NT1330 Unit 1 Assignment 1

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Software application development at my company was initiated first out of security concerns. There were increasing numbers of security breaches reported in hospitals, banks, Yahoo, and other places that paused potential hazards (Snyder, 2014). We are in the financial Industry with huge volumes of sensitive data. Our Information Technology department expressed concerns that our SQL server was an easy target to those that may want to hack the system. Existing security measures and periodic training were very strict but they were not enough to protect customers from hackers. The executive team agreed to create a project for the purpose as a high priority. A team was put together under the leadership of the Project Management Office. At the same time, it was also decided to overhaul the entire process and standardize the software development throughout all the regions we do business in. Our team was born out of that directive. Before this process, IT department was solely responsible to make available access to software or databases based on the hiring manager’s needs and the profile of candidates joining the team. Now that computer …show more content…

The first part has a list of outdated software, legacy system. They are commonly referred to by their names such as MAS, SQL, Adhoc and other slight variations. What makes our project complex is that the systems are not operating on the same level. Some keep only our transactions and the other systems contain financial data that is booked for record. To transform all that into one system requires understanding the design of the legacy systems. Unfortunately, some of the design is not intuitive but after going through iterations of mathematical formula, you can validate some of the data. The second part called “proposed” has a list of the newer software that can be a one stop place for all data. When the project ends, the sections in the table above will be available in

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