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BSA 375 Wk 1 Discussion – Strategic IS Planning
Post a total of 3 substantive responses over 2 separate days for full participation. This includes your initial post (minimum of 175 words) and 2 replies (over 100 words) to classmates or your faculty member.
Due Day 3
Respond to the following in a minimum of 175 words:
Consider an organization that you believe does not conduct adequate strategic information system (IS) planning.
- What are at least 2 reasons why this type of planning might not be done appropriately or at all?
- What are the implications of this inadequate strategic IS planning?
- As an IT professional, how would you explain the importance of strategic IS planning to identify and select IS projects?
Due Day 7
Post 2 replies to classmates or your faculty member. Be constructive and professional.
BSA 375 Wk 2 Discussion – Strategic IS Planning
Post a total of 3 substantive responses over 2 separate days for full participation. This includes your initial post (minimum of 175 words) and 2 replies (over 100 words) to classmates or your faculty member.
Due Day 3
Respond to the following in a minimum of 175 words:
Compare one traditional, contemporary, and radical technique for determining systems requirements during analysis.
- When do you think each of the techniques you compared would be most useful?
- What are the drawbacks of each of the techniques?
- How would you decide which technique to use?
Due Day 7
Post 2 replies to classmates or your faculty member. Be constructive and professional.
BSA 375 Wk 3 Discussion – Selecting COTS
Post a total of 3 substantive responses over 2 separate days for full participation. This includes your initial post (minimum of 175 words) and 2 replies (over 100 words) to classmates or your faculty member.
Due Day 3
Respond to the following in a minimum of 175 words:
- What are issues to consider when deciding to build software in-house or to purchase commercial off-the-shelf software (COTS)?
- If you were asked to evaluate several COTS applications and choose whether to develop in-house or purchase a COTS application, what criteria are important to consider and why?
- How would you decide?
Due Day 7
Post 2 replies to classmates or your faculty member. Be constructive and professional.
BSA 375 Wk 4 Discussion – Program and Data Storage Design
Post a total of 3 substantive responses over 2 separate days for full participation. This includes your initial post (minimum of 175 words) and 2 replies (over 100 words) to classmates or your faculty member.
Due Day 3
Respond to the following in a minimum of 175 words:
- Summarize the relationships and dependencies between program design and data storage design.
- Compare and contrast 2 types of databases. When would you use one or the other type, and why? Support your response with examples.
Due Day 7
Post 2 replies to classmates or your faculty member. Be constructive and professional.
BSA 375 Wk 5 Discussion – Systems Testing
Post a total of 3 substantive responses over 2 separate days for full participation. This includes your initial post (minimum of 175 words) and 2 replies (over 100 words) to classmates or your faculty member.
Due Day 3
Respond to the following in a minimum of 175 words:
Recall an information system that you have used regularly, such as an online banking system, a payroll system, or an airline reservation system. Imagine you were involved in the beta testing of that system.
- What criteria would you have used to judge whether this system was ready for general distribution?
- What would you do if the system continued to fail a specified criterion?
Due Day 7
Post 2 replies to classmates or your faculty member. Be constructive and professional.