1st Reply to Discussion, Project Management (Minimum 250 Words) In order to create a project plan, there are six steps that need to be taken. First, you reiterate the project scope to ensure everyone understands the justification of the project, its deliverables to the customer and objectives of the project. Next, the group will identify the project milestones, phases, activities and tasks that will be completed during the project. This will also assist in keeping track of the project progress. Then, you will quantify the effort required for each task by breaking down each task and determining how many hours will be needed for dedication to the task. From here, resources will be determined and allocated to support each task needed for the project. After this is complete, development of a project schedule can be initiated. Further analysis of the project will be taken while constructing the schedule to see if any other planning needs to be taken before project execution. Lastly, you will list any planning dependencies, assumptions and constraints for the project. These outline any relationships between tasks within the project as well as detailing requirements that must be met to accomplish certain tasks.                 For a quality plan to be created, these four steps must be completed. First, define the quality of the deliverables of the project. With everyone at a complete understanding of the expected quality, they can ensure each activity is maintained at the quality. Next, the group identifies the quality of the deliverables targets during each activity. Then, you can describe the quality assurance and control techniques that need to be taken to ensure quality is being met. Finally, you define the processes required to achieve the specified quality targets during each phase or activity.                  A communication plan is a document that outlines the information that needs to be shared and when it needs to be shared among everyone involved with the project. This document details which information needs to be communicated, how it needs to be communicated, how often it is communicated and who is responsible for ensuring it is communicated. It is a pretty neat document and the project team discusses this document before starting any project as to ensure everyone understands what information is required from them at which times.  Thanks for reading,   2nd Reply to Discussion, Project Management (Minimum 250 Words) · Discuss the steps taken when creating a project plan - give examples · The project plan according to the text is the overall most important document because it will be the drawback point for most of the topics that need to be covered if any type of questions come up during the project. It will highlight time frames, scheduling, points of contact, different phases within the project, who will direct which section and that is to just name a few. This also has a lot to do with the budgeting and it is important to understand .

1. 1st Reply to Discussion, Project Management (Minimum 250
Words)
In order to create a project plan, there are six steps that need to
be taken. First, you reiterate the project scope to ensure
everyone understands the justification of the project, its
deliverables to the customer and objectives of the project. Next,
the group will identify the project milestones, phases, activities
and tasks that will be completed during the project. This will
also assist in keeping track of the project progress. Then, you
will quantify the effort required for each task by breaking down
each task and determining how many hours will be needed for
dedication to the task. From here, resources will be determined
and allocated to support each task needed for the project. After
this is complete, development of a project schedule can be
initiated. Further analysis of the project will be taken while
constructing the schedule to see if any other planning needs to
be taken before project execution. Lastly, you will list any
planning dependencies, assumptions and constraints for the
project. These outline any relationships between tasks within
the project as well as detailing requirements that must be met to
accomplish certain tasks.
For a quality plan to be created, these four steps
must be completed. First, define the quality of the
deliverables of the project. With everyone at a complete
understanding of the expected quality, they can ensure each
activity is maintained at the quality. Next, the group identifies
the quality of the deliverables targets during each activity.
Then, you can describe the quality assurance and control
techniques that need to be taken to ensure quality is being met.
Finally, you define the processes required to achieve the
specified quality targets during each phase or activity.
A communication plan is a document that outlines
the information that needs to be shared and when it needs to be
shared among everyone involved with the project. This

2. document details which information needs to be communicated,
how it needs to be communicated, how often it is communicated
and who is responsible for ensuring it is communicated. It is a
pretty neat document and the project team discusses this
document before starting any project as to ensure everyone
understands what information is required from them at which
times.
Thanks for reading,
2nd Reply to Discussion, Project Management (Minimum 250
Words)
· Discuss the steps taken when creating a project plan - give
examples
· The project plan according to the text is the overall most
important document because it will be the drawback point for
most of the topics that need to be covered if any type of
questions come up during the project. It will highlight time
frames, scheduling, points of contact, different phases within
the project, who will direct which section and that is to just
name a few. This also has a lot to do with the budgeting and it
is important to understand that because it is consistent with
what is going to be allowed during the project. The project plan
will have to highlight who will be involved, the money, the
budgeting, the scheduling, the scope of work, the statement of
work and other necessary pieces.
· Discuss the steps taken to create a Quality plan
· The steps that need to be taken during the quality plan are
effective scheduling that will highlight what is necessary for the
project and the people working. Like the text stated, you could
meet your deadline but at what cost? Did you have to work your
team 14 hour days 6 days a week for 5 weeks to get that goal? If
that is the case then the product that is produces is at risk for
not being a quality product. This is important to consider
because you need to maintain that level or exceeding the
customers expectations. Without a quality plan you can run into
those issues. A quality plan also details Functionality and

