You are a senior systems development analyst working for a major technology service provider. Your chief information officer (CIO) has asked you to conduct an analysis and prepare a presentation on the differences in systems development life cycle methodologies. She has also asked you to recommend the model you feel is most suited to your organization. Develop a 6–7 slide presentation, providing the advantages and disadvantages of each of the following models:  Waterfall model. V-shaped model. Iterative model. Spiral model. …

Systems development life cycles and methodologies guide the development of software, services, and other products and may serve other purposes within an organization. For example, the Mesquida and Mas (2015, February) article describes how software life cycle processes were used as a framework to help support the integration of information security best practices into software development and use. Consider your studies, reflect on your experience with the development processes in organizations, and provide your own analysis to respond to the …

  Information technologists, particularly network administrations, routinely document networks by creating diagrams. A good network diagram may represent the primary features and design of a particular network\’s logical and physical configuration. In this assignment, you create three diagrams that depict various parts of a coffee retailer\’s cloud-managed network. Your diagrams should depict how the coffee shop retailer might effectively configure its LANs, WLAN, and WAN. Preparation Read the Coffee Retailer Description document located in the resources. Directions Complete the following …

One of our learning challenges this week is to grow in our ability to produce network diagrams with professional quality production values. Please carefully review the Network Diagram Examples [PDF] document that contains six examples of flawed network diagrams which represent a range of aesthetic and technical approaches to creating network diagrams. Discuss your ideas about at least three of the example diagrams, and explain your rationale for features that you do and do not like. Finally, include a reflection …