What are the three key features of the peer-to-peer social recognition platform?

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Two separate discussions- 250 words each 

Discussion 1 
As many theorists agree, most people are primarily motivated by an increased access to one of three things: 1) money, 2) food, or 3) time. Whether it be a pay raise or increased commission schedule, free lunch on Fridays, bonus days off, the ability to telecommute, or an incentive trip to the Bahamas, these traditional incentives have proven effective for workforces time and time again. As an employee, which motivator appeals to you the most and why? Which would not inspire you to raise your achievement or productivity level?

Discussion 2
Read the Forbes Magazine article, TemboSocial Makes Employee Motivation Everyone’s Business
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Then, address the following questions:

Are there more effective ways to motivate employees than to give them a T-shirt and a coffee mug?
Give reasons why using a social network may motivate employees.
What are the three key features of the peer-to-peer social recognition platform?

Support your response with evidence from the article and/or from your own professional experience. 

Propose improvements to the theory and practice of software engineering.

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Case Study 2: Software System Architecture

Read the case study titled “A Patient Information System for Mental Health Care”, located in Chapter 1 of your textbook. Develop an overall architecture for the system described in the assigned reading. Your architecture should be based on any one of the common architectural patterns (e.g., Pipe and Filter architecture pattern). Your architecture should be documented in text and in UML diagrams (at minimum a class diagram and a sequence diagram).
Write a paper in which you:

Describe your chosen architecture pattern.
Explain why you selected the architecture of this case study.
Explain how your chosen pattern could be applied to this case study.
Describe any shortcomings associated with your chosen architecture pattern for the case study.
Describe how your architecture could be implemented in hardware and software.
Develop a UML diagram to document the architecture of the system through the use of Microsoft Visio.

Your assignment must follow these requirements:

Fully develop your ideas:  While there is no specific page requirement, students are expected to fully develop their ideas using business communication language.  This means you must demonstrate to your professor you have absorbed the material and understand it.  A statement of fact should be supported by two or three sentences.  A paragraph should only contain one idea.  A fully developed idea doesn’t mean an exhaustive explanation in which students write everything they know, just enough to get the point across to the reader.
Make sure you do your own work: Never copy and paste material from the Internet unless the assignment specifically calls for that.  When you do make a statement of fact, you should cite your source.  You can support the fact with a quote, but use these sparingly.  Most of what you submit should be your own work.
Download the cover page and lorem ipsum outline with the proper formatting template from here. Use that with your submission.
Include charts or diagrams created in Visio. The completed diagrams / charts must be imported into the Word document before the paper is submitted.

The specific course learning outcomes associated with this assignment are:

Propose improvements to the theory and practice of software engineering.
Apply project management techniques to manage resources and issues in software engineering.
Write clearly and concisely about software engineering using proper writing mechanics and technical style conventions.

Develop a UML diagram to document the architecture of the system through the use of Microsoft Visio.

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Case Study 2: Software System Architecture

Read the case study titled “A Patient Information System for Mental Health Care”, located in Chapter 1 of your textbook. Develop an overall architecture for the system described in the assigned reading. Your architecture should be based on any one of the common architectural patterns (e.g., Pipe and Filter architecture pattern). Your architecture should be documented in text and in UML diagrams (at minimum a class diagram and a sequence diagram).
Write a paper in which you:

Describe your chosen architecture pattern.
Explain why you selected the architecture of this case study.
Explain how your chosen pattern could be applied to this case study.
Describe any shortcomings associated with your chosen architecture pattern for the case study.
Describe how your architecture could be implemented in hardware and software.
Develop a UML diagram to document the architecture of the system through the use of Microsoft Visio.

Your assignment must follow these requirements:

Fully develop your ideas:  While there is no specific page requirement, students are expected to fully develop their ideas using business communication language.  This means you must demonstrate to your professor you have absorbed the material and understand it.  A statement of fact should be supported by two or three sentences.  A paragraph should only contain one idea.  A fully developed idea doesn’t mean an exhaustive explanation in which students write everything they know, just enough to get the point across to the reader.
Make sure you do your own work: Never copy and paste material from the Internet unless the assignment specifically calls for that.  When you do make a statement of fact, you should cite your source.  You can support the fact with a quote, but use these sparingly.  Most of what you submit should be your own work.
Download the cover page and lorem ipsum outline with the proper formatting template from here. Use that with your submission.
Include charts or diagrams created in Visio. The completed diagrams / charts must be imported into the Word document before the paper is submitted.

The specific course learning outcomes associated with this assignment are:

Propose improvements to the theory and practice of software engineering.
Apply project management techniques to manage resources and issues in software engineering.
Write clearly and concisely about software engineering using proper writing mechanics and technical style conventions.

Analyze information security systems compliance requirements within the Workstation and LAN Domains.

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Assignment 4: Designing Compliance within the LAN-to-WAN Domain

Note: Review the page requirements and formatting instructions for this assignment closely. Graphically depicted solutions, as well as the standardized formatting requirements, do NOT count toward the overall page length.
Imagine you are an Information Systems Security Officer for a medium-sized financial services firm that has operations in four (4) states (Virginia, Florida, Arizona, and California). Due to the highly sensitive data created, stored, and transported by your organization, the CIO is concerned with implementing proper security controls for the LAN-to-WAN domain. Specifically, the CIO is concerned with the following areas:

Protecting data privacy across the WAN
Filtering undesirable network traffic from the Internet
Filtering the traffic to the Internet that does not adhere to the organizational acceptable use policy (AUP) for the Web
Having a zone that allows access for anonymous users but aggressively controls information exchange with internal resources
Having an area designed to trap attackers in order to monitor attacker activities
Allowing a means to monitor network traffic in real time as a means to identify and block unusual activity
Hiding internal IP addresses
Allowing operating system and application patch management

The CIO has tasked you with proposing a series of hardware and software controls designed to provide security for the LAN-to-WAN domain. The CIO anticipates receiving both a written report and diagram(s) to support your recommendations.
Write a three to five page paper in which you:

Use MS Visio or an open source equivalent to graphically depict a solution for the provided scenario that will:

filter undesirable network traffic from the Internet
filter Web traffic to the Internet that does not adhere to the organizational AUP for the Web
allow for a zone for anonymous users but aggressively controls information exchange with internal resources
allow for an area designed to trap attackers in order to monitor attacker activities
offer a means to monitor network traffic in real time as a means to identify and block unusual activity
hide internal IP addresses

Identify the fundamentals of public key infrastructure (PKI).
Describe the manner in which your solution will protect the privacy of data transmitted across the WAN.
Analyze the requirements necessary to allow for proper operating system and application patch management and describe a solution that would be effective.
Use at least three quality resources in this assignment. Note: Wikipedia and similar Websites do not qualify as quality resources.

Note: The graphically depicted solution is not included in the required page length.
Your assignment must follow these formatting requirements:

Be typed, double spaced, using Times New Roman font (size 12), with one-inch margins on all sides; citations and references must follow APA or school-specific format. Check with your professor for any additional instructions.
Include a cover page containing the title of the assignment, the student’s name, the professor’s name, the course title, and the date. The cover page and the reference page are not included in the required assignment page length.
Include charts or diagrams created in Visio or an equivalent such as Dia or OpenOffice. The completed diagrams / charts must be imported into the Word document before the paper is submitted.

The specific course learning outcomes associated with this assignment are:

Analyze information security systems compliance requirements within the Workstation and LAN Domains.
Use technology and information resources to research issues in security strategy and policy formation.
Write clearly and concisely about topics related to information technology audit and control using proper writing mechanics and technical style conventions.