Length: 3,500 words 

Weighting: 35% 

Assignment topic 

The purpose of this assignment is to evaluate your ability to develop a comprehensive implementation proposal for an information system that uses a systems approach. The proposal should be targeted at a potential sponsor organisation that will need to be convinced of the appropriateness and effectiveness of the proposed new system. 

Choose an information system (e.g., ERP systems, CRM systems, SCM Systems, Management Information Systems, Decision Support Systems, Executive Information Systems, Enterprise Portals, Data Warehouse & Data Mining Applications, Enterprise Collaboration Systems, Knowledge Management Systems), and so on, that you have studied in this unit. Alternatively, you may wish to combine features of several systems. Please note for the purpose of this assignment, mobile apps or other e-business and digital enterprise applications should not be used as the chosen information system. 

Your assignment should describe the steps of the Systems Development Life Cycle (SDLC) discussed in Topic 4 of the subject. The proposed system must address an identifiable problem/ opportunity that exists in the sponsor organisation and relate to particular aspects of the organisations overall strategic directions. It is important that you select the features of your system carefully and justify your selection. Do not just use (be critical of the use of) the standard features of a commercially available software package. For the purposes of this assignment, try to keep the system that you are proposing to a manageable size. 

Your proposed system could help the sponsor by: 

improving an existing manual information system 

introducing a new information system

creating a new business opportunity

improving organisational productivity. The sponsor could be: 

top management of your company 

an investor

a financial institution which will lend you money

a client who has engaged you as a consultant.

But a sponsor is not the same as the financial sponsor. Format for Assignment 2 The format of the formal assignment will be: 

Covering letter to sponsor 

Title page 

Table of contents 

Executive summary (1 page) 

Introduction 

Body of your assignment with suitable headings and subheadings 

Conclusions

Reference list (Harvard referencing style is required) 

Appendices (including a background of the organisation for your unit assessor!). References: Harvard Referencing Style is required in this subject. Please visit SCU Library website for information (URL: http://www.scu.edu.au/library/finding_info/citing_info.html). You can also contact SCU librarians for assistance

How are authentication and authorization alike and how are they different? What is the relationship, if any, between the two? 

Your paper should be 2 pages in length. You need to provide a minimum of two references and need to use APA format in the reference section. 

Search the Internet for IT governance planning. Select a specific governance plan that exists at a company or a plan framework from an organization. Write a 2-page paper on three or four of the most important suggestions from the plan you select. 

Must be in a APA format and References

Compare between different formal Cloud definition? Based on stale and standards? (include the NIST definitions)

Hint: SP 800-145 September 2011  The NIST Definition of Cloud Computing

write briefly on Cloud Computing Recommendations suggested by NIST .

Hint:  SP 800-146 May 2012  Cloud Computing Synopsis and Recommendations

What are the Key Security and Privacy Issues?

Hints:  SP 800-144 December 2011  Guidelines on Security and Privacy in Public Cloud Computing

1) Go through week3 – Homework document to find questions.

2) For Case Study  Sample assignment is attached, please see the format.

3) Textbook is also attached here

Text Book : 

James D. McKeen, Heather A. Smith, IT Strategy: Issues and Practices, Third Edition. Pearson, 2015, ISBN-13

978-0-13-354424-4.

No Plagiarism.

 Search the terms CitiBank backup tapes lost. You will find many results. Select one article and identify what that article considers a shortcoming in CitiBanks planning. What part of the contingency planning process came up short (IR, BP, or CP)? How could the shortcoming have been prevented? 

This assignment consists of two (2) sections: a project introduction and a project plan. You must submit both sections as separate files for the completion of this assignment. Label each file name according to the section of the assignment it is written for. Additionally, you may create and / or assume all necessary assumptions needed for the completion of this assignment.              You are currently the Chief Information Officer (CIO) for an innovative Internet-based company with gross revenues of more than $35 million dollars per year. During an executive leadership meeting, you were told that your company will be merging with a multinational company of equal size and you will be responsible for developing a project plan to strategically integrate all systems, including databases and infrastructure. The Chief Executive Officer has given you sixty (60) days to deliver an information technology project plan in anticipation of the company merger. Your company will be expanding from one (1) floor to three (3) floors within six (6) months. Since this merger will be bringing two (2) fairly equal-sized companies together under one roof, the infrastructure must be redesigned to accommodate the increased needs. Your company currently uses operational systems and relational databases but desires to expand into data warehousing. All information technology (hardware and software) must be redesigned to meet organizational needs. The solution should be implemented in either a hosted solution, on-site solution, or a hybrid model. The CEO is expecting you to integrate different technologies from different solution providers and incorporate industry best practices in connection with the development of technological systems. In addition, the CEO is extremely interested in cloud technologies and virtualization but is leery of security issues; however, the CEO is sure that you will implement proper security protocols. The company currently consists of twenty five (25) employees but is expected to increase to sixty five (65) employees when the merger is complete.        

Section 1: Project Introduction

      Write a four  to six (4-6) page project introduction that documents the current state of the organization prior to any development or enhancements, takes into account all the information given above, and includes the following:        

1. Background information of the company.
2. Details regarding the type of business activities that the company is involved in.
3. Speculation on outsourcing and offshoring opportunities.
4. A description of the current information systems that the company has to support the business. The description should include an overview of the following: operational systems, databases, and data warehousing; cloud technology and virtualization; and  network infrastructure and security.
5. The use of at least two (2) 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 students name, the professors name, the course title, and the date. The cover page and the reference page are not included in the required assignment page length.

Section 2: Project Plan         Use Microsoft Project to create a project plan (summary and detailed) template. The project plan should:        

1. Record all tasks, subtasks, resources, and time related to the project.
2. Outline the planning, analysis, design, and implementation phases.
3. Develop in accordance with the SDLC.

Text Book : 

James D. McKeen, Heather A. Smith, IT Strategy: Issues and Practices, Third Edition. Pearson, 2015, ISBN-13

978-0-13-354424-4.

Write responses to two discussions in the attached document. 100 words each.

Question 1)
In order to interpret the Information Governance Reference Model (IGRM) diagram. It is recommended that we start  from the outside of the diagram. 

Briefly name three (3) components required to successfully conceive a complex set of inter-operable processes and implementable procedures and structural elements.

Question 2)
In chapter seven (7), we have learned from “The Path to Information Value” that Seventy percent of managers and executives say data are extremely important for creating competitive advantage.

In addition, it is implied by the authors that, The key, of course, is knowing which data matter, who within a company needs them, and finding ways to get that data into users hands.

Looking at the Economist Intelligence Unit report, identify the three (3) phases that led to the yards rebirth.

Should atleast 250 words each question with references.

Using your textbook, LIRN-based research, and the Internet, develop an APA paper (individual paper per each student) that identifies:

1. How business driven MIS, value driven business, E-business, and information security relate to each other.