CIS/500 CIS500 CIS 500 WEEK 8 CASE STUDY STATUS REPORT

CIS 500 WEEK 8 CASE STUDY STATUS REPORT

CIS 500 – Information Systems for Decision-Making 

Week 8 Status Report 

In Week 10, you will provide a detailed project presentation for your new information system project. Because of its importance to the organization, your presentation must be thoughtful and visually appealing. 

To help you stay on track for this three-week effort, the executives have assigned you a project manager. For each week leading up to the presentation, you are expected to turn in a short (less than one page) status report. It must address just 4 things: 

1. What did you expect to accomplish on the project this week? 2. What did you actually accomplish on the project this week? 3. What issues have arisen, and what help do you need? 4. What do you expect to accomplish on the project next week? 

Please write up your responses as a series of bullet points in memo form. There is no need for a cover page. 

 Your big presentation is due next week! Update your project manager with what has happened since your last report. Include these 4 things: 

1. What did you expect to accomplish on the project this week? (Copy this from item 4 of last week’s report.)  2. What did you actually accomplish on the project this week? 3. What issues have arisen, and what help do you need? 4. What must you accomplish to be ready for the kickoff presentation next week? 

Please write up your responses as a series of bullet points in memo form. There is no need for a cover page. 

 Grading for both of the weekly status reports will be based on the following rubric. 

Points: 50  Status Report  

Criteria 

Unacceptable Below 70% F 

Fair 70-79% C 

Proficient 80-89% B  

Exemplary 90-100% A  

1. What did you expect to accomplish on the project this week?  

Weight: 20% (10 points) 

Inadequate list of expectations toward project completion for the week 

Inadequate explanation of plans to meet expectations 

Listed expectations toward project completion for the week 

Somewhat explained the plans to meet expectations 

Listed expectations toward project completion for the week. 

Explained the plans to meet these expectations 

Provided insight as to how expectations were set week-toweek. 

Demