Short-range Strategic IS Plan

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Short-range Strategic IS Plan

For this assignment, you will produce a 3-page short-range strategic IS plan for Reynolds Tool & Die that includes a summary of where the company wants to go (its goals) and where it’s capable of going right now (based on its current IT infrastructure). Then you will recommend specific purchases and strategies necessary to make its IT function capable of supporting the company’s goals. Your plan should address outsourcing and the facilitation of business expansion into new markets, new regions, and new countries. The most important part of your strategic plan is outsourcing.

To complete this assignment, review the course scenario. Pay special attention to Reynolds’ plans for a joint venture with an automotive parts manufacturer in Mexico and the acquisition of a light aircraft parts supplier in Canada. The short-range strategic plan you create will assist Reynolds in realizing what, ultimately, is a rapid expansion of their business.

Your headings for this plan should include:

I. What Functions Will be Outsourced

Develop an outsourcing plan. You may decide to outsource all elements of IT for this expansion. This would include a managed services contract, which would cover all hardware platform management, perhaps an entire data center, and an internal and possibly external Help Desk. Or, you may decide to outsource only certain key elements of the IT expansion, such as the Help Desk or the data center. Whatever decisions you make in terms of functions to outsource, support your decision by describing how your decisions will benefit the business.

II. Risk Mitigation and Outsourcing

Because of the expansion into any international market, senior management will require a risk mitigation plan for outsourcing IT. Under this heading, you should address outsourcing risks such as security, data ownership, an exit strategy for an outsourcing contract, etc.

Will you choose an outsourcing company based in an international market? What are the risks associated with that choice? If you outsource IT to a domestic (assume U.S.) company for the international expansion, what are the assurances that you, as a senior IT manager, would need to be comfortable with this type of scenario? For example, IBM has a significant managed services portfolio internationally though, obviously, IBM is a US-headquartered company. Are there risks associated with this solution?

III. Benefits of Outsourcing as a Short-Range Strategic Plan

Explain the benefits of outsourcing as a short-range strategic solution for market expansion. The topics you cover in this section should include any economic benefit you anticipate. For example, explain that a benefit is an increased ability to deploy solutions in a timely fashion, or it will provide better security (if applicable), etc. Tie your IT strategic outsourcing plan to the organization’s expansion strategy. Be specific when you explain how your plan will support the expansion strategy.

Do you think understanding scams as an engineer will make the system you design more secure?

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Most of computer attacks could be traced to the fact that security engineers do not fully understand the psychology of the users as well as how scammers get to fool their victims. Attached you will find a very useful article titled “Understanding scam victims: seven principles for systems security”. Read the article carefully and address the following questions:

1- Do you think understanding scams as an engineer will make the system you design more secure?

2- Psychology of the user is a key factor when it comes to system security. Is a security engineer supposed to be a psychologist then?

3- Do you have any experience with any of the scams listed on the paper?

NB:

I need 600 words with APA format, minimum 2 references

Utilizing any available disclosed database for SPSS, develop a researchable set of hypotheses related to the database.

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Utilizing any available disclosed database for SPSS, develop a researchable set of hypotheses related to the database. Clearly define quantitatively analyzable hypotheses, analyze your data with SPSS, and write up the results in a full quantitative report format. Draw appropriate conclusions about your hypotheses in your writeup. This assignment does not need to be related to any earlier individual projects. This is a standalone assignment. Your paper should include:

  • Title Page
  • Abstract
  • Brief introduction to the research problem or problems – State your research questions and hypotheses within this section but you do not have to develop a literature review.
  • Methods – You will not generally have access to the methodology used to acquire the data you have chosen but should use your early SPSS programs to determine a variety of information about your subjects. Explain the details of the variables you have selected to examine. Indicate the statistical test or tests you used to make your inferences about your hypotheses.
  • Results – Include key graphs from your SPSS output. Follow APA format when citing statistical results and presenting figures or tables.
  • Discussion and Conclusion
  • References

Make sure you submit your SPSS output file in addition to the report in a Word document.

1200-2400  words

Structural Modeling and Behavior Modeling

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Assignment 2: Structural Modeling and Behavior Modeling
Due Week 6 and worth 120 points

Refer to the functional model you verified and validated for ABS in the Week 4 assignment to complete this assignment.

Based on your performance, ABS management was so satisfied that it wants you to develop both the structural and behavior models. This way, ABS can fully understand both the interaction that would take place between the users and the system, and the system itself in greater detail.

Note: You may create and / or assume all necessary assumptions needed for the completion of this assignment.

Write a four to five (4-5) page paper in which you:

  1. Create Class-Responsibility-Collaboration (CRC) cards and a class diagram based on the functional models through the use of graphical tools in Microsoft Word or Visio, or an open source alternative such as Dia. Note: The graphically depicted solution is not included in the required page length.
  2. Identify each use case in the functional model and create a sequence and communication diagram for each scenario of each use case identified through the use of graphical tools in Microsoft Word or Visio, or an open source alternative such as Dia. Note: The graphically depicted solution is not included in the required page length.
  3. Create a behavioral state machine for each of the complex classes in the class diagram.
  4. Perform a CRUDE analysis to show the interactivity of the objects in the system.
  5. Perform a verification and validation walk-through of each:Revise the requirements document created in Assignment 1 with additional information found in this assignment and document the assumptions.
    1. Functional model
    2. Structural model
    3. Behavioral model
  6. Use at least three (3) quality resources in this assignment. Note: Wikipedia and similar Websites do not qualify as quality resources.
  7. Your assignment must follow these formatting requirements:
  • This course requires use of new Strayer Writing Standards (SWS). The format is different from other Strayer University courses. Please take a moment to review the SWS documentation for details.
  • Be typed, double spaced, using Times New Roman font (size 12), with one-inch margins on all sides; citations and references must follow SWS 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 Dia. 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:
  • Describe object-oriented modeling, structural modeling, and behavioral modeling.
  • Develop class diagram based on business scenarios.
  • Use technology and information resources to research issues in procuring and designing project requirements.
  • Write clearly and concisely about project requirements and design topics using proper writing mechanics and technical style conventions.