Answer 2

1. What is your EQ?
How can a software developer create applications that best meet customers' needs?

2. What is your first answer? (In complete thesis statement format)
A software developer can create applications that best meet customer's by having a solid foundation in programming knowledge.

3. What is your second answer? (In complete thesis statement format)

A software developer can create applications that best meet customer's by understanding the business aspects of the application.

4. List three reasons your answer is true with a real-world application for each.

• Knowing what the customer/userbase wants is vital to making an application dedicated towards their needs; Mentor, as well as other employees at my mentor's work place continuously meet with customers and establish who will be using it
• Understanding the business structure can allow for the application to be made and developed as effectively as possible; FRS is designed for court employees to enter, record, and calculate court records by their month-end report. This application is optimized for this task, therefore meeting their needs more effectively.
• Ability to understand how to communicate with the customer as well as how to develop applications as a team; Conversing with customers, whether client or target audience, is common and keeps the application on track. Also, many big projects have teams of people working on them at one time. Understanding one's role, and the roles of other people will allow a more efficient work environment and a more synchronous team.

5. What printed source best supports your answer?
Vigil, Diane. "Web Design, Ad Copy and Targeting your Target Audience." Web Design Help. DianeV Web Design Studio, n.d. Web. Jan. 23, 2015. <http://dianev.com/web-design-help/web_design_basics/target_audience.html>

Describes importance of understanding the customers, establishing who and what the application will stand for, and how recognizing the non-technical side of an applications is also very important.

6. What other source supports your answer?

After notifying my mentor on my changed EQ, she stated how she thought that understanding the "business side" of the work was most important. She stated how it can give you the idea of what the customer wants, as well as how to work within the the system. Doing this can also developers to make application that are designed specifically for the customer and those who will use it.

7. Tie this together with a concluding thought.

This answer combines having knowledge of the customer/target audience, the work environment, and type of usage. I might need to reword the thesis statement a little bit to make it sound more clear and lass vague. I will need to research more about this answer so I can have an idea of what to specifically teach about during my presentation.