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Week 8 Case Study 2 Submission

Case Study 2: Application Architecture Due Week 8 and worth 50 points You have been tasked with building a payroll program for a large organization with offices spread across the United States. The company has one larger data center that each office connects to via a wide area network (WAN). Write a 3-4 page paper in which you:

    Explain what type of architecture the new payroll application should use and why.
    Identify what types of technology will be involved in the architecture and explain the purpose of each technology.
    Create a graphical representation of your recommended architecture.
    Identify and describe any potential ethical issues that could arise in connection with the new architecture.
    Your assignment must:
    Be typed, double-spaced, using Times New Roman font (size 12), with one-inch margins on all sides; citations and references must follow APA or school-specific format. Check with your professor for any additional instructions.
    Include a cover page containing the title of the assignment, the student’s name, the professor’s name, the course title, and the date. The cover page and the reference page are not included in the required assignment page length.
    Include charts or diagrams created in Excel, Visio, MS Project, or a freeware alternative. The completed diagrams/charts must be imported into the Word document before the paper is submitted.  However, all visual information created must also be submitted in the file it was generated as part of supporting information.
    The specific Course Learning Outcomes associated with this assignment are:

Analyze and articulate ethical, cultural, and legal issues and their feasibility among alternative solutions.

Use contemporary CASE tools in process and data modeling.

Use technology and information resources to research issues in systems analysis and development.

Write clearly and concisely about Systems Analysis and Development topics using proper writing mechanics and technical style conventions.

Grading for this assignment will be based on answer quality, logic/organization of the paper, and language and writing skills, using the following rubric.Click here to view the grading rubric.

Points: 50
    

Case Study 2: Application Architecture

Criteria
    

Unacceptable
Below 60% F
    

Meets Minimum Expectations
60-69% D
    

Fair
70-79% C
    

Proficient
80-89% B
    

Exemplary
90-100% A

1. Explain what type of architecture the new payroll application should use and why.
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2. Identify what types of technology will be involved in the architecture and explain the purpose of each technology.
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3. Create a graphical representation of your recommended architecture.
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4. Identify and describe any potential ethical issues that could arise in connection with the new architecture.
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Did not submit or incompletely identified and described any potential ethical issues that could arise in connection with the new architecture.
    

Insufficiently identified and described any potential ethical issues that could arise in connection with the new architecture.
    

Partially identified and described any potential ethical issues that could arise in connection with the new architecture.
    

Satisfactorily identified and described any potential ethical issues that could arise in connection with the new architecture.
    

Thoroughly identified and described any potential ethical issues that could arise in connection with the new architecture.

    5. Clarity and writing mechanics.Weight: 10%

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