MY SECTION OF THE PROJECT IS NUMBERS 1 AND 2 AND TO PROVIDE A REFRENCE. THE TOPIC WE CHOOSE IS SMITH FIELD CHICKEN AND BBQ. PLEASE READ THROUGHLY THANKS. RESEARCH WILL MORE THAN LIKELY NEED TO BE DONE
The purpose of this assignment is to familiarize students with applying the process of conducting an information technology needs analysis, predicting future technology needs of an organization and all its stakeholders (internal & external), and developing a subsequent modification plan for the information technology requirements of a local organization. It entails establishing the current state of the organization’s information system, what the future needs of the organization might be, and illustrating a plan for fully integrating recommended solutions into the organization’s enterprise system.
Additional goals of this assignment are to familiarize students with the dynamics of working on significant projects with others, help institute critical thinking skills, as well as improvement of business writing skills.
Students must obtain the professor’s approval, of the institution to be studied, prior to beginning the assignment. Once the study is complete, each group must submit a minimum of a 8 page report (not including the title page and reference page) that contains the following criteria:
Introduction (5%) – Identify the organization that the study involved along with a summary of why it was chosen and what was discovered;
Needs Analysis (15%) – Describe the needs analysis plan and explain how it was conducted (what process was used to gather, analyze, and evaluate) the existing and future needs of the organization;
Existing State (12%) – Describe the existing state of the Management Information System at the organization that was studied;
Future State (13%) – Describe the team’s vision of the desirable future state, of the system that you are studying, that will be necessary to meet the needs of the organization’s internal and external customers 3-5 years from the date of the study’s submission;
Recommendations (15%) – Explain the team’s recommended solutions that should be implemented to meet the present and future needs of the organization;
Integration Plan (15%) – Explain how these recommendations should be integrated into the organization’s enterprise system;
Control Process (10%) – Explain how the organization would evaluate the recommended system and institute any modifications that may become necessary once it is in place;
Conclusions (10%) – Explain the final conclusions of the study: what was learned, how the experience will be used by students in the future, and what the expectations are for the future operations of the organization should the recommendations be implemented; and
References (5%) – Various portions of this report must be supported with scholarly research. As an example: there are models and guides that support a proper needs assessment, recommendations must have supporting information that illustrate the logic and perhaps usefulness of the recommendation in the given situation, and the integration plan should incorporate management and leadership concepts that involve organizational change theories and/or models when implementing the plan. There must be a minimum of eight sources, four of which must be scholarly.
The following template is to be used when drafting the BUS 319 Final Project report:
Title Page
Introduction
Needs Analysis
Subheading
Subheading
Existing State
Subheading
Subheading
Future State
Subheading
Subheading
Recommendations
Subheading
Subheading
Integration Plan
Subheading
Subheading
Control Process
Subheading
Subheading
Conclusions
References
