Dear SAE 550 Class Members--

The homework for Case Study #11
is really easy!  All that you have
to do is to tell me your opinion
about the future impact of each
of the FOLs, based on what you've
learned from this case study.
And then give me two different
examples that support or
substantiate your opinion.

These examples can come from the
news, from magazines, from your
work, or from past experiences.

Unfortunately, many students have
trouble understanding this homework
assignment, because of the
simplicity of the assignment.
Here's a couple of mistakes that
students made in prior semesters:

(1) DO NOT analyze the NPR, CWA, or
"Blueprint" like you did for prior
homework assignments.  The
information in this case study is
not for analysis in your Homework
#10 assignment.  Instead, make
substantiated predictions for
the future impact on the FOLs.
For each FOL: Stay the same?
Become less of an influence on
system architecting?  More of an
influence?

BUT WAIT-- THERE'S MORE!  You have
to provide some evidence to support
your predictions!

(2) Make sure that you have at
least 11 different bullets!!!
For each of the five primary FOLs,
TWO different analyses that support
your prediction.  For any ONE of
the so-called "additiona" FOLs, one
prediction and one analysis that
supports that prediction.

(3) You can earn extra-credit for
this homework assignment by proposing
a "new" (not used in your prior
homework assignments!) FOL that you
believe will be more influential in
the future, plus some evidence to
support your prediction.

Dr. Elliot Axelband
axelband@rand.org
axelband@usc.edu

Ken Cureton (TA)
cureton@usc.edu