Positive Statment:
From my senior presentation, I am most proud of being able to show how much knowledge I have acquired throughout the 9 months of work and research put into the project. It was great being able to just talk about all that I have learned in a clear and concise manner to both my class mates and underclassmen and showing them what they are going to have to go through their next year.
Questions To consider:
1. I would give myself a P on my presentation
2. On my senior project I would give myself a low P, or high AP due to some assignments and such
3. What worked for me in my senior project was having an abundant amount of resources and material for research purposes since my topic is such a common and widespread field. Once I knew what I wanted to research about, there were no problems finding a ton of information pertaining to it.
4. If I could go back in time, I would probably force myself to get mentorship sooner. It was a growing concern throughout the first semester of the year, and was also affecting my research quality as well due to having no guidance. So I would definitely fix that as early as possible.
5. Senior project has broadened my horizons to the possibilities of what fields of study I would like to undergo in college and ultimately what type of careers to explore as well. In the Information Technology field, what I focused on was databases mostly. There are plenty of other branches that I have not yet looked fully into, but I definitely intend to so that I truly explore all my options and choose to pursue exactly what I would love to work on in the future.
Wednesday, May 28, 2014
Tuesday, April 29, 2014
Exit Interview
1. My Essential Question is: What is the best way for a small business to tackle system-wide IT issues in order to run as efficiently as possible?
Answer 1: Technicians should write a formal report to the CEO of the small business which will consist of collected and analyzed data that would then be used to create a solution to an issue.
Answer 2: Programmers should work alongside the CIO and people under them in order to find problems within a system and to create new ones.
Answer 3: The business should have a carefully set up SDLC, systems development life cycle, when creating of bringing in a new system, in order to ensure that it meets standards such as feasibility, requirements, and if the business is able to or needs to take on the project in the first place.
Best Answer: Answer 2
2. I arrived at this answer in early January just after the 2nd presentations. I had only one answer while presenting, but I apparently spoke about much more than one answer could have fulfilled, and my answer was then split up into my first and second. After seeing it, though, I knew I already had quite a bit of research on it without even realizing it. Also, since it focused on project management, and also integration of a business with it's respective parts, I knew it would most likely end up as my best answer later on, which it did.
3. The problems I have faced in senior project have been not having a mentor nearly all of the first semester. I resolved that by finally finding Dr. Carlton, a professor at CalPoly, who allowed me to meet with him and mentor me. Another problem would be that I did not have enough mentorship hours nearing the deadline, which I have resolved by asking Marco Gonzalez if I could go to his mentorship with him since his mentor owns a small business, fitting into my project perfectly. Overall, there have been quite a few challenges I have overcome in this project.
4. My first most significant source of information is my mentor, Dr. Carlton, a professor at CalPoly, with experience in business for more than 20 years. He has helped me in many ways, and basically directed my project and what I was going to do with it. He also gave me my other most significant source, "Managing Information Systems" by Baltzan Paige. It is a college level textbook which I used in my Independent component 2 when sitting in on a class my mentor allowed me in. It is very detailed with all the different things needed to know when dealing with business information systems. One of the best sources of information I have had over the year.
Answer 1: Technicians should write a formal report to the CEO of the small business which will consist of collected and analyzed data that would then be used to create a solution to an issue.
Answer 2: Programmers should work alongside the CIO and people under them in order to find problems within a system and to create new ones.
Answer 3: The business should have a carefully set up SDLC, systems development life cycle, when creating of bringing in a new system, in order to ensure that it meets standards such as feasibility, requirements, and if the business is able to or needs to take on the project in the first place.
Best Answer: Answer 2
2. I arrived at this answer in early January just after the 2nd presentations. I had only one answer while presenting, but I apparently spoke about much more than one answer could have fulfilled, and my answer was then split up into my first and second. After seeing it, though, I knew I already had quite a bit of research on it without even realizing it. Also, since it focused on project management, and also integration of a business with it's respective parts, I knew it would most likely end up as my best answer later on, which it did.
3. The problems I have faced in senior project have been not having a mentor nearly all of the first semester. I resolved that by finally finding Dr. Carlton, a professor at CalPoly, who allowed me to meet with him and mentor me. Another problem would be that I did not have enough mentorship hours nearing the deadline, which I have resolved by asking Marco Gonzalez if I could go to his mentorship with him since his mentor owns a small business, fitting into my project perfectly. Overall, there have been quite a few challenges I have overcome in this project.