3. features, System outputs, Performance, and Reliability and
maintainability. All of these play a different role in the plan but
they should not be overlooked by any means. You don't want to
produce a product that lacks features that are out dated or no
longer the new trend, the system outputs need to be compatible
with other technologies that are commonly being used. The
performance will need to outlast possibly for the next 2 years
and reliability and maintainability will more than likely be the
thing that gives the most issues but as long as a good back up
system is in place in case the product has trouble, this can still
be realistic.
· What is Communication plan and what information does it
contain
· Communication plan may consist of how often you report back
to your client or stakeholders. That process may include what is
the status update on the project, how much money has been
spent and have there been any hiccups on the project.
3rd Discussion to Reply, IT Infrastructure (Minimum 150
Words)
An Management Infrastructure System or MIS is broken down
into three primary types: information (which supports
operations such as backup, recovery, disaster recovery and
business continuity plans), agile (supports changes the business
may experience by providing accessibility, availability,
maintainability, portability, reliability, scalability and usability)
and sustainable (supports sustainability of environment through
Grid computing, cloud computing and virtualization) (Baltzan,
2012). MIS infrastructure is dynamic meaning it is constantly
changing in order to meet the demands of the organization as
said organization grows (Baltzan, 2012).
Why are they important? Well, as we all know, in today’s day
and age we have grown extremely dependent on technology to
accomplish the vast majority, if not all of our daily tasks.
Businesses are no different; companies have become dependent

4. on IT systems to conduct their day to day operations, thus, MIS
are a must since they provide the means for said company to
have the ability to back up data, protect itself from disasters,
continue to provide services by any means to their customers.
MIS enables businesses to adapt and overcome the majority of
the obstacles they may encounter, since it provides a low cost
solution that not only provides the customer with 24/7 services
but it increases productivity, optimizes business operation,
generates growth which in turn increases profitability (Baltzan,
2012). Needless to say a business that does not have a solid MIS
infrastructure in place will more than likely face a plethora of
issues that may end up causing significant problems that can
ultimately cause the business to fail.
References:
Baltzan, P. (2012). Business driven information systems (3rd
ed.). New York, NY: McGraw-Hill Education.
4th Discussion to Reply, IT Infrastructure (Minimum 150
Words)
The infrastructure of an Information Technology system is
composed of a collection of assets and components. These
entities include the hardware, software, networks, facility, and
any components that are integrated into the system. The
infrastructure can vary in price, scalability, security, and it can
include a wide variance of different entities. In addition, each
infrastructure is tailored to its organization’s requirements.
The three primary types of infrastructures include the
Information MIS Infrastructure, Agile MIS infrastructure,
Sustainable MIS Infrastructure. Each one of these types of
infrastructures support a different role. The Information MIS
infrastructure supports operations. The Agile MIS
infrastructure supports change. Lastly, the Sustainable MIS
infrastructure supports sustainability. Each of these play a vital
role and each contains its own value in the overall system’s

5. architecture.
The Information MIS infrastructure supports the data recovery
process. This includes backups, restores, disaster recovery, and
business continuity planning. These implementations and the
capability of these processes can vary depending on how much
data it processes. The system owner can choose from three
different options when they select their disaster recovery site.
They can choose either a warm, hot, or a cold site. A service
level agreement should also be in place to notify the user of the
business continuity plans and of response times.
The Agile MIS infrastructure supports the accessibility,
availability, maintainability, portability, reliability, scalability,
and usability of the system. It identifies changes within
different areas and allows for expansion while maintaining
operational use of the system. The lifecycle of the system is
important to ensure the upkeep of the system and to ensure
security standards are met.
The Sustainable MIS infrastructure supports the sustainability
through grid computing, cloud computing, and virtualization.
These capabilities ensure the organization is able to best utilize
their hardware in order maximize their operations. Utilizing a
virtual environment can save money and it can also help provide
redundancy. The virtual capability can provide a multitude of
capabilities that a physical server cannot provide. It also allows
for admins to increase storage to the virtual servers as needed.
In addition, it is much easier to migrate virtual machines over to
different host if the hardware is about to fail or resource
balancing is required.
Reference
Kerr, J. (26 June 2016). Welcome to Business 2.0 as Powered
by New IT. Retrieved October 25,
2018, from https://www.inc.com/james-kerr/welcome-to-
business-2-0-as-enabled-by-new-it.html

