Process” section. You don’t include any logic in here. Just show what goes in. Avoiding using “verbs” since these show “action” i.e. “process”.
+ The “Process” section shows what happens to the input sent through the “Input” section. Think of this section as the place where things happen. You need to show the steps that get carried out to show the process. If you think of a meat grinder as the process, the input=”meat”, the process=”employee place meat in a grinder. The grinder is a machine that has a cylinder which rotates in metal chamber and grinds product sent through. employee rotate handle. Ground meat comes out of grinder”, and output=”ground meat”
+ The output section is similar to Input, but here we show what comes out of the “Process”. No activity shown here i.e. do not use any verbs.

Format
All components of the double spaced paper must have one inch margins (left, right, top and bottom) and be written in 11 or 12 pitch, Arial or Times New Roman font. 4-7 pages in length.
Name your file LastnameFirstnameProposal (eg., MeyerGregProposal) and upload it to the Assignment section of the classroom. Be sure to check the “Submit for Grading” box when uploading and submitting your file 

Course: organization leader and decision making

Provide a 500 word (or 2 pages double spaced) minimum reflection.

Use of proper APA formatting and citations. If supporting evidence from outside resources is used those must be properly cited.

Share a personal connection that identifies specific knowledge and theories from this course.

Demonstrate a connection to your current work environment. If you are not employed, demonstrate a connection to your desired work environment. 

Design a program to perform the following task:
Write a program that would allow a user to enter student names and Final grades (e.g. A,B,C,D,F) from their courses. You do not know how many students need to be entered. You also do not know how many courses each of the students completed. Design your program to calculate the Grade Point Average (GPA) for each student based on each of their final grades. The program should output the Student name along with the GPA.
There are 5 components of your submission including:
• Analysis- Demonstrates your thought process and steps used to analyze the problem. Be sure to include the required input and output and how you will obtain the required output from the given input? Also, include your variable names and definitions. Be sure to describe the necessary formulas and sample calculations that might be needed. Talk about how your design will allow any number of students and final grades to be possible inputs.
• Program Design- A detailed, clear description of the program you are building. It should show the flow and logic of you program.
• Flowchart – Provide a flowchart for your design. You can use Word, Powerpoint, Visio or any software you have available that will allow to draw shapes and connectors.
• Test plan – Prepare at least 1 set of input data (Test data) along with their expected output for testing your program. This test case should include at least 10 students. Your test data can be presented in the form of a table as follows (note: feel free to adapt to your design)
• Pseudocode- Provide pseudocode of your overall design that fulfills the requirements of the project
All of these components should be placed in word document for submission.
Additional details about the program you need to write:
1. GPA is calculated by summing the point equivalents for final grades and taking the average. A =4, B=3, C=2, D=1, and F = 0. So, if someone earned 2 A’s and 1 B, their GPA would be (4 + 4 + 3)/3 = 3.67
2. Think about using a simple process to stop entering students and course grades. For example, if StudentName == ” “.
Test Case # ***** Expected Output
1 Sally: A,D,B,C GPA for Sally is: 2.5
John: A,A,A,B,B GPA for John is: 3.6

Assignment Content

1. STOP: (1) Have you watched the HW video on APA 7 Basics and Cover Page? (2) IF you were absent, have you watched the class recording? Do not continue to the assignment until these things are complete.    ASSIGNMENT Step 1, Brainstorm: Think about your field of study as a master’s student. Use one of the two methods taught in class and find two news articles that report on relevant problems related to the industry associated with your master’s degree program (think about scandals within the last 5 years). Come up with two examples using the format below in a simple Word document, using APA 7 Basics and an APA 7 cover page learned through the HW video (see p. 20 in Foundations for a sample cover page) Step 2, Create your Word Document and Answer Questions (it should look similar to p. 5 in Foundations): FOR EXAMPLE: If my major is public health or even education, I would come up with something like Issue/Problem 1 below (MPH students, you cannot use this as your own). We have started one together in class, so you must complete what you started in class and find a second research problem proposal:   Issue/Problem 1: Depression and anxiety among young adults  1) People Involved: College students, parents 2) Link to Article: https://www.mayoclinichealthsystem.org/hometown-health/speaking-of-health/college-students-and-depression 3) My Research Question: What have researchers learned about the impact of COVID 19 on depression and anxiety among young adult students?   I would then fill out my second Problem proposal below:  Issue/Problem 2: 1) People Involved:  2) Link to Article:  3) My Research Question: What have researchers learned about Grading: Cover/Title Page = 40 pts Issue/Problem 1 = 30 pts Issue/Problem 2 = 30 pts

Explain in 500 words or more what NIST Is and how it should be used by a dba.  

Question: Discuss the advantages and disadvantages of each type of testing. When is each type of testing appropriate? Are there situations that preclude the use of a particular type of testing?

***Standard for all discussion posts:

Please make your initial post and two response posts substantive. A substantive post will do at least two of the following: 

• Ask an interesting, thoughtful question pertaining to the topic
• Answer a question (in detail) posted by another student or the instructor
• Provide extensive additional information on the topic
• Explain, define, or analyze the topic in detail
• Share an applicable personal experience
• Provide an outside source (for example, an article from the UC Library) that applies to the topic, along with additional information about the topic or the source (please cite properly in APA 7)
• Make an argument concerning the topic

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 and references in your post.

**** No Plagiarism