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• CIS 336 Final Exam Guide
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• CIS 336 Final Exam Guide
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• 1)Joe works for a company where the IT department
  charges him for the number of CRM login accounts
  that are in his department. What type of IT
  funding model is his company deploying?
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• 2) This project cycle plan chart looks very much
  like a bar chart and is easy for management to
  read because of its visual nature.
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• 3) What is at the center of the project triangle?
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• 4) This is a text message that is stored on a
  users computer by a Web server that helps trace
  the users browsing habits. 

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• CIS 336 Week 1 Discussion 1 Social Information
  Technology (IT) and Business Frameworks
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• CIS 336 Week 1 Discussion 1
• "Social Information Technology (IT) and Business
  Frameworks"  Please respond to the following
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• Consider collaboration as one of the social IT
  categories in which Facebook, LinkedIn, blogs,
  and Twitter are used to extend the reach of
  stakeholders and employees. Determine at least
  three business functions that could be used by
  this social IT. Predict possible problems that
  you foresee.

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• CIS 336 Week 1 Discussion 2 Resources Frameworks
  and Plenitude
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• CIS 336 Week 1 Discussion 2
• "Resources Frameworks and Plenitude" Please
  respond to the following
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• One might argue that value is not always
  realized when using resource-based view (RBV)
  framework, especially when considering the IT
  infrastructure and Information Repository.
  Determine whether you agree or disagree with this
  viewpoint. Provide three examples to support your
  position.

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• CIS 336 Week 2 Assignment 1 Models for
  Competitive Dynamics
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• CIS 336 Week 2 Assignment 1 Models for
  Competitive Dynamics
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• Assignment 1 Models for Competitive Dynamics
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• Due Week 2 and worth 100 points
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• CIS 336 Week 2 Discussion 1 Organization
  Structures
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• CIS 336 Week 2 Discussion 1
• "Organization Structures" Please respond to the
  following
• Suppose that you were creating a new global
  organization. The new organization will provide
  Information Technology (IT) infrastructure
  consulting services, computer security consulting
  services, and cloud computing consulting
  services. Determine whether you would employ a
  hierarchical, a flat, or a matrix organizational
  structure, and explain why.
• From the e-Activity, propose how issues with
  hierarchical and flat structures should be
  resolved.

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• CIS 336 Week 2 Discussion 2 Results-Only Work
  Environment (ROWE) and Instant Messaging (IM)
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• CIS 336 Week 2 Discussion 2
• "Results-Only Work Environment (ROWE) and Instant
  Messaging (IM)" Please respond to the following
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• Suppose you worked for a company that uses
  ROWE. Predict whether you would be more
  productive or less productive, and explain why.
• IM applications like Microsofts Lync,
  Microsoft Instant Messenger, and Yahoo Instant
  Messenger are being used in some organizations to
  facilitate communication between employees.
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• CIS 336 Week 3 Discussion 1 Agility and Business
  Process Management (BPM)"
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• CIS 336 Week 3 Discussion 1
• "Agility and  Business Process Management (BPM)"
  Please respond to the following
• Suppose that an organization did not use
  processes that were designed and built to be
  agile, particularly when it comes to IS / IT
  technologies. Predict the impact of environmental
  changes on an organization financially, socially,
  and in terms of survivability.

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• CIS 336 Week 3 Discussion 2 The Impact of
  Crowdsourcing
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• CIS 336 Week 3 Discussion 2
• "The Impact of Crowdsourcing" Please respond to
  the following
• Dells Ideastorm, Best Buys IdeaX, New York
  citys Simplicity, and Samuel Adams Facebook
  application to determine the next flavor of beer
  are a few of the examples that use crowdsourcing.
  From the e-Activity, assess whether ideasourcing
  generates the best innovative ideas for a
  business or organization. Explain why or why
  not. 
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• CIS 336 Week 4 Assignment 2 Telecommuting and the
  Mobile Worker
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• CIS 336 Week 4 Assignment 2 Telecommuting and the
  Mobile Worker
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• Assignment 2 Telecommuting and the Mobile Worker
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• Due Week 4 and worth 100 points
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•  The number of American telecommuters is expected
  to increase by 29 million telecommuters or 43 of
  the workforce by 2016 as more work gets performed
  from remote locations. Mobile workers can work
  from wherever they are and use the IT / IS
  technology necessary to access co-workers,
  company or corporate infrastructure, intranets,
  and other information sources.
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• CIS 336 Week 4 Discussion 1 Bring Your Own Device
  (BYOD) or Bring Your Own Technology (BYOT)"
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• CIS 336 Week 4 Discussion 1
• "Bring Your Own Device (BYOD) or Bring Your Own
  Technology (BYOT)"Please respond to the
  following
• With the proliferation of smart phones and
  intelligent computing tablets such as the iPad,
  enterprises are increasingly faced with employees
  who want to bring their own devices and connect
  to enterprise systems. Determine whether or not
  employers should allow this type of connectivity
  to enterprise systems. Support your reasoning
  with three examples. Predict the impact to an
  organizations Total Cost of Ownership (TCO) when
  employees use BYOD. 

