Bhamilton18 Week 11

Definitions

1. Uptime rate: "time during which a piece of equipment (such as a computer) is functioning or able to function."
   • https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/uptime
2. Infrastructure: "the underlying foundation or basic framework (as of a system or organization)."
   • https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/infrastructure
3. AWS: "Amazon Web Services (AWS) is a secure cloud services platform, offering compute power, database storage, content delivery and other functionality to help businesses scale and grow."
   • https://aws.amazon.com/what-is-aws/
4. Cloud Computing: "Cloud computing is the on-demand delivery of compute power, database storage, applications, and other IT resources through a cloud services platform via the internet with pay-as-you-go pricing."
   • https://aws.amazon.com/what-is-cloud-computing/?nc2=h_l2_cc
5. Domain-name routing: It begins with a Domain Name System which "is a directory used by SMTP to convert a name to a list of servers that can receive connections for that name and to find the IP address of a specific server."
   • https://www.ibm.com/support/knowledgecenter/en/SSKTMJ_9.0.1/admin/plan_thedomainnamesystemdnsandsmtpmailrouting_c.html
6. Akamai: "is the global leader in Content Delivery Network (CDN) services, making the Internet fast, reliable and secure for its customers."
   • https://www.akamai.com/us/en/about/
7. Sequential design strategy: "are iterative algorithms that use data acquired from previous iterations to guide future sample selection."
   • http://ieeexplore.ieee.org/document/5429687/
8. Gantt chart: "A general production planning tool for scienti- fically managed factories."
   • https://web.archive.org/web/20131126152919/http://www-public.it-sudparis.eu/~gibson/Teaching/CSC7003/ReadingMaterial/Wilson03.pdf
9. Agile-strategy: "is proposed in response to the circumstances as a solution and is perceived as a vital characteristic that manufacturing companies need to have in order to maintain their competitive advantages in the new order of world business"
   • http://www.emeraldinsight.com/doi/full/10.1108/01443570110390462
10. Tech Surge: "The Obama administration says this surge is made up of engineers from inside and outside government" that are employed to "clean up the code of the error-plagued HealthCare.gov site."
    • https://www.npr.org/sections/alltechconsidered/2013/10/22/239220962/the-healthcare-gov-tech-surge-is-racing-against-the-clock

The Secret Startup That Saved the Worst Website in America Outline

1. What is the main message of this work?
2. What is the importance or significance of this work?
3. What design/development practices, processes, techniques, methods, or approaches were described in this work?
4. Briefly state how these activities benefit the endeavors of web design and/or software development.
5. Summarize the main points of the work.
6. What aspects of this work will inform how you carry out your final project?

References

1. Crombecq, K., Tommasi, L. D., Gorissen, D., & Dhaene, T. (2009). A novel sequential design strategy for global surrogate modeling. Proceedings of the 2009 Winter Simulation Conference (WSC). doi:10.1109/wsc.2009.5429687
2. H. Sharifi, Z. Zhang, (2001) "Agile manufacturing in practice ‐ Application of a methodology", International Journal of Operations & Production Management, Vol. 21 Issue: 5/6, pp.772-794, https://doi.org/10.1108/01443570110390462
3. Wilson, James M. (2003). "Gantt charts: A centenary appreciation" (PDF). European Journal of Operational Research. 149 (2): 430–437. doi:10.1016/S0377-2217(02)00769-5. Archived from the original (PDF) on 26 November 2013.