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 2
Submission: Week 14 Thursday 7/12/2023
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)
2.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)
3.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)
4.Conclusion (2 Marks).
Summarize your report (including part 1)
5.References (1 Mark).
Use APA referencing style format
Project Presentation: Part 3
Submission: Instructors will manage the date and time for presentation during week 15
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)
Guidelines for the assignment:
üMake sure to include the cover page with all information required. One mark will be deducted if there is no cover page
üThis is a group project (2-3 students), which is part of your course score. It requires effort, research, and critical thinking.
üUse font Times New Roman, 12 font sizes
üUse 1.5 line spacing with adjust to all paragraphs (alignment).
üUse the footer function to insert page number.
üEnsure that you follow the APA style in your project and references.
üThe minimum number of required references is 3 for each part (1 and 2).
üYour project report length Part 1 should be between 1500 to 2200 words & Part 2 should be between 1000 to 2000 words.
üYou must check the spelling and grammar mistakes before submitting the assignment.
üUp to 20% of the total grade will be deducted for providing a poor structure of assignment (Structure includes these elements paper style, free of spelling and grammar mistakes, referencing and word count).
üAssignment must be in Word format only NO PDF
üYour file should be saved as Word doc [Example]: [Your Name] [CRN] MIS201 – Project Assignment Part 1.doc
Useful links:
ühttp://www.nottingham.ac.uk/studentservices/documents/planning-and-preparing-to-write-assignments.pdf
üAPA reference system https://student.unsw.edu.au/apa
üAbout plagiarism http://wts.indiana.edu/pamphlets/plagiarism.shtml
üAbout plagiarism https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Plagiarism