4. My first most significant source of information is my mentor, Dr. Carlton, a professor at CalPoly, with experience in business for more than 20 years. He has helped me in many ways, and basically directed my project and what I was going to do with it. He also gave me my other most significant source, "Managing Information Systems" by Baltzan Paige. It is a college level textbook which I used in my Independent component 2 when sitting in on a class my mentor allowed me in. It is very detailed with all the different things needed to know when dealing with business information systems. One of the best sources of information I have had over the year.
Friday, April 25, 2014
Independent Component 2
Literal:
a. I, Brandon Beghtol, affirm that I have completed my independent component which represents 30 hours of work.
b. Mentor, Gregory H. Carlton, and his class CIS 305.
c. done
d. I have completed 30 hours of work, by attending the lectures for the class as well as completing a majority of the first project assigned in the class
Interpretive:
My independent component represents 30 hours of work, due to attending the class each time it met, as well as doing any notes necessary, and the first project given out and the 3 deliverables that are a part of it.
Applied:
This class has helped me represent my EQ because it has to do with database management and creation using the Erwin data modeler and Sequel Server. These are valuable programs to learn how to use for anyone working in a business because they help manage systems and create them. It also helped by supporting some of my answers which have to do with proper management of IT systems being necessary to help keep a business running. It helped a lot!
a. I, Brandon Beghtol, affirm that I have completed my independent component which represents 30 hours of work.
b. Mentor, Gregory H. Carlton, and his class CIS 305.
c. done
d. I have completed 30 hours of work, by attending the lectures for the class as well as completing a majority of the first project assigned in the class
Interpretive:
My independent component represents 30 hours of work, due to attending the class each time it met, as well as doing any notes necessary, and the first project given out and the 3 deliverables that are a part of it.
Applied:
This class has helped me represent my EQ because it has to do with database management and creation using the Erwin data modeler and Sequel Server. These are valuable programs to learn how to use for anyone working in a business because they help manage systems and create them. It also helped by supporting some of my answers which have to do with proper management of IT systems being necessary to help keep a business running. It helped a lot!
Sunday, March 30, 2014
March Extra Blog Post
It is the end of March, and we have just completed our Expert Source Analysis, in which we must find data based around our answers to our EQ and create a statistic based around that, while making sure that they are a credible source to be using in the first place. It is more difficult than it may sound to find data, in the form of graphs or charts or any other form, over a period of years to compare differences. Some people tend to have a lot harder time with this, especially when your topic and answers have to do with something there may not be much data for. However, this exercise in finding credible sources and data is very helpful for later on in our projects and will help us with sounding like we know what we are talking about, even if we might not know ourselves, and helps prepare ourselves for some more collegiate work in using only sources that are credible for papers, projects, etc. So overall, ESA is helpful, though most people would tend to argue it is quite annoying to do, including myself at times.
Wednesday, March 26, 2014
Blog #18: Third Answer
1. EQ: What is the best way for a small business to tackle system wide IT issues in order to run as efficiently as possible?
2. The business should have a carefully set up SDLC, systems development life cycle, when creating or bringing in a new system, in order to ensure that it meets standards such as feasibility, requirements, and if the business is able to or needs to take on the project in the first place.
3. The systems development life cycle applies to the building, implementing, and acquisition of a new Information System for a business. It applies to the entire life cycle of the said system, and includes every detail of it's life cycle, including the retirement of the system. There are many different approaches that can be taken based on the type of business when actually transitioning from an old system to the new one, each of which have their own benefits and issues.
4. Independent Component 1, "Business Driven Information Systems" by Baltzan Paige, Mentorship: Gregory H. Carlton.
5. When creating a new system in any business, it is quite imperative to follow a set of guidelines created for the new system, including the cost, and numerous amounts of details that will help ensure no major problems arise during the process of creating it, the implementation, and even the retiring of that system as well, and this is known as the SDLC, or System's Development Life Cycle.
2. The business should have a carefully set up SDLC, systems development life cycle, when creating or bringing in a new system, in order to ensure that it meets standards such as feasibility, requirements, and if the business is able to or needs to take on the project in the first place.
3. The systems development life cycle applies to the building, implementing, and acquisition of a new Information System for a business. It applies to the entire life cycle of the said system, and includes every detail of it's life cycle, including the retirement of the system. There are many different approaches that can be taken based on the type of business when actually transitioning from an old system to the new one, each of which have their own benefits and issues.
