Business Driven Technology
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Chapter 19, Problem 6MBD
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- 1. Analysing the project:
Project is categorized based on the hard work and chances to success. It is categorized as four
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- Mission impossible project refers the need of hard work and more chances available for the success.
- Battery charging controller automation code development for fuel and solar based hybrid vehicle project suits for this category.
- It requires a lot of work and a chance to win this one is high.
- Ugly project refers the high chances of the success and more need or hard work.
- Developing a website for weather forecast information display using new technology suits for this category.
- Weather forecast information display is a good one for locals to plan their activities, it helps to them a lot but without knowing about new technology involved in the development is painful.
- Need to collect the requirements and suitability of the new technology.
- Need to learn lot about new technology to create a project and it also requires a lot of work.
- Kamikaze project refers the more interesting one to work but winning chances are low.
- Website development for Orphanage home fund collection project suits this category.
- Working on this project is the happiest one but don’t have enough financial support so need to make arrangements by own.
- Suicide project refers very less chance of the success and offer more trouble to work on that.
- Developing an application to book moon tour which does not have any defined structure...
Project is categorized based on the hard work and chances to success. It is categorized as four
- Mission impossible project refers the need of hard work and more chances available for the success.
- Battery charging controller automation code development for fuel and solar based hybrid vehicle project suits for this category.
- It requires a lot of work and a chance to win this one is high.
- Developing a website for weather forecast information display using new technology suits for this category.
- Weather forecast information display is a good one for locals to plan their activities, it helps to them a lot but without knowing about new technology involved in the development is painful.
- Need to collect the requirements and suitability of the new technology.
- Need to learn lot about new technology to create a project and it also requires a lot of work.
- Website development for Orphanage home fund collection project suits this category.
- Working on this project is the happiest one but don’t have enough financial support so need to make arrangements by own.
- Developing an application to book moon tour which does not have any defined structure...
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