ealizing that an organization’s CMMI level impacts an organization’s success on requests for proposals (RFPs), your CIO wants to get the software development processes to CMMI level 3. Your organization has started developing software applications and database systems for their customers. The CIO wants to ensure that the software development and database development processes are being properly managed and audited, and he wants to ensure that the organization begins taking the necessary steps to progress to CMMI level 3. In preparation for your response, review the CMMI information available at the Carnegie Mellon Website, located at http://www.sei.cmu.edu/cmmi/. IT managers will commonly manage […]

Each homework should be writting  separatly 1- start a NetBeans project and create an application class that generates three random integers between 0 and 50, calculates the average, and prints the result.  After successfully compiling and executing your exercise upload the zipped project folder to Extra Credit Project 1. 2-Write a program that takes two ints as input from the keyboard, representing the number of hits and the number of at-bats for a batter. Then calculate the batter’s hitting percentage and check if the hitting percentage is above .300. If it is, output that the player is eligible for the All Stars […]

DQ 1:Hospitals, outpatient centers, and free standing surgical centers are dependent on many funding sources to pay for their services. Compare and contrast approval/payment from the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (PPACA), commercial insurance, and the traditional Medicare program (not a Medicare health maintenance organization [HMO]) available to these types of facilities. How does this impact the strategic management of these facilities?

Disucssion 1- Positive/Negative Examples of Interest Groups There’s often a negative connotation with the phrase ‘interest group.’ Does anyone know of an interest group that matches that negative connotation in your view? Or, have an example of one that you think of more positively? Discussion 2 – Do any propaganda techniques coming from interest groups stand out?Do any propaganda techniques coming from interest groups stand out? Here are the basic techniques: http://quizlet.com/5435505/7-types-of-propaganda-techniques-flash-cards/Some organizations have gotten in trouble for editing clips and presenting them out of context. Any examples?For all those mailers we receive or commercials that use pathos to touch at our hearts–it sometimes comes […]

DiscussionsCommunity Involvement Epstein writes, “The way schools care about children is reflected in the way school’s care about the children’s families.” What do you think she means by this?  What do you see as the fundamental reason that schools, families and communities need to work together?  Also, Abravanel’s paper Building Community Through Service-Learning: The Role of Community Partner, makes interesting points about community involvement.  Describe your vision of what this kind of engagement would look like in your community. Los Pen  Profile the kind of empirical evidence at Los Pen that supports the school’s transformation.  Focus on quantitative data. Based on the statistical data […]