6. 5th Discussion to Reply, Web Development Javascript,
(Minimum 150 words)
his week we are covering JavaScript. So, I answer the first
question, I would like to cover what JavaScript is. I am sure we
all know what JavaScript is, but I think it is better to refresh our
knowledge about it. JavaScript is a client-side and server-side
scripting language which is used to make Web pages rich and
dynamic. I am sure many of you have encountered such Web
page already before way back when you didn’t know anything
about it yet. Using JavaScript to add interactive capabilities to
Web pages offer advantages such as speed in term of
development, simplicity, interoperability. Unlike Java,
JavaScript does not need to compile on the client side and on
the server side unless there are outside resources required.
JavaScript is also a lot easier to learn compare with Java. I can
say this because I had Java and JavaScript classes before. I am
not expert but base on my experienced, Java was a lot
complicated. The last advantage I would like to mention is the
interoperability. I think that this feature is very useful for every
scripting and programming language. Developers love this
feature because it allows them to combine other languages.
With all the advantages also comes disadvantages with it. The
biggest disadvantage of JavaScript is the security issue. Excuse
my word but I hated JavaScript because of this. Back in the day,
I encountered problems with browsers hanging or acting up or
even being infected with virus because of the wrong use of
JavaScript on a website. I think this is what made JavaScript
less popular. Because of this problem, comes the second
disadvantage of JavaScript; disabled JavaScript. Many users
disable this JavaScript because of bad experience. So, the code
used in a Web page is not rendered.
As for my assignment last week, I spent most of my time
thinking what animation of effects I could add. I did not add
much because I personally do not think it would look good on

7. my Web page. But for that sake of this assignment, I made my
logo on the header slide to the right and back to original when
opened. I also used buttons, text-shadow and made my web page
two columns.
6th Discussion to Reply, Web Development Javascript
(Minimum 150 words)
Just like anything in life and any program, they have their
advantages and disadvantages. That is true for
JavaScript. JavaScript client side scripting provides many
advantages over server side scripts. For example, using
JavaScript, you can check if any user has entered a correct
email address in a form field. JavaScript is one of the simplest,
lightweight, versatile and interpreted programming language
used to extend functionality in websites. It also comes with
some negative effects, which can make a person think twice
before applying JavaScript to your website.
Some of the advantages of JavaScript are you can validate any
user input before sending a request to the server. This makes
less load on the server. It has a relatively easy language when
talking about software. It also has a fast response to the
websites visitors. It has no server interaction in other words you
do not have to wait for a page reload to get your desire result. It
is fast for the end user as the script is executed on the user’s
computer, depending on task, the results are completed almost
instantly. It is interactivity increased by creating interfaces that
can react when the user hovers over them or activates them
using the keyboard. It has rich interfaces like drag and drop
components or slider may give a rich interface to your site
visitors.
Some disadvantages are security issues while appended onto
web pages on client side immediately can also be used for
exploiting the user’s system. It does not have any
multiprocessor or multi-threading capabilities. It cannot be used

8. for any networking applications. It does not allow you to read
or write files. It also renders varies JavaScript may be rendered
by different layout engines differently. As a result, this causes
inconsistency in terms of interface and functionality. I am sure
if you speak with people who use JavaScript daily they will all
have their options of the advantages and disadvantages.
Reference
UI, N. (2016, February 23). Advantages and disadvantages of
JavaScript. In nameste. Retrieved October 24, 2018, from
http://www.namasteui.com/advantages-disadvantages-javascript/
7th Discussion (Minimum 150 words)
what are some of the free online resources that you found useful
to pick up the JavaScript language? What are some of your
favorite JavaScript features?