What does the assignment about (1), The name and field of the chosen company (0.5), and briefly explain the distinct features (1).

Assignment Details

The project involves studying the IT infrastructure of a relevant information system (IS)/ information technology (IT) used by selecting any organization of your choice locally or internationally

The idea is to investigate the selected organization using the main components of IT

(Hardware, software, services, data management and networking). Infrastructure

Investigation, which is in a selected industry, should be carried out by using articles,

websites, books and journal papers and /or interviews. In the report, you are expected to

discuss:

Project Report Structure: Part 1

Submission: End of week 5 Saturday 01/10/2022

Marks: 17 Marks

  1. Cover Page (1 Mark).

This must contain topic title (0.25), student names and Students ID (0.5), section number and course

name (0.25).

(You can find the cover page in the blackboard)

  1. Table of Contents (0.5 Mark).

Make sure the table of contents contains and corresponds to the headings in the text, figures, and

tables.

  1. Executive Summary (2.5

Marks).

What does the assignment about (1), The name and field of the chosen company (0.5), and briefly

explain the distinct features (1).

  1. Organizational Profile (3 Marks).

Brief background of the business including organization details (1), purpose (1), and organizational

structure (1).

 

 

  1. Strategies (4 Marks).

Discuss different types of strategies for competitive advantages (2), and then select and discuss the

most appropriate strategies to improve the performance of the organization (2).

(You can discuss any points that you learned in this course and its related to your selected organization)

  1. Technology Involved (3 Marks).

How is the organization set up in terms of its IT infrastructure? Discuss the hardware (0.5), software

(0.5), telecommunication (0.5), information security (0.5), networks (0.5), and other elements (0,5).

(You can discuss any points that you learned in this course, and it’s related to your selected

organization)

  1. Data Management (2 Marks).

Discuss the methods the organization uses to manage and process data (1), and then give one

advantage and one disadvantage of these methods (1).

(You can discuss any points that you learned in this course (chapter 3) and link it to your selected

organization)

  1. Identify the Stakeholders (1 Mark)

Who are the main individuals, groups, or departments affected by the information system?

(You can choose any stakeholder who has a major influence on the IS or vice versa. You can choose 1

stakeholder to discuss)

 

 

Project Report Structure: Part 2

Submission: End of week 11 Saturday 12/11/2022

Marks: 13 Marks

  1. Analysis of Existing System (5 Marks).

Analyze the key problems of the existing system used by the company (2). Also, discuss the

Information Systems used within the company (3) for example:

  • Transaction processing systems (TPS)
  • Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) Systems
  • Functional Area Information Systems
  • Business intelligence
  • DSS

(You can discuss any points that you learned in this course and it’s related to your selected organization)

  1. System Evaluation (2 Marks).

Evaluate the current system that the company use (your chosen company) with one of the following

options (1):

  • Success
  • Partial failure/partial success
  • Total failure

Then, State the reasons for your choice (1)

  1. Suggestions for the company (3 Marks)

Design or choose a system to help the company solve its main problems. State the following:

  • The new system name (1)
  • Its features (1)
  • Problems that will be solved (1)

(If the system that the company uses is successful and does not need to be changed, you can

mention that (1), mention its features (1), and mention the problems that it solved or prevented

from happening (1).)

(You can discuss any points that you learned in this course and it’s related to your selected organization)

  1. Conclusion (2 Marks).

Summarize your report (including part 1)

  1. References (1 Mark).

Use APA referencing style format

 

 

Project Presentation: Part 3

Submission: Instructors will manage the date and time for presentation during week 12

Marks: 10 Marks

Make a power-point presentation of your Project work mentioning all the above contents and

present in a group (All team members must participate( (1). There must be minimum 10 slides

in the presentation with a good background design (0.5), readable font size and style with an

appropriate color (0.5).

Presentation must have the following format:

  • First slide: Group members name and Student id & Title of the Project (1)
  • Company Profile (1)
  • Strategies (1)
  • Technology Involved and Data Management (1)
  • Analysis of Existing System (1)
  • Evaluation and suggestions (1)
  • Conclusion (1)
  • References (1