The prominant criticism of Utilitarianism is that it is extremely hard to predict the results of an action. The outcomes of all situations are hard to predict‚ so how can we possibly apply the rule of the greatest happiness for the greatest number if we do not know who will benefit most? It is also difficult to decide whether an outcome is morally good or bad. People have contrasting opinions on what they think is right or wrong and it depends on the individual who is making the decision. This causes
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Harvard Business Case: "Living on Internet Time: Product Development at Netscape‚ Yahoo!‚ NetDyanamics‚ and Microsoft". 2. What are the similarities and differences between the four approaches to product development? What drives these differences? Type Netscape Yahoo Net Dynamic Microsoft Development Methodology RAD Phased Agile RAD Prototype Agile RAD Throwaway Prototype Waterfall RUP SDLC Approach (BA/Interactive design) Interactive design -Goal oriented
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Act utilitarianism is a utilitarian theory of ethics which states that a person’s act is morally right if and only if it produces the greatest overall utility. In assessing a moral theory there are four adequate criteria which are: completeness‚ explanatory‚ practicability and moral conformation. For completeness‚ an ethical theory should support all meaningful moral claims‚ neglecting none of the claims. Next‚ there is explanatory power. For this assessment a theory should provide insight into what
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LUtilitarianism Utilitarianism is an ethical theory which acts as a guideline on how people should act in certain situations and was first introduced by a hedonist (pursuer of pleasure) named Jeremy Bentham who put forward the ‘Principle of Utility’ which said “The greatest happiness for the greatest number”. Utilitarianism is a theory which bases on the end purpose (teleological) of achieving pleasure‚ our decisions should be based on consequences in pursuit of the principle of utility (consequentialist)
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Project Management - MegaCity Software What is the major problem facing MegaCity Software? First of all‚ MegaCity Software is a « young » company which has developed MegaMine 2.0‚ a successful software which has enforced the company‚ taking in account it has known updates and extensions. Regarding its market and its internal organization‚ MegaCity Software is facing strategic‚ managerial‚ and development (meaning extension‚ growth) issue. Apparently‚ the company has financial resources to
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CHAPTER I 1. INTRODUCTION The continuous innovation in technology‚ no doubt that it has a great impact in the lives of many people. Because of a lot of advantages and benefits that technologies promised‚ that’s why they learn to adapt this kind of system. The computer age had been implemented‚ especially in the field of business. Many businesses company are using the computerized process as a medium of their transactions. The commonly process that we know in a company is the way they recorded
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Software Industry By N.Kranthi Bhushan 1201010061 Software Engineering-B Software Industry The software industry includes businesses for development‚ maintenance and publication of software that are using different business models‚ mainly either "license/maintenance based" (On Premise) or "cloud based" (such as Saas‚ PaaS‚ IaaS etc etc) . The industry also includes software services‚ such as training‚ documentation‚ and consulting. History The word "software" had been coined as
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and Electrical Engineering Classification of Software Testing Tools Based on the Software Testing Methods Khaled M. Mustafa‚ Rafa E. Al-Qutaish‚ Mohammad I. Muhairat Al-Zaytoonah University of Jordan‚ Airport Street‚ Amman‚ Jordan Abstract During the software development life cycle‚ testing is highly needed to assure the quality of the software process and product. For many years‚ researchers and practitioners came-up with a variety of software tools to automate the testing process. In this
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Sled Dog Software What policy regarding external competitiveness would you advise? List the options and the pros and cons of each policy option. Offer the rationale for your recommendation. Labor Market Factors Pros – Minor Haggling Cons – Employers seek to maximize profit‚ there is no advantage for the employer to pay above or below the market rate. Product Market Factors Pros – With product demand and the degree of competition as major factors with cost they should be able to keep the pay
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SOFTWARE ENTREPRENURSHIP blah blah Composition II blah blah November 16‚ 2012 Software Entrepreneurship A software is a program that can be run on a computer system. Over the past few decades‚ software has become less of an obscurity and more of an absolute necessity. Modern societies function heavily under the use of computing and software systems. Organizations such as Schools‚ financial institutions‚ small business‚ large corporations are heavily ran on software systems. Software is
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