Required Format for Individual Report
ACC 504 – A2, 2005

Assignment

Select two specific applications from the list for your group. Prepare a paper containing all the following elements for each application separately. Your group, in total, will cover the six listed applications for your software type. This is to represent actual in-depth research, not a cut and paste job from the Internet or sales literature.

Paper

Must have the specific sections listed below with separate headings for each.    Must provide copies of total paper for all students (2 copies for professor). Review the latest version available for sale (no vaporware or obsolete versions). Review only the software assigned (corporate means corporate, not individual)

Sections

• Name of software - include specific version reviewed
• Produced by - name, address, phone, internet address
• What does it cost? - explain
• Can data be imported, exported, and backed up? How? To/from what?
• Does the program integrate with other programs? - either from the same company or other companies (like Microsoft)
• What does it do / how does it do it? - Be specific, list major features, including differentiating items
• Specific security schemes and level of control features -             Be specific
• List four major advantages - versus other listed competitors in the group
• List four major disadvantages - versus other listed competitors in the group
• Your name & date
• At least three sources, fully and completely referenced (see APA). Only one should be the software producer itself. At least one must be a third party review

Presentations

Cover the major points in the paper.

Reading your paper is not a presentation. Hit the important points; be clear; know your stuff; no reading. 10 minutes maximum for both applications
 

Required Format for Group Report
ACC 504 – A2, 2005

Paper

Must have the specific sections listed below with separate headings for each. Must provide copies of total paper for all students (2 copies for professor). Discuss only the software assigned (corporate means corporate, not individual).

Sections

• Type of software
• Who uses this software? – be specific
• What is its purpose? - Why would someone buy it?
• What is the general price range of this type of software?
• What does it do? – common features of all vendors
• What level of control and security is normally included?
• Are there different varieties (such as online, standalone, network)?
• Is it sometimes integrated with other software? What types?
• List the individual vendors to be presented
• Names of group members and date

Presentations 

Cover the major points in the paper.

Reading the paper is not a presentation. Hit the important points; be clear; know your stuff; no reading. 10 minutes maximum.

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