ssigned Readings:Chapter 15: Communication PlanningChapter 16: Risk Management PlanningInitial Postings: Read and reflect on the assigned readings for the week. Then post what you thought was the most important concept(s), method(s), term(s), and/or any other thing that you felt was worthy of your understanding in each assigned textbook chapter.Your initial post should be based upon the assigned reading for the week, so the textbook should be a source listed in your reference section and cited within the body of the text. Other sources are not required but feel free to use them if they aid in your discussion.Also, provide a graduate-level response to each of the following questions:

1. What are some of the common challenges encountered when communicating with project stakeholders?
2. What are common risk-response strategies for both threats and opportunities throughout a project?

[Your post must be substantive and demonstrate insight gained from the course material. Postings must be in the student’s own words – do not provide quotes!] 

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Title: Project Management 

Subtitle: https://opentextbc.ca/projectmanagement/ 

Authors: Adrienne Watt 

Publisher: BCcampus Open Education 

Publication Date: 2019 

Edition: 2nd Edition

PROJECT:
Overview of AssignmentYou are the new project manager at Garden Decks of Beauty, a local company for the past 12 years in the Lexington, KY area.  Your first assignment will be for the Melrose family (Todd and Margo, plus two yippy dogs to drive the neighbors nuts) who moved into their new home two years ago and now wish to replace the 8’ by 3’ slab of concrete (the stoop) which their backyard facing French Doors step onto with a new luxurious deck area with hot-tub and accoutrements.  Their backyard is 80’ wide and 120’ deep and runs at a 5% slope straight down the back.  By the way, Todd and Margo are Iron Triangle lovers – Time/Cost/Quality.  Win them and you win their neighbors’ business.Customer’s Basic Requirements

• A two-area deck with the upper level (will step on from the French Doors), being a 5 meter by 7-meter rectangular area
• One end of the upper level will have a 5 meter by 3 meters by 3.5-meter-tall pergola – you may use a kit or build and design from scratch
• You will have a single step down to the second circular area which will be 7 meters in diameter and have a 2.5 meter square hot-tub on the far side – this will need electrical, and you will acquire and facilitate the installation through the vendor
• You will be able to step from the circular area to the yard on a paving stone path which will run out to the garden – the path will be 7 meters long and 1 meter wide – this path will have electrical yard lights
• There will be a 25’ diameter area halfway down the path which will have a built in fire pit with seating (4 seats / benches) – the area will use gravel and border stones
• All deck areas will be edged with decorative railing
• The deck framing will set on 4”x4” footers which will be concreted 1 meter into the ground (below frost line) – you will used galvanized hangers to support frame supports
• The lower area will have built in flower boxes 2’x 3’ – three of them
• The upper area will have a gas grill with built in gas service
• You will need a building permit and it will cost 50 dollars
• All railing will have decorative lighting running along it
• Both main deck areas will be fully landscaped around the perimeter with plants, decorative stones, perennials, and bushes. – your team will do the landscaping
• You will have an experienced construction crew of 4 FTE’s which will cost $80/hour including benefits and 1.5-time overtime applies
• You will have a team of 2 experienced landscape professionals who will cost $75/ hour and overtime applies.
• Need a couple outdoor, 110 electrical outlets for Xmas lights, etc.
• You will need electrical you will vendor out – determine cost
• You will vendor out the hot-tub installation – determine cost
• You will need a vendor to install and run the gas-line – determine cost
• The deck will be fully sealed with a medium brown stain / preservative
• You will use treated lumber for all framing, and you will decide on what product to use for surface boards (wood, synthetic, etc.)
• The upper level will have two built in seats near the grill area (wood) – not under the pergola
• You will need to determine the timeline – will precipitate from the Work Breakdown Structure
• Assume you have all the tools you need
• Any requirements not specifically stated are at your discretion.
• A 5 foot by 12-foot 2×8 raised bed tomato and pepper area just to the left of where you might walk off the center of the upper deck with drip irrigation installed and drip irrigation faucet at one corner of the raised bed.

Documents: Project Deliverables (Documents to be created) 

1. RACI (you can use EXCEL)
2. Very Basic Drawing https://financesonline.com/best-free-landscape-design-software/
3. Procurement Process (materials and vendors)
4. Assumptions and Constraints Document
5. Quality Document

Part 3 – How to Approach the Group ProjectInternet Research – using the internet to research topics is a researcher’s best friend.  Possible topics:

• Deck construction basics
• Hot tubs for sale and installation
• How to pick the best gas grill
• How to run a gas line to a grill
• Landscape planning
• Estimating construction labor costs
• Lowes or Home Depot sites for material costs
• How to build a fire-pit and cost of materials
• Procurement and contract basics
• Building a deck flower box
• Wayfair site for pergolas or patio furniture
• How to build a pergola (YouTube videos)

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Title: Project Management 

Subtitle: https://opentextbc.ca/projectmanagement/ 

Authors: Adrienne Watt 

Publisher: BCcampus Open Education 

Publication Date: 2019 

Edition: 2nd Edition

Subject: ITS-834: Emerging Threats & Countermeasures

Reading Resources: 

 M. Ioannou, E. Stavrou and M. Bada, “Cybersecurity Culture in Computer Security Incident Response Teams: Investigating difficulties in communication & coordination,” 2019 International Conference on Cyber Security & Protection of Digital Services (Cyber Security), 2019, 1-4.  https://ieeexplore.ieee.org/document/8885240

