1. While attending a networking event, you meet a Director-Human Resources from an organization that interests you. The Director asks what you are currently learning about at NLU, and you reply that you are taking a course in technology and leadership. The Director asks, "What is this Moore's Law that I keep hearing about?" and "Why should I care about Moore's Law?" You only have 2 minutes to answer. Answer in your own words below.

a.What is Moore's Law?

b. Why should the Director-Human Resources care about Moore's Law? Provide a reason specific to the Director'srole.

2.In your own words, describe how a digital platform can potentially help its owner achieve network effects.

3. This document provides the business purpose and justification for an IT investment (Choose the best answer):

a. Business case

b. IT portfolio

c. Use case

d. Value chain

4.An organization wishes to improve its performance in terms of cost optimization, standardized processes, and getting more value from its data. The organization does not have an enterprise resource planning (ERP) system. In your own words, fully describe at least two ways an ERP system can help this organization achieve its objectives.

a.First way:

b.Second way:

5.Your organization has asked you to be on a team that will recommend vendor-provided software to help with some organizational problem or opportunity. Before evaluating specific software offerings from vendors, the team first needs to decide on a direction for how the software will be paid for, hosted, and operated:

• Software as a Service (SaaS), i.e., cloud-based software, or
• The organization will acquire a license for the software and run it on its on-premises IT infrastructure

Identify and briefly describe in your own words two organizational priorities that would lead the team todecide to focus on Acquiring a license for the software and running it on the organization's on-premises IT infrastructure(rather than Software as a Service (SaaS)). For example, "If the organization prioritizes X and Y, then software that will run on the organization's on-premises IT infrastructure will be a better fit than SaaS. If X is a priority, software that will run on the organization's on-premises IT infrastructure is a better fit because of . . . If Y is a priority, software that will run on the organization's on-premises IT infrastructure is a better fit because of . . . "

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