Quality of Service Please respond to the following

Quality of Service Please respond to the following

Your design team presents a project to you, in which most inputs seem to have about a 1.5-second delay before a response. The lead designer has decided this response is acceptable. Analyze response-time models and decide if the response time in the presented project is acceptable. Explain why it is or is not.

Evaluate the importance quality of service has to designers. Choose two areas discussed in the textbook you would focus your attention to ensure quality of service for a team of designers that you were managing. Justify your choices.

DISCUSSION 2:

“Balancing Function and Fashion” Please respond to the following:

Error messages are a key part of an overall interface design strategy of guidance for the user. Discuss strategies to ensure integrated, coordinated error messages that are consistent across an application.

Choose the one topic covered in Chapter 11 (error messages, non-anthropomorphic design, display design, window design, and color) that creates the biggest challenge to achieving balance between function and fashion. Support your response.

Helping Those in Need

For your Final Paper, you will select a target population from the following list:

Women and children

Elderly

African Americans

Hispanics/Latinos

Immigrants

Veterans

Mentally ill

Disabled

Your Final Paper must include the following:

Research and examine the history of social welfare policy as it pertains to this population, discussing their specific needs from a social welfare program. Have they been oppressed or discriminated against, suffered from lack of income or homelessness, or have they had other needs, such as access to healthcare?

Identify the laws that have been passed and programs put into place that have either helped or restricted their access to care and support.

Identify the philosophical attitudes and perspectives that have led to either the support or lack of understanding for and marginalizing of this group.

Identify the types of resources currently available in your area for this population.

Discuss any relevant personal experiences or insights you have had relating to this population, if applicable.

Explain the types of roles that human service workers perform in working with this population. Highlight the characteristics of the human service workers that would be necessary for their position.

Discuss the types of interventions or strategies that are beneficial.

Include a discussion of how you feel this population could be better served and list at least two ways in which a human service worker could work as an agent for change on their behalf.

Writing the Final Paper

The Final Paper:

Must be eight to ten double-spaced pages in length, and formatted according to APA style as outlined in the Ashford Writing Center.

Must include a title page with the following:

a. Title of paper

b. Student’s name

c. Course name and number

e. Date submitted

Must begin with an introductory paragraph that has a succinct thesis statement.

Must address the topic of the paper with critical thought.

Must end with a conclusion that reaffirms your thesis.

Must document all sources in APA style, as outlined in the Ashford Writing Center. Your Final Paper must include a minimum of five scholarly sources.

Must include a separate reference page, formatted according to APA style as outlined in the Ashford Writing Center.

Carefully review the Grading Rubric for the criteria that will be used to evaluate your assignment.