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• CIS 336 Week 4 Discussion 2 Virtualization and
  Cloud Computing
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• CIS 336 Week 4 Discussion 2
• "Virtualization and Cloud Computing" Please
  respond to the following
• Suggest how an organization should choose
  between Software as a Service (SaaS), Platform as
  a Service (PaaS), and Infrastructure as a Service
  (IaaS). Support your recommendation with an
  explanation.
• Salesforce.com, Facebook, Gmail, Windows Azure,
  Apple iTunes, and LinkedIn are examples of
  applications in the cloud computing space.
  Examine the benefits and possible problems for
  these

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• CIS 336 Week 5 Discussion 1 Business Costs
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• CIS 336 Week 5 Discussion 1
• "Business Costs" Please respond to the following
• Imagine that you are the head of a department
  and your organization uses a chargeback funding
  method. Chargeback systems are popular for
  managing and controlling IT costs. Determine five
  IT costs that you would consider to be most
  critical. Support your reasoning.
• Suppose you were asked to determine a method to
  compute the operational costs of a companys ERP
  (Enterprise Resource Planning) system. From the
  e-Activity, determine whether you would apply the
  Activity-based costing (ABC) model or a different
  model to calculate the costs. Support your
  rationale. Examine the risks and benefits of
  applying the model you chose. 
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• CIS 336 Week 5 Discussion 2 Information
  Technology (IT) Dashboards
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• CIS 336 Week 5 Discussion 2
• "Information Technology (IT) Dashboards" Please
  respond to the following
• Evaluate the ways that IT dashboards provide
  meaningful data or information to the
  organizations executives. Determine the best
  ways to use an IT dashboard for this purpose.
• Contrast service dashboards and portfolio
  dashboards. Select the ID dashboard that you
  consider to be the most important and explain why.

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• CIS 336 Week 5 Midterm Exam
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• CIS 336 Week 6 Assignment 3 IT Support for
  Virtual Teams
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• CIS 336 Week 6 Assignment 3 IT Support for
  Virtual Teams
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• Assignment 3 IT Support for Virtual Teams
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• Due Week 6 and worth 100 points
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•  Global organizations have branches that are
  located in multiple countries. Some of these
  organizations develop software and take advantage
  of the global talent pool of software developers
  while others have global technical support teams,
  customer service, and so on. Virtual teams are
  created when two or more people work together
  from different locations, organizations, times
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• CIS 336 Week 6 Discussion 1 Compliance
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• CIS 336 Week 6 Discussion 1"Compliance" Please
  respond to the following
• Examine the SarbanesOxley Act (SOX). In your
  opinion, determine whether SOX has been able to
  achieve what it was intended to do and if it has
  reduced the unethical business practices that led
  to its enactment. Provide two examples to support
  your reasoning.
• Evaluate the five essential control components
  for managers and auditors established by the
  Committee of Sponsoring Organizations of the
  Treadway Commission (COSO). Determine the control
  that is the most critical for the well-being of
  any company and explain why.

