System Analysis and Design – Fifth Edition

Chapter 4 – Minicases Williams Specialty Company – Assignment 

Important: I did it from Chegg and its showing 90% match in university database.

Please make sure it unique and pass paraphrasing.

Mincase

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Williams Specialty Company is a small printing and engraving organization. When Pat Williams, the owner, brought computers into the business office eight years ago, the business was very small and very simple. Pat was able to utilize an inexpensive PC-based accounting system to handle the basic information processing needs of the firm. As time has gone on, however, the business has grown and the work being performed has become significantly more complex. The simple accounting software still in use is no longer adequate to keep track of many of the company’s sophisticated deals and arrangements with its customers. Pat has a staff of four people in the business office who are familiar with the intricacies of the company’s record-keeping requirements. Pat recently met with her staff to discuss her plan to hire an IS consulting firm to evaluate their information system needs and recommend a strategy for upgrading their computer system. The staff are excited about the prospect of a new system, since the current system causes them much aggravation. No one on the staff has ever done anything like this before, however, and they are a little wary of the consultants who will be conducting the project. Assume that you are a systems analyst on the consulting team assigned to the Williams Specialty Co. engagement. At your first meeting with the Williams staff, you want to be sure that they understand the work that your team will be performing and how they will participate in that work.

a. Explain, in clear, nontechnical terms, the goals of the analysis phase of the project.

b. Explain, in clear, nontechnical terms, how use cases will be used by the project team. 

Explain what these models are, what they represent in the system, and how they will be used by the team.

 Textbook: Tapscott, D., &Tapscott, A. (2016). Blockchain revolution: how the technology behind bitcoin is changing money, business, and the world. Penguin.  

Follow the attachment  given below for the journal and complete the following questions 

Assignment:

 Most critical analysis papers begin with a short summary of the work and then dive into the argument. Since most of these paper assignments are short, it is important to be concise in all parts of your analysis. Please respond to the questions below with at least one paragraph for each question. Please use your own words. 

1. What is the overall aim of the research being presented?
2. Are the aims of the research and the results of the data clearly and concisely stated in the abstract? Provide a summary of the abstract.
3. Does the introduction provide sufficient background information to enable readers to better understand the problem being identified by the Authors? Provide one example.
4. Have the Authors provided sufficient evidence for the claims they are making? Provide some examples.
5. Provide at least 3 examples from the literature review section.
6. What was the methodology used in this journal? Be specific.
7. The conclusions should match the data being presented. Provide some examples presented in the paper that support the conclusion.
8. Discuss the implications of this research.
9. What was the main contribution of this research to the body of knowledge?
10. What additions or research questions would you add to this journal?

Write three pages document. No need APA format and citations

Q1)   Describe the rule of thirds and explain its importance in shooting video with an example?

Q2)  Provide an example of the advantage of an authoring application over programming languages to develop a project?

Q3) Explain the main sources of bitmapped images? Give a benefit of each source. Illustrate in your own words?

Q4)  What is a sample rate? How does it affect the quality of a sampled sound?

What’s the Worst That Could Happen? (25 points)

This is a question you should (and will be) asking yourself as you take on a security officer role.  Quite honestly, this statement could become your undoing if you do not think it through or try to avoid answering such a question; however, the extreme “voice of doom” is not one you will be visiting very often.  You should be evaluating the possible circumstances and ask yourself the above question as it pertains to something that could happen, such as a fire or user error. 

For this exercise, you should think about a local company (one which you work or have worked) or a fake marketing firm in Kansas City Missouri.  Ask yourself this question as you think through what they have and what could be lost.  Think of a minimum of 7 threats to this network (one for each of the 7 IT Infrastructure Domains [pg.7]) and describe “What’s the Worst That Could Happen?” if these threats came true.  For the threats, you should think of 5 within the realm of possibility and 2 on the fringe of possibilities.

Organize this response as an APA formatted paper.  For each threat, you should write at least one paragraph responding to the question to each threat.

Not Met

Basic

Proficient

Distinguished

Identified and describes threats or risks (15 points)

Did not identify any threats (0)

Listed 1 to 6 threats (1-7)

Listed 7 threats (8-14)

Went above and beyond minimal requirements (15)

Demonstrates knowledge of vulnerabilities (15 points)

Did not demonstrate knowledge (0)

Demonstrated basic level knowledge of vulnerabilities (1-7)

Showed a proficient grasp of vulnerabilities and how they affect their environment (8-14)

Showed an advanced level of knowledge of how threats impact their environment (15)

APA formatting (10 points)

Did not utilize APA formatting (0-3)

A few APA formatting errors with multiple mistakes (4-7)

Little to no APA formatting errors (8-10)

Grammar and structure (10 points)

Student submission is below college level writing expectations (0-3)

Multiple grammar and structure issues (4-7)

Little to no grammar and structure issues (8-10)

Course Outcomes Assessed:

1. Identify and define risk and risk management techniques.

5. Identify and evaluate threats, vulnerabilities, countermeasures, and mitigation recommendations.

For this assignment, you will need to perform a quantitative analysis on the below scenario.  Please write your response in a brief APA formatted report.

Quantitative Analysis

You are the manager of desktop support for NASA.  You are responsible for purchasing and managing all of the laptops NASA distributes to employees.  There are 700 laptops currently in service.  All of the laptops randomly leave the building and serve a mobile workforce.  Read the following articles your CIO brought to you for consideration:

http://www.pcworld.com/article/251318/48_nasa_laptops_stolen_in_two_years_a_case_for_better_encryption_practices.html

http://www.pcworld.com/article/181124/laptops_that_go_ghost.html

Compute the SLE, ARO, ALE and safeguard value based on the information in these articles for a report your CIO plans to submit as a solution.  For the safeguard value, find and price an appropriate physical and software solution(s) to safeguard theft and data loss.  Once you pick a product, include a link to the page for pricing and item description.  Present the realized savings in your report and the benefits of the solution you choose for safeguarding the laptops.  Don’t forget to include your equations for ARO, ALE, safeguard value and realized savings calculations.