J. Mendonça, W. Medeiros, E. Andrade, R. Maciel, P. Maciel and R. Lima, “Evaluating Database Replication Mechanisms for Disaster Recovery in Cloud Environments,” 2019 IEEE International Conference on Systems, Man and Cybernetics (SMC), Bari, Italy, 2019, pp. 2358-2363.  https://ieeexplore.ieee.org/document/8914069

M. Zeybek, E. N. Yılmaz and İ. Alper Doğru, “A Study on Security Awareness in Mobile Devices,” 2019 1st International Informatics and Software Engineering Conference (UBMYK), Ankara, Turkey, 2019, 1-6.   https://ieeexplore.ieee.org/document/8965476

Textbook Title: (ISC)2 CISSP Certified Information Systems Security Professional Official Study Guide ISBN: 9781119475958, Authors: Mike Chapple, James Michael Stewart, Darril Gibson, Publisher: John Wiley & Sons, Publication Date: 2018-04-10  

Discussion: Web Server Auditing

Word count: 300+ words

Chapters 17, and 18 in the course textbook  

 Web server auditing can go a long way in enforcing tighter security and ensuring business continuity. The power of log data is tremendous. Web server logs record valuable information pertaining to usage, errors, and other important security events. Using a specialized auditing tool can be extremely helpful during the audit of web servers. In your discussion this week, please discuss the methods of identifying weak web server configurations and how to mitigate them for a secure web server. Possible concepts to include are SSL certificates, HTTPS usage, attack surface, SQL injection, vulnerability migration, and least privilege. In at least one of your peer responses, provide an overview of how to audit the web server’s security and implement best practices. 

– Make sure to back up your statements with scholarly support.· 

– Please cite properly in APA 7· 

– At least one scholarly source should be used. · 

– Use proper citations and references in your post.

Final Research Project:

Number of pages: 6+ 

Develop a disaster recovery plan for an organization. There are many different templates available online for you to use as reference and guidance. Your plan should cover the following sections (these sections detail the elements in a DR plan in the sequence defined by industry compliance standards ISO 27031 and ISO 24762): 

1. Important: This section should summarize key action steps (such as where to assemble employees if forced to evacuate the building) and list key contacts with contact information for ease of authorizing and launching the plan.

2. Introduction

3. Roles and Responsibilities

4. Incident Response

5. Plan Activation

6. Document History

7. Procedures

Your poject should meet the following requirements:· 

– 6+ pages in length, not including the required cover page and reference page.· 

– Follow APA 7 guidelines. 

– Your paper should include an introduction, a body with fully developed content, and a conclusion.· 

– Support your answers with the readings from the course and at least four scholarly journal articles to support your positions, claims, and observations, in addition to your textbook. 

– Be clearly and well-written, concise, and logical, using excellent grammar and style techniques. You are being graded in part on the quality of your writing.

Note: plagiarism check required, APA7 format, include References, within 8hrsThis post has 2 individual assignments (discussion, and Final research project).

Please provide answers in separate documents.  

The final portfolio project is a three-part activity. You will respond to three separate prompts but prepare your paper as one research paper. 

Start your paper with an introductory paragraph.

Prompt 1 “Blockchain” (2-3 pages): Explain the major components of blockchain. Be sure to include how blockchain is affecting a global economy and how you see it growing in the future.

Prompt 2 “Big Data” (1-2 pages): Describe your understanding of big data and give an example of how you’ve seen big data used either personally or professionally. In your view, what demands is big data placing on organizations and data management technology?  How does big data affect a global economy.

Prompt 3 “Government and Policies” (1-2 pages):  Discuss the role government plays in a global economy.  Also, look at what policies are currently in place and then discussion what policies should be put in place..Conclude your paper with a detailed conclusion section. 

The paper needs to be approximately six to eight pages long, including both a title page and a references page (for a total of eight to ten pages). 

Be sure to use proper APA formatting and citations to avoid plagiarism.Your paper should meet these requirements: 

• Be approximately six to eight pages in length, not including the required cover page and reference page.
• Follow APA 7 guidelines. Your paper should include an introduction, a body with fully developed content, and a conclusion.
• Support your answers with the readings from the course and at least two scholarly journal articles to support your positions, claims, and observations, in addition to your textbook. 

In 175-250 words, describe an idea for a final data analysis project for this course. This can be a real-life project at work or it can be a project for an industry that you’re interested in, such as: sports, criminal justice, health, finance, etc..). You would need to be able to acquire a data set large enough to analyze for this purpose. For instance, the size of some of the files we’ve used thus far in the class (CO2 and Presidents data files).

Discuss what you believe you will be analyzing in this data and how it could be useful for the organization you work for, or an industry expert within the industry you’ve chosen. For example, a data file on crime in a city could be analyzed to determine if additional officers are needed to combat crime within that city. The data could potential help you determine if there is a rise in crime or if levels are the same as previous years.

You should also attach the data file that you would like to work with so that the instructor can approve it for your final project. Approval will be made through the comments section of this assignment when graded.

This is the first step in your final data analysis project. If this assignment is submitted late, it will not earn any points, however, it must still be submitted in order to move forward to the next step in the project. Be sure to submit this project as soon as you find a data set that you believe you can work with.