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• CIS 336 Week 6 Discussion 2 Control Objectives
  for Information and Related Technology (COBIT)
  and Information Technology Infrastructure Library
  (ITIL)
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• CIS 336 Week 6 Discussion 2
• "Control Objectives for Information and Related
  Technology (COBIT) and Information Technology
  Infrastructure Library (ITIL)" Please respond to
  the following
• From the e-Activity, perform a high-level
  analysis of the four major domains of COBIT.
  (Keep in mind that COBIT is intended to make sure
  that IT provides the systematic rigor needed for
  the strong

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• CIS 336 Week 7 Assignment 4 Virtualization and
  Cloud Computing World
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• CIS 336 Week 7 Assignment 4 Virtualization and
  Cloud Computing World
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• Assignment 4 Virtualization and Cloud Computing
  World
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• Due Week 7 and worth 100 points
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•  The popularity and rapid adoption of Software as
  a Service (SaaS), Platform as a Service (PaaS),
  and Infrastructure as a Service (IaaS) by a
  number of organizations has impacted internal IT
  / IS departments. These services provide a
  virtualization infrastructure that covers data
  storage, networking, desktop computing, mobile
  computing, and so on.
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•  Write a two to three (2-3) page paper in which
  you
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• Describe at least three (3) items that an
  organizations IT / IS department should consider
  when an organizations strategy calls for the use
  of SaaS, PaaS, or IaaS.

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• CIS 336 Week 7 Discussion 1 Build or Buy and
  Service-Level Agreements (SLAs)"
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• CIS 336 Week 7 Discussion 1
• "Build or Buy and Service-Level Agreements
  (SLAs)" Please respond to the following
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• Suppose, as a Chief Information Officer (CIO),
  you were asked to provide the organization with
  time-entry system for the employees. Examine the
  options to insource or outsource the system to be
  developed. Determine whether you would insource
  or outsource the system to be developed, and
  predict the implications of your decision with
  the organizations total cost of ownership.
• Suppose an organization that has entered into
  an SLA with another organization goes out of
  business. Determine whether the SLA still applies
  or becomes invalid. Propose what the organization
  should do to maintain the service delivery.

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• CIS 336 Week 7 Discussion 2 Cloud Computing
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• CIS 336 Week 7 Discussion 2
• "Cloud Computing" Please respond to the
  following
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• From the e-Activity, provide your opinion on
  whether or not a non-Apple device user should
  have the ability to use iCloud. Explain whether
  or not this points to the limitations of cloud
  computing. Determine whether businesses should
  consider iCloud in their cloud computing strategy
  for their IT needs. Support your rationale.

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• CIS 336 Week 8 Case Study 1 Disneys ITIL Journey
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• CIS 336 Week 8 Case Study 1 Disneys ITIL
   Journey
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• Case Study 1 Disneys ITIL Journey
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• Due Week 8 and worth 70 points
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•  The Information Technology Infrastructure
  Library (ITIL) is a set of concepts and
  techniques for managing IT infrastructure,
  development, and operations. ITIL offers eight
  sets of management procedures service delivery,
  service support, service management, ICT
  infrastructure management, software asset
  management, business perspective, security
  management, and application management. Disney
  began adopting ITIL best practices in the
  mid-2000s. Read Disneys ITIL Journey, located
  at http//www.best-management-practice.com/gempdf/d
  isney_itil_journey.pdf.
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• CIS 336 Week 8 Discussion 2 Systems Development
  Life Cycle (SDLC)"
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• CIS 336 Week 8 Discussion 2
• "Systems Development Life Cycle (SDLC)" Please
  respond to the following
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• Examine the activities in the Systems
  Development Life Cycle (SDLC). Select the
  activities that you believe to be the most
  critical for the success of a project that is
  developed using SDLC. Support your position.
• From the e-Activity, determine which conversion
  methods (parallel, pilot, phased, and plunge) you
  would apply for the implementation phase of an
  SDLC if you were managing a project. Support your
  rationale.
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• CIS 336 Week 8 Discussion 2 Systems Development
  Life Cycle (SDLC)"
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• CIS 336 Week 8 Discussion 2
• "Systems Development Life Cycle (SDLC)" Please
  respond to the following
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• Examine the activities in the Systems
  Development Life Cycle (SDLC). Select the
  activities that you believe to be the most
  critical for the success of a project that is
  developed using SDLC. Support your position.
• From the e-Activity, determine which conversion
  methods (parallel, pilot, phased, and plunge) you
  would apply for the implementation phase of an
  SDLC if you were managing a project. Support your
  rationale.

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• CIS 336 Week 9 Case Study 2 Enterprises
  Architecture
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• CIS 336 Week 9 Case Study 2 Enterprises
  Architecture 
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• Case Study 2 Enterprises Architecture Case Study
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• The (enterprises architecture) EA process can be
  a time and resource intensive exercise that
  requires a deep understanding of the
  organization's strategy, strong technical
  experience, and strong organizational skills.
   Over the last 8 weeks we have discussed EA and
  its value to an organization.  We have
  specifically looked at the strategic value of
  information technology (IT), the integration of
  IT good and services, the governance of IT good
  and services, securing the enterprise and how to
  manage these IT resources in order to maximize
  value.   Select a case study from the following
  list below
• https//www.infosys.com/industries/aerospace-defen
  se/case-studies/
• Write a two to four (2-4) page paper in which
  you
• Discuss the key points of the case study, include
  in your discussion the following points

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• CIS 336 Week 9 Discussion 1 Business Intelligence
  and Social Analytics
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• CIS 336 Week 9 Discussion 1
• "Business Intelligence and Social Analytics"
  Please respond to the following
• From the e-Activity, examine three ways you
  believe that social networks have leveled the
  playing field between major corporations and
  small businesses.
• Sports teams have adapted the practice of
  businesses using business analytics to make wiser
  decisions. Provide your opinion on teams that use
  sports analytics. Explain whether or not you
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• CIS 336 Week 9 Discussion 2 Big Data and
  Knowledge Management
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• CIS 336 Week 9 Discussion 2
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  respond to the following
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• Predict three problems that you foresee
  occurring when dealing with big data. Propose
  three solutions to these foreseen problems.
• Suppose that you are in charge of knowledge
  management and have a highly knowledgeable IT
  person who refuses to transfer knowledge. Propose
  two different approaches to handling this
  situation. 

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• CIS 336 Week 10 Discussion 1 Privacy Challenges
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• CIS 336 Week 10 Discussion 1
• "Privacy Challenges" Please respond to the
  following
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• The United Arab Emirates (UAE) threatened to
  shut off BlackBerry messaging, email and Web
  browsing services if the device s maker,
  Research in Motion (RIM), did not provide certain
  information necessary for national security. RIM
  was caught between not disclosing confidential
  information and not endangering UAEs national
  security. Give your opinion on whether RIM should
  have given in to UAEs demands or whether it
  should have protected the confidential
  information. Support your position.
• Imagine you are a mid-level manager working for
  a well-known international organization and have
  invested 10,000 in the organization stock, along
  with contributions to the 401k benefit. Suppose
  you have indisputable evidence that the CEO was
  manipulating the companys stock price. Determine
  if you would inform the stakeholders or refrain
  from saying anything for fear of causing the
  stock to plunge. Support your position.

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• CIS 336 Week 10 Discussion 2 Corporate Social
  Responsibility and Privacy
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• CIS 336 Week 10 Discussion 2
• "Corporate Social Responsibility and Privacy"
  Please respond to the following
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• From the e-Activity, examine the belief that
  green programs create economic value while being
  socially responsible and sustaining the
  environment. Determine whether you agree or
  disagree with this statement. Support your
  position with one example.
• Some supermarkets use loyalty programs which
  enable them to collect data about the shopping
  patterns of their customers. Suppose that an
  insurance company wanted to buy this data from the

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• CIS 336 Week 10 Term Paper The Service-Oriented
  Architecture
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• CIS 336 Week 10 Term Paper The Service-Oriented
  Architecture
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• Term Paper The Service-Oriented Architecture
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• Due Week 10 and worth 160 points
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•  The Service-Oriented Architecture (SOA) strategy
  allows businesses and organizations to offer
  their products and services to customers and
  trading partners using a standards-based
  integration protocol. Web Services depends on SOA
  for delivery. SOA uses Extensible Markup Language
  (XML) to exchange data and information to its
  products and services consumers. One of the SOA
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• CIS 336 Week 11 Discussion 1 Transfer It
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• CIS 336 Week 11 Discussion 1
• "Transfer It" Please respond to the following
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• Discuss ways you plan to apply what you learned
  in this course in your current or future
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• CIS 336 Week 11 Discussion 2 Sum It Up
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• CIS 336 Week 11 Discussion 2
• "Sum It Up" Please respond to the following
• Explain the most important concepts covered in
  this course in two sentences.
• The textbook identified several areas of
  enterprise architecture. Sum up t

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• CIS 336 Week 11 Final Exam
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• CIS 336 Week 11 Final Exam
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