Engineering Homework Help

Ford, P. (2015, June 15). Code: An Essay. Bloomberg Businessweek, 4431, 13–110.

CODE? as a scanned/downloadable PDF

CODE? has 41 “articles” (or chapters, sections, whatever)

Pick one from each column (Look at the PDF of CODE?, p. 15)
chose one from pp. 17-70
chose one from pp. 71-109
The choice is up to you. If you pick one that doesn’t fit well with the assignment requirements, go back to and pick another.

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– summary of the requirements:

• summarize TWO total chapters (one per each table of content’s column),
• write a quiz question for each, and generate a list of facts.
• Then, write your own chapter with new or different content that connects to one of Cumbie’s Lecture

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Instructions:

Three ARTICLES

ARTICLE SUMMARY #1 Instructions

a) Write an EXECUTIVE BRIEF SUMMARY to inform a colleague of the interesting & important facets of this article.

• • remember, if your article is “too thin”, go back and pick another
  • put all important terms in boldface. That is Business Terms, Technology Terms.
  • Include key points from the article but do not simply restate them.
  • Provide some insight that addresses: Why should we care? What a manager needs to know?
    • This insight should be stated clearly, unequivocally, and in the first sentence of your review.
    • This is your insight, not Paul Ford’s. You need to bring something extra to the table. Relate the article to something going on in the world today, in your business experience, for example.

b) In your EXECUTIVE BRIEF: List and define/describe all dates, facts, terminology. You may need to consult some other source; cite it if you do. Wiki is cool (Like Ford says in CODE?).

• • Expand all acronyms: CRM = Customer Relationship Management
  • But don’t stop there! Expand & Define/Describe:
  • CRM = Customer Relationship Management = The IT-enabled process “…in which a business or other organization administers its interactions with customers, typically using data analysis to study large amounts of information” from Wiki:CRM

c) Write a question that you’d put on an exam: multiple choice/answer, matching, short answer (no essay or true/false). Provide feedback to that question, i.e., what a student would see as guidance if they missed that question.

ARTICLE SUMMARY #2 Instructions

☝️ Same as Article Summary #1, except an article from the second column (CODE? Pdf p. 15, Table of Contents Columns).

DIY (Do-it-yourself) ARTICLE Instructions (the 3rd Article)

Write your own article, in the same style as CODE? with a punchy, oddly-specific title.

Important Requirements: Explictally relate your story to one of Dr. Cumbie’s Old Lectures & Include at least two (2) outside resources.

• • You may tell about a personal experience, an instance at work something you’ve heard about or observed.
    • I suggest changing names of people and companies for confidentiality
  • **Relate your story to one of Cumbie’s old lectures (Links to an external site.).
    • some are audio-only, some are text only
    • not sure how to possibly figure out how your story relates to one of these old lectures? Msg Dr. Cumbie on CNVS Inbox.
    • You may also start your story by summarizing one of Dr. Cumbie’s lectures and then update it, add to it, refute it, etc.
  • CODE? is so 2015. You can find something new and shiny…like:
    • “Bitcoin, Bitcoin, Bitcoin!”
    • “That Time GameStop Broke Wall Street”
    • “React.js. Not just another framework”
    • “Columnar Databases”
    • “Remember When Healthcare.gov Flopped”
  • Your story can be management/culture-based or technical-based.
  • It can cover a specific, illustrative events or something in general like: DevOps.
  • Here are some title samples that I came up with:
    • “that time the important email went to spam”
    • “when Joe replied all to the entire company”
    • “why you should (or shouldn’t care) about text message encryption?”
    • “Your mother and I want to have a serious talk with you about Bitcoin”
  • Length and tone should be similar to a CODE? Chapter.
  • Define/Describe all terms/facts/people/places
  • Find sources and cite when needed (at least 2 sources)
  • Write your own quiz multiple-choice quiz question with an explanation, related to “why should we care?” “what a manager needs to know”