Project
Deliverable 1: Project Plan Inception
Due Week 2 and worth 120 points
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
studentâs name, the professorâs 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.
The specific course learning outcomes associated
with this assignment are:
·
Describe the integrative functions and activities within the information
systems area, including the role of the CIO and technologies managed within the
organization.
·
Use technology and information resources to research issues in
information systems.
·
Write clearly and concisely about leadership issues and strategic
insight of the Information systems domain using proper writing mechanics and
technical style conventions.
Grading for this
assignment will be based on answer quality, logic / organization of the paper,
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