Chapter Eight (8) – Value Sensitive Design of Complex Product Systems: According to Ligtvoet, van de Kaa, Fens, van Beers, Herder, and van den Hoven, (in press), full and comprehensive overview of all relevant components of a system increasingly continue to become difficult.  The natural response to complex problems is to delve into details.  The suggestion is that an opposite move towards a more abstract […]

Using a Web browser, perform some research on a newer malware variant that has been reported by a major malware containment vendor. Using a search engine, go to the vendor’s Web site; this could be Symantec, McAfee, or any of their competitors. Visit one malware prevention software vendor. Search for the newest malware variants and pick one. Note its name and try to understand how […]

This  week we watched a short video on how storytelling and the aims of data  visualization go hand in hand. The narrator of the video discusses the  aims of data visualization. The narrator states that the aims of data  visualization is to, “Maximize how quickly and accurately people decode  information from graphics.” The narrator also talks about some  shortcomings (disadvantage) of the techniques used to […]

Consider this scenario: you are helping a friend start a small business and he/she is considering using MySQL for the backend customer database.  They doesn’t know very much about it, though, so to help them out, conduct research in the book and/or on the Internet and create a presentation that outlines the limitations of using MySQL on the Windows platform. Include any necessary background information […]

This assignment consists of two (2) parts: a written paper and a PowerPoint presentation. You must submit both parts as separate files for the completion of this assignment. Label each file name according to the section of the assignment it is written for. Additionally, you may create and / or assume all necessary assumptions needed for the completion of this assignment. In recent years, organizations […]

For this assignment you will prepare the second section of your report in which you will analyze a given business process, explain how IT could be used to support it, and assess the benefits of applying information technology to improve the process. The paper should not exceed three double-spaced pages and must include at least two references. Prior to beginning this assignment, be sure you […]

 CASE 5-2 – Boeing 787 Dreamliner – Pages 122-123 The first Boeing 787 Dreamliner was delivered to Japan’ s ANA in the third quarter of 2011, more than three years after the initial planned delivery date. It’s complicated, unique design (including a one‐piece fuselage that eliminated the need for 1,500 aluminum sheets and 50,000 fasteners and reduced the resulting weight of the plane proportionally) promised […]

 In this scenario, hackers launch cyber attacks that affect several parts of the nation’s financial infrastructure over the course of several weeks. Specifically, sensitive credit card processing facilities are hacked and numbers are released to the Internet, causing 120 million cards to be cancelled; automated teller machines (ATMs) fail nearly simultaneously across the nation; major companies report payroll checks are not being received by workers; […]

  Prepare a Business Case / Project Proposal o Use knowledge of PRINCE 2 (Project Management) for this assignment. o Submit as a single MS Word Document. o Word limit: 2000 words (excluding the Appendix and Table of Contents and references) o Properly label and figures and diagrams. o Chole a unique name for your business case. o Follow the Rubric attached to see how this […]

Topic: Their is little doubt we are living at a time when technology is advancing at a pace that some believe is too fast for humans to trucly understand the implications these advances may have.  Search the peer-reviewed literature for examples of this. You may select any topic relating to technology that illustrates the potential for really messing things up. Include, in your description, an […]