Business Impact Assessment Plan.

Assignment Description

IT Strategy Design Document

This course is comprised of a series of Individual Project assignments that will contribute to a Key Assignment submission at the end of the course. Each week, you will complete an information technology (IT) Strategy Design Document that is focused on a business impact assessment plan. You will select an example organization from your textbook and apply your research to the development of an IT Strategy Design Document that is focused on a business impact assessment plan that would be appropriate for the organization to focus on the root cause effects, examine issues within its organizational context, translate technical issues into business ramifications, and create recommendations that are directed at actual business problems.

Organization Selection

The first step will be to select an organization from one of the scenarios listed in your textbook, as follows:

• Hefty Hardware: Pg 76 (Delivering Business Value with IT)
• Nothern Insurance: Pg 79 (Investing in TUFS)
• ModMeters: Pg 82 (IT Planning at ModMeters) & Pg 324 (Project Management at MM)
• RR Communications: Pg 156 (Building Shared Services at RR Comm)
• North American Financial: Pg 165 (IT Investment at North American Financial)
• International Foods: Pg 234 (Innovation at International Foods)
• Minitrex: Pg 242 (CRM at Minitrex)
• Datatronics: Pg 244 (Customer Service at Datatronics)
• Genex Fuels: Pg 333 (Managing Technology at Genex Fuels)

You will refer to the selected scenario as the target for your IT Strategy Design Document. This organization will be used as the basis for each of the assignments throughout the course.

You will be developing an IT Strategy Design Document. To do this, you will be analyzing the present IT Management and Planning policies and procedures at a Scenario Company of your choosing, which will be one of the companies included in the Mini Cases presented in your textbook (IT Strategy: Issues and Practices, 2nd Ed., 2012, by McKeen, J. D., and Smith, H. A.). You will need to choose one of those companies as your scenario company for your Key Assignment document.

Select an organization from the list that meets your requirements, and submit your proposal to your instructor before proceeding further with the assignments in the course. Approval should be sought within the first several days of the course. Your instructor will tell you how to submit this proposal and what notification will be given for project approval.

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