Sunday, March 24, 2013

Blog 20: Three Column Chart

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Tuesday, March 12, 2013

Blog 16: 2-Hour Meeting Answer #2

1. What is your essential question?

How can a computer systems analyst best update a clothing and accessory company's legacy systems to meet modern industry standards?

2. What is your second answer to your essential question?

Keep up to date with the technology and the market for the technology.

3. What are three details to support or justify your second answer?

  1. Technology is constantly changing. In order to keep up with the modern industry standards, it is important to know what that standard is.
  2. Bugs, hackers, and viruses can infect computers that do not have a knowledgable user or a computer without adequate protection.
  3. Allows you to buy the hardware/software needed at a cheaper price, helping both you and your clientele.

4. What source helped you prove this answer is justified for your essential question?

Mentorship - I have observed that the clientele of my mentor has trouble connecting to his server because it is using outdated software. Although I have urged him to update it, he has ignored this fact and suffers slightly because of it.

5. What do you plan to study next with your second answer and why?

Computer usage in the workplace of a clothing and accessory company. It's important to observe how the users are taking care of the systems, etc. so that you can properly build the system to fit their needs. (Handicaps, habits, etc.)

Tuesday, March 5, 2013

Blog 19: Senior Project and ESLRs

1. What ESLR have you excelled in most in your senior project?

Effective user of technology.

2.  Please explain why you think you have excelled in this ESLR.

My senior topic is related to technology, and through it I have learned much more than I the amount that I already knew. Also since the topic is related to technology, I have had to use it throughout.

3.  Provide evidence from your senior topic to support your claim.

Mentorship hours, photos from previous blog assignment.

Friday, March 1, 2013

Blog 18: 2-Hour Meeting Answer #3

1. What is your essential question?
How can a systems analyst update a clothing and accessory company's legacy systems to meet modern industry standards?

2. What is the third answer to your essential question?
My third answer to my essential question is to follow a system.

3. What are three details to justify your third answer?

  • Speeds up the updating process
  • Makes it easy to identify and rule out anomalies
  • Cuts costs on buying bulk
4. What source helped you prove that this answer was justified for your essential question?
Mentorship

5. What do you plan to study next and why?
I plan to continue mentorship with different clientele; up until now I have been working with just one main client and I would like to compare and contrast multiple work environments.