You are building a Task Assignment System where clients can: Create new tasks with a description and priority (LOW, MEDIUM, HIGH), Assign tasks to team members, Mark tasks as complete, List all tasks for a specific team member. Design a proto-based protocol for this system. For each operation, specify: The request format (what fields are needed), The success response format, At least one error response, List other error cases that need to be handled. You only need to show 2 operations: CREATE_TASK and ASSIGN_TASK.

Assume you want to send over a lot of data over a UDP connection (lets say 100kbyte), what would you need to do as developer to be confident that this big data is correctly and in the correct order received by a server?

A student was asked to implement a game score tracking service with this proto: message ScoreUpdate { string player_name = 1; int32 score = 2; } message ScoreResponse { bool ok = 1; int32 new_total = 2; string message = 3; string error = 4; } Guidelines: – On success: set ok=true, new_total, and message – On error: set ok=false and error message Their server was implemented with the following Java code for two scenarios: Scenario 1: Player scores 50 points (total becomes 150) ScoreResponse response = ScoreResponse.newBuilder() .setOk(true) .setMessage(“Score updated! New total: 150”) .build(); Scenario 2: Invalid score (negative number) ScoreResponse response = ScoreResponse.newBuilder() .setOk(true) .setNewTotal(0) .setError(“Score cannot be negative”) .build(); Part 1: List all protocol violations across both scenarios. Part 2: Write out how both scenarios should look according to the specification.

How do experience-curve and learning-curve effects help a business gain competitive advantage? Provide an example of each of these from the Simulation.

Salesforce is one of the leading providers of platform as a service (PaaS) tools and services. It developed a new competency in delivering software development that allows its customers to better customize their future needs. Viewing this through the lens of the core competence–market matrix, which of the following four options below does Salesforce best exemplify?

Your firm, “Majestic Motors Corp.”, has five different vehicle product lines. As part of this year’s strategic planning process, your manager has asked you to analyze the company’s product lines using the BCG Matrix as your tool.  Using the information provided about the various products, place each product line in the appropriate quadrant. each for axis labels, each for placing product line in the correct quadrant, and finally, outline at least two limitations or risks that must be considered when using the BCG Matrix to drive strategic decision making. Total points]  Label your answers with the associated numbers shown in the BCG Quadrant.  1. and 2. are the axes, 3-6 are the four quadrants, 8. and 9. are the two limitations that should be considered when using the BCG Matrix to drive strategy decisions.   Here are the businesses in the portfolio: An all-electric automobile targeting the new and rapidly growing electric vehicle market. The product was introduced in the last year, called the Autopia, and is just starting to gain measurable market share but requiring significant investment to gain that share while establishing global distribution for the vehicle. A dump truck, fully diesel, that has been in the portfolio for at least 20 years, holds significant market share and is quite profitable, called the Bull. The market for dump trucks is stable but not growing very much, as it is a mature market. An older motor scooter, called the Vesta, which has been popular for several decades but is losing share in the lower growth gasoline scooter market due to a variety of new electric scooters recently introduced by competitors. A new, fuel-cell powered forklift, which is quiet, and produces no detectable exhaust other than heat and water, making it ideal for use indoors in warehouses and other enclosed properties. Called the Viktor, it is creating a new high-growth market segment, and is currently the market leader in that new market. A legacy truck, called the Titan, which is rugged and reliable with a strong following of dedicated customers, but given its lower mpg rating (9 miles to the gallon), is losing share to smaller, more fuel-efficient trucks. Don’t forget to label the axes for the two variables used in the BCG Matrix. 2. 1. 3.   ? 4.   Star 5.   Dog 6.   Cash Cow 7. 8.        

What are the three main reasons firms make acquisitions? Provide an example of how a successful acquisition increased or protected shareholder value.

You are on the analysis and acquisition team for a large corporation which is a leader in the commercial airplane manufacturing sector. Specifically, your company provides instrumentation and electronics that assist in the control and guidance of aircraft.  Your firm is considering growing their presence in this industry by acquiring smaller companies also in this industry and if acquired, would likely benefit from your corporate resources and capabilities, particularly their distribution and support capabilities.  You have been tasked to analyze the desirability of acquiring a specific firm that specializes in designing and installing plane interiors, (seats, bulkheads, storage compartments, galleys, restrooms, etc.).  Though the firm is not directly in your industry market segment, your management team believes that adding this firm to their business portfolio would increase the company’s value in the broader airline manufacturing segment.  Your manager asks you what your plan is for the analysis.  Specifically, what strategic analysis tools would you use to analyze the acquisition’s potential benefit to your firm’s business; how its product lines and overall business would compare with your firm’s existing businesses; and what the likelihood would be that your firm’s current resources and capabilities would provide an advantage (or disadvantage) for the firm that is being acquired and its specific capabilities?  The analysis and acquisition team has already determined a preliminary price for the acquisition, though it is by no means firm, and they are concerned that they do not pay “too much” to acquire the firm so you must quantitatively establish the acquisition targets estimated value so your management team can confidently negotiate an appropriate final price offer for the target firm. The following key questions must be answered by the analysis tools you select. What new resources and capabilities can this firm bring to the parent corporation, what resource gaps, if any will this acquisition fill, and how will these resources and capabilities improve the core competencies and therefore competitive advantage of the parent firm? What kind of product line synergies or conflicts might arise from this acquisition? How will you quantitatively assess the value of the firm being acquired, and how will you determine if the new combined firm’s value increases or decreases as a result of the acquisition? Describe the analysis tools you would use to answer these three questions and what kind information you would expect to derive from each tool’s use. Use the following format for your answer: Questions Frameworks/Tools to use to provide the answers Kind of generic information the Frameworks/Tools would provide. 1. What new resources and capabilities can this firm bring to the parent corporation, what resource gaps, if any will this acquisition fill, and how can these resources and capabilities improve the core competencies and therefore competitive advantage of the parent firm? 2. What kind of product line synergies or conflicts might arise from this acquisition? 3. How will you quantitatively assess the value of the firm being acquired, and how will you determine if the new combined firm’s value increases or decreases as a result of the acquisition?  

Management of the Catering Company would like the Food Division to transfer 10,000 cans of its final product to the Restaurant Division for $80. The Food Division sells the product to customers for $150 per unit. The Food Division’s variable cost per unit is $55 and its fixed cost per unit is $25. The Food Division is currently operating at full capacity. What is the minimum transfer price the Food Division should accept?

A characteristic of a good budget is