SDLC, Business continuity plan (BCP), reductionist and holistic approach.

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Question One A business continuity plan (BCP) is a system that ensures prevention of a system of business functionality by ealin! "ith potential threats# $he sta!es involve inclue analysis% solution esi!n% implementation% testin! an acceptance% an  maintenance# $he Business Impact sta!e inclues the use of &uestionnaires an other survey methos to conuct a "or'shop an complete a business impact analysis (BIA)# evie" the &uestionnaires an o a follo"up "ith the information !iven# $he solution esi!n ientifies resources re&uire base on BIA an conucts a !ap analysis eterminin! the !aps bet"een recovery nees an its current capabilities# $he implementation sta!e involves selectin! a recovery strate!y an implementin! it# $estin! $estin! an acceptance involve evelopin! a frame"or'% "ritin! a business continuity proceure an assemble a plan# It also nees a business to evelop a testin! e*ercise an conuct orientation e*ercises# $he maintenance sta!e ensures constant upatin! of the BCP an incorporates test learne from testin!# Question $"o $he +D,C moel I "ill use is the spiral moel# $he spiral moel has bro'en o"n its sta!es of evelopment into small pieces ma'in! it realistic to use in the evelopment of a bran application# It also involves the customer throu!hout each sta!e of evelopment# Its systematic approach "ith iterative frame"or' ensures chan!es can be mae alon! the "ay# $he +D,C I "ill re-ect is the "aterfall moel# Despite the fact that it.s easy to use an unerstan it oes not involve the customer hence oes not meet customer nees# Once you move to the ne*t sta!e of evelopment% you cannot revisit the previous step to chan!e anythin!% an that ma'es it har to revise or bac' trac'#

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Question $hree  Net"or' response time is the amount of time neee for a transaction "ithin "ithin a system net"or' to  be complete# It can inclue infrastructures such as servers% stora!e% stora!e% an net"or'in!# $he lon!er the amount of time it ta'es for one transaction to be complete% the more it costs c osts the business hence losses in the company# Pac'et rops "ithin a net"or' cause slo" response time "hich lo"ers the business value throu!h elays# Data center uptime measures the amount of time a  business system is runnin! or online# /hen /hen uptime is hi!h% the response time is lo" inicatin!  positive feebac' from the system an the business value% but if the response time is hi!h then the uptime becomes lo"% an there are elays in the net"or'# Question 0our  $o hanle a collea!ue "ho has violate the ethics policy re!arin! information technolo!y% I "ill start "ith reain! the hanboo' so as to etermine "hich violation has been affecte# $his "ill also ma'e it easier for him or her to unerstan the conse&uences# Depenin! on "hether the violation is severe or mere% I "ill avise my co llea!ue to voluntarily report to the superiors re!arin! the violation so as to !et ahea of the problem# As I o have an obli!ation to the mana!ement% I "ill also !o alon! "ith my m y collea!ue e*plainin! the measure I too' to prevent any further violations in the system# If it "ere a case of o"nloain! files "ithout authori1ation% I "oul use fire"alls to bloc' the employee.s computer an monitor activity on his or her computer# Question 0ive In troubleshootin! an I$ problem% I "ill use a reuctionists approach as it brea's o"n a problem into smaller pieces then starts to hanle each piece at a time# 0or instance in an I$ problem that

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involves a net"or' failure% I "ill start by controllin! one element "hich is connecte to the net"or' failure such as the patch cor cables an the router an s"itches in use# 2olistic approach focuses on the bi!!er pieces of the problem an solves a problem as one bi! important  piece rather a branch "ith many pieces# A scenario "ith an I$ issue involvin! servers failin! "ill not be "ellhanle by holistic approach as one has to etermine the server "hich has faile an chec' on its physical connection the !o to chec' the soft"are status#