- Compare and contrast ISO900:2000 and Six Sigma in terms of their differences and similarities.
- select one organization that has achieved Six Sigma certification. Then, discuss the benefits and results that the organization has achieved as a result of following the quality standards inherent in Six Sigma certification. Explain how these standards help this organization pursue continuous improvement.
"Database Connectivity Methods"
- Database solutions today must be able to adapt and integrate among various computing applications. Determine at least three forms of database connectivity methods that can be used as an interface between applications. For each method you have chosen, create an example that demonstrates how each could facilitate data exchange functionality in a cloud service environment.
- Suggest at least two software solutions that offer the connectivity methods you have determined in Part 1 of this discussion to interface with other systems.
Extensible Markup Language (XML)
- XML provides a method for data to be transferred between systems. Specify at least three components of an XML document. Analyze how each component ensures data reliability and validation.
- Identify at least two e-Commerce systems that provide XML data integration. For each system, describe how XML extensions could enable e-Commerce integration among system stakeholders such as vendors, resellers, suppliers, and customers.
Performance Appraisal
- explore the major issues inherent within the performance appraisal process that may lead to any type of discrimination within an organization based on two (2) of the following: gender, disability, or denial of employment opportunity. Support your response with two (2) relevant recent cases, and explain the outcome of the case.
- examine workplace privacy as it relates to emails and Internet communication. Suggest two (2) recommendations that an organization should make to its employees geared toward protecting the privacy of the organization when employees use emails and communicate via the Internet. Justify your response.
Database Administrator’s Role
- Information professionals with adequate skills are required to maintain the business continuity of database services in an organization. Identify and assess at least three professional skills that would be required to be successful database administrators.
- Give your opinion on what the critical nature of a database administrator’s role is to IT industry organizations. Support your answer with specific examples of functions and responsibilities they perform.
"Lessons learned"
- Watch the videos from Karl McDonnell, CEO of Strayer University, titled “What are some of the most important lessons you’ve learned in your professional career?” and “What advice do you have for our students who want to grow in their careers?” Discuss the most important lesson you’ve learned in your professional career and indicate how this lesson has helped to shape your career.
Database Security
- Confidentiality, integrity, and availability are the three common security goals. Select at least three security vulnerabilities that could jeopardize and compromise a database. Classify each vulnerability with being technical, managerial, cultural, or procedural. Provide your rationale.
- Suggest specific actions that could be performed to minimize the vulnerabilities identified in Question 1 of this discussion. Describe how often these measures should be performed and the order in which each should be performed.
business information
Any business information system will have two critical components: a computer network and a database system resided on the computer network. Many business related data (such as customer records, business financial data, company’s documents, employees’ records, etc.) are stored in the databases so that they can be shared among different users. Users can query databases to get the data and information they need. In 200 to 300 words, discuss the following:
- Why database system is a critical component of business information systems? (Tip: Please provide at least one reason.)
- Why IT department of a company needs to backup databases regularly? (Tip: Please provide at least one reason.)
NURSING JOURNAL
250 WORDS 2 REFERENCES WITHIN 5 YEARS (NURSING JOURNALS ONLY!! IN TEXT CITATIONS ARE A MUST!!
Under the umbrella of the American Nurses Association (ANA), there are state nurse constituent organizations such as the Florida Nurses Association (FNA).
- Describe the relationship between the national and state organizations
- Discuss how the state organization can impact the chosen state legislative level bill
Text File Processing
- Visual Basic provides libraries that allow data to be read from a text file into a program. Once the data is read from the file, it can be processed in a number ways. Assume you are a developer working for a small retail company. You have been asked to develop a Visual Basic application that reads product information from a file and generates a report. The input file contains many lines of product data: Each line contains product identification, name, price, and quantity. Explain the process you would use to generate the report.
- A program that requires data from a text file will fail if there is a problem with the text file: file may not be accessible, file may be empty, or there may not be enough system memory to process the file. What would you do in your program to avoid these pitfalls when working with text file in your program?