4. Independent Component 1, "Business Driven Information Systems" by Baltzan Paige, Mentorship: Gregory H. Carlton.
5. When creating a new system in any business, it is quite imperative to follow a set of guidelines created for the new system, including the cost, and numerous amounts of details that will help ensure no major problems arise during the process of creating it, the implementation, and even the retiring of that system as well, and this is known as the SDLC, or System's Development Life Cycle.
Monday, March 3, 2014
Blog #17: Fourth Interview Questions
1. What do you think are some of the best ways for a business to handle IT issues in different areas/levels, etc?
2. What are some of the issues that arise with IT projects a business might undergo?
3. What are the responsibilities a CIO has when it comes to a business's information systems?
4. Where do businesses tend to acquire their technical support for issues with their systems?
5. Are there different levels of integration businesses might have with technology? what are they?
6. What are some of the most common IT projects businesses conduct?
7. How much do these tend to cost? (specify more)
8. Is it extremely important for programmers working on the systems of a business to also work with experts in the business?
9. What are some of the factors that a CEO might look at before deciding to have an IT project undergone?
10. Markets? (something about the market the business is in, not sure yet)
11. How important is the automating of tasks within the business?
12. What are the most common things that tend to become automated?
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need to write more answers/ideas, will come back to finish these.
(working from my 2 answers, also automating of information, markets a business is in,)
2. What are some of the issues that arise with IT projects a business might undergo?
3. What are the responsibilities a CIO has when it comes to a business's information systems?
4. Where do businesses tend to acquire their technical support for issues with their systems?
5. Are there different levels of integration businesses might have with technology? what are they?
6. What are some of the most common IT projects businesses conduct?
7. How much do these tend to cost? (specify more)
8. Is it extremely important for programmers working on the systems of a business to also work with experts in the business?
9. What are some of the factors that a CEO might look at before deciding to have an IT project undergone?
10. Markets? (something about the market the business is in, not sure yet)
11. How important is the automating of tasks within the business?
12. What are the most common things that tend to become automated?
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need to write more answers/ideas, will come back to finish these.
(working from my 2 answers, also automating of information, markets a business is in,)
Wednesday, February 26, 2014
Blog #16: Advisory Meeting #2
EQ: What is the best way for a small business to tackle system-wide IT issues in order to run as efficiently as possible?
Answer 2: Programmers should work alongside the chief information officer in order to find problems within the system and build new systems. Since technology is so integrated into business and has a major effect on how they might operate, it is very necessary to have both the programmers and the business in conjunction with each other in order to create a working system for a specific purpose or to find issues, such as mixing of programming and business terminology so the employees can use it properly. Regulations need to be put in place for projects undergone in a business as well, or else they tend to go out of control in cost such as black swans, and having the CIO of a company keeping track of anything going on and working with the programmers would help prevent any major issues from arising. Also, having the CIO or any people directly under him or her working alongside the technology experts is really the focal point of where business meets technology, and they help bridge the gap between the two so that the business overall can operate to it's fullest potential, without any issues of misunderstanding or miscommunication between different departments, levels, and areas of the company.
With all that said, the mixing of technology and business is mostly done through the great communication between the experts of both fields and it is the CIO's job of ensuring that a system is working and functioning properly in accordance with what the business needs it for, else the business lose money through many possible issues arising from miscommunication between the different sectors of the company.
Answer 2: Programmers should work alongside the chief information officer in order to find problems within the system and build new systems. Since technology is so integrated into business and has a major effect on how they might operate, it is very necessary to have both the programmers and the business in conjunction with each other in order to create a working system for a specific purpose or to find issues, such as mixing of programming and business terminology so the employees can use it properly. Regulations need to be put in place for projects undergone in a business as well, or else they tend to go out of control in cost such as black swans, and having the CIO of a company keeping track of anything going on and working with the programmers would help prevent any major issues from arising. Also, having the CIO or any people directly under him or her working alongside the technology experts is really the focal point of where business meets technology, and they help bridge the gap between the two so that the business overall can operate to it's fullest potential, without any issues of misunderstanding or miscommunication between different departments, levels, and areas of the company.
With all that said, the mixing of technology and business is mostly done through the great communication between the experts of both fields and it is the CIO's job of ensuring that a system is working and functioning properly in accordance with what the business needs it for, else the business lose money through many possible issues arising from miscommunication between the different sectors of the company.
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