Case Study 1: User InterfacesDue Week 2 and worth 90 points Early user interfaces were designed with little or no consideration for the end user. This was largely due to technical and hardware limitations. The poor interface design required a specific skill set for users and limited the mass appeal of computers. Modern interfaces are much more user friendly. Theo Mandel wrote about the five (5) golden rules of interface design. Read Mandel’s article located at http://www.theomandel.com/docs/Mandel-GoldenRules.pdf. Write a four to five (4-5) page paper in which you: Describe three (3) interfaces you interact with on a daily basis. Analyze each interface you identified in Question one (1) and assess how it adheres to Mandel’s five (5) golden rules.   Suggest two (2) changes for each interface to achieve a more user-friendly design and justify your suggestion. Provide three (3) screen shots for each interface. Note: These screen shots should be labeled and appear in the appendix of the case study. These pages are not included in the page requirement for the assignment. Use at least three (3) quality resources in this assignment. Note: Wikipedia and similar Websites do not qualify as quality resources.  Your assignment must follow these formatting requirements: Be typed, double spaced, using Times New Roman font (size 12), with one-inch margins on all sides; citations and references must follow APA or school-specific format. Check with your professor for any additional instructions. Include a cover page containing the title of the assignment, the student’s name, the professor’s name, the course title, and the date. The cover page and the reference page are not included in the required assignment page length.  The specific course learning outcomes associated with this assignment are: Describe the usability properties of interactive systems. Use technology and information resources to research issues in human-computer interaction. Write clearly and concisely about HCI topics using proper writing mechanics and technical style conventions.

Visual Basic Programming Project Design an application that determines the total cost of a gym membership at “Bust a Gut Gym” based on membership options as follows: Title bar shows the name of the gym.The user will enter a membership beginning date and a membership end date.Compute the total cost of the gym membership based on a cost of $2.50 per day (use a date function to determine the number of days from the beginning date to end date.The user can also select one or more types of memberships options using check boxes: “Spa” has a one-time fee of $300.00 regardless of the time period“Linens” has a one-time fee of $100.00 regardless of the time period. Add a button to display the itemized membership bill.Add another button to show the grand/total cost which includes a surcharge of 10% of the total membership cost. Use whatever other controls or functions you deem appropriate.

Discussion Item 5-1. Go to this GSA website and select one of the GSA acquisition/procurement programs that interests you most and summarize it. Run your cursor over the three major sections in the blue bar at the top of the screen to see the list of programs. Available at: http://www.gsa.gov/portal/category/100000 (one to three paragraphs)Discussion Question 5-2. What do you believe is the most challenging aspect of using the economic analysis workbook? Briefly describe the challenge and any suggestion you have to reduce the challenge. (one or two paragraphs).Discussion Question 5-3. Economic analysis helps to forecast the quantitative performance of a solution alternative. One of the objectives of CMMI-ACQ is to establish and maintain a quantitative understanding of the performance of selected processes because it stresses quantitative management of the organization. Do you believe quantitative management is a good approach for all types of organizations, government and non-government, profit and non-profit? Do you see any shortcomings to quantitative management?Glace at the link below then answer the questions. Then you will comment on two other responses later provided by students.Session 5 Lecture Notes.pdf