Individual Club IT Part One
Read the Club IT, Part One, reading supplement.
Prepare a 700- to 1050-word essay that addresses the following
o Club IT- mission and primary clientele
o Club IT- information resources include intranet resources; for example, the password to log-in is clubit. Resources also include the role of the IT department and how its information resources are managed.
o Choose one of the different strategies for competitive advantage listed in Ch. 2 of the Rainer and Turban text, which presents cost leadership, differentiation, innovation, operational effectiveness, and customer orientation. Describe the kinds of information Club IT would need to pursue that strategy.
• Include an introduction and a conclusion.
• Format your paper according to APA standards.
Individual: Club IT, Part Two (Due April 3rd)
• Evaluate the IT status of the business using the information you have gathered from your review of the Club IT Web site and interviews with Ruben and the staff.
• Prepare a 700- to 1,050-word essay including the following:
o Identify three business problems that you see at Club IT.
o Evaluate Club IT- resources, customers, and supply chain.
o Provide three detailed IT solutions to resolve the three problems. Incorporate enterprise resource planning (ERP), customer relationship management (CRM), and supply chain management (SCM) software into your solutions.
o Discuss how the various departments within Club IT may use your solutions.
• Include an introduction and a conclusion.
• Format your paper according to APA standards.
Individual: Club IT, Part Three (Due April 8th)
• Resources: Club IT, Part One; Club IT, Part Two; Club IT, Part Three
• Prepare a 4- to 7-slide PowerPoint® presentation addressing the following:
o Identify the ROI and NPV of the wireless order-taking system. Discuss some of the intangibles Lisa needs to consider and make a recommendation as to whether Lisa should order such a system.
o Research some executive dashboard products, identify information that Lisa and Ruben would likely find useful presented in a dashboard, and how they would use the information. Make recommendations as to which product you would recommend for Club IT.
o Choose one of the technology project development methodologies described in the readings and explain how you would go about the systems analysis effort. Identify what information is needed for whom, when, and in what format. Additionally, consider what major stakeholders you would interview, and how you would proceed to gather information to make an informed decision.
o Provide a description of how you envision this project would proceed through the systems development life cycleâ€â€what would happen in each phase?
• Format your slides with bullets and use no more than seven sentences per slide. Use speaker notes for any details that you wish to include.