Telecommuting refers to a system under which employees work at home for one or more days per week and use personal computers and telephone lines to interact with people in the office. Consider an office firm that must decide whether to locate in the Central Business District or along a suburban beltway (to be closer to its suburban workforce). Discuss the effects of telecommuting on the relative attractiveness of the CBD.

Problem 7: A price aggregator system provides users with a one-stop portal where they can compare the price of products across multiple Web sites. The portal allows users to not only compare prices but also view customer feedback and reviews of the different Web sites. Users are required to first create an account before using the portal for the first time, after which they can review the results of previous product searches as well compare the fluctuations in prices over a given time. To provide this functionality, the system maintains the following data: SearchID, UserID, UserName, UserEmail, SearchDate, SearchTime, SearchCategory, SearchBrand, SearchModel, BrandID, LowestPrice, LowestPriceURL, Price2, Price2URL, Price3, Price3URL, Price4, Price4URL, Price5, Price5URL, LowestPriceURL_Rating, Price2URL_ Rating, Price3URL_Rating, Price4URL_Rating, Price5URL_ Rating Sample data for this set of attributes is as follows: 32332, 0332, Clark Kent, kentKalEl@mail.org, 12122018, 10.28.34,…

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Find-A-Helper System (FHS) is an online platform for connecting local domestic helpers and house cleaners to employers. Both employers and helpers must register profiles, which are then reviewed and approved by FHS consultants. Employer can request help by sending online request with his/her location. FHS will systematically allocate the request to the nearest available helper. Once the helper and the employer are connected and the service has been rendered, the employer will be requested to rate the helper. If the helper has ten 5-star rating in a month, he/she is awarded monthly price and will be put on FHS billboard.FHS has the following key features:1. Helper/Employer Registration - for signing up to become FHS user2. Profile review - for user screening3. Request-a-helper – This is used by employers to submit online requests for helper4. Helper-Rating – This is a rating mechanism, to ensure that hard working helpers arerecognized and awarded.Using Visual Studio tools complete the…

Course: Management Information Systems 1 MGMT Mobile Company (MMC) offers mobile services to users on a monthly subscription basis.Special discounts are given to customers for frequently using their pre- or post-paid mobile service.Customers can also sign up online or visit one of ten outlets stationed at various locations around thecountry. Customers can opt to receive their bills either through the post or online but all payments are21stdue by the of each month. An 18.5% mobile tax is applied to the cost of all services. All transactions, customer calls and other data are captured in a database, where specific data can beextracted for decision making. As a new employee of a team in the IS Department of this corporation, your manager wants you to produce some reports for him to review for the next quarter, such as which types of customers should be targeted for special offers and how much money is received for taxes.Reports reaching Executive management revealed that all of the…

Suppose you have a consulting practice implementing local area networks for fraternities and sororitieson your campus.1. Considering the connection to the Internet, would you recommend that the fraternity house use a DSL,a cable modem, or a WAN wireless? Although you can rule out at least one of these alternatives withthe knowledge you already have, what additional information do you need in order to make a specificrecommendation? 2. Should you develop a standard package solution for each of your customers? What advantages accruefrom a standard solution? What are the disadvantages?

Identify 5 Functional and 5 Non-Functional requirements from the following case study. A Pizza Outlet in Muscat requires a Pizza Ordering System, which is user friendly, and easily accessible. The system shall allow users to order pizza for a home delivery. To place an order, a customer searches to find items to purchase, adds items one at a time to a shopping cart, and possibly searches again for more items. When all items have been chosen, the customer provides delivery address and contact information, and places the order. All information related to customer orders should be stored/backed up in an external analytical system for the backup purpose and to be used for the decision making. The system has an option for customers to register with the pizza outlet. The System shall store customer’s name, address, and debit/credit card information, so that they do not have to enter this information every time that they place an order. This information must be fully secured to comply with…

Question 4: The Department of computer science is used to face students' course registration problem at the start of every semester. There are two categories of the students in terms of course registration i.e. regular and non-regular students. Regular students download their courses registration form from online student portal and after filling it (by mentioning courses choices) they are required to submit signed hard copy of it to the department. The registration process often delays due to some reasons which affects the whole academic process. Some of the reasons include • Due to the failure or low grades in upcoming courses prerequisite, some students are required to repeat the prerequisite. • Whenever any section exceed to students' limit of 50, students are forced to swap the sections. On the other hand non- regular students, simply go to the front office and manually tell their subjects choices to register and then according to the timetable of offered courses they are asked to…

Question 4:       The Department of computer science is used to face students’ course registration problem at the start of every semester. There are two categories of the students in terms of course registration i.e. regular and non-regular students. Regular students download their courses registration form from online student portal and after filling it (by mentioning courses choices) they are required to submit signed hard copy of it to the department. The registration process often delays due to some reasons which affects the whole academic process. Some of the reasons include Due to the failure or low grades in upcoming courses prerequisite, some students are required to repeat the prerequisite. Whenever any section exceed to students’ limit of 50, students are forced to swap the sections. On the other hand non- regular students, simply go to the front office and manually tell their subjects choices to register and then according to the timetable of offered courses they are asked…

Pet NannyPet owners often have difficulty locatingpet-sitters for their pets, boarding their pets,or just getting the pets to the veterinarian.Recognizing these needs, Gladys Murphy decided to open Pet Nanny, a business providing specialized pet-care services to busy petowners. The company provides a multitudeof services, including pet grooming, massage,day care, home care, aromatherapy, boarding, and pickup and delivery. The companyhas been experiencing a steady increase indemand for its services.Initially, when the company was founded,all pet-care records were kept manually. However, Gladys recognized the need to updatePet Nanny’s existing systems and hired yourconsulting firm to design the system changes.Your analyst team has just completed therequirements structuring phase and has selected an alternative design strategy. You arenow ready to begin the systems design phase.During the analysis phase, you determined that several forms and reports werenecessary, including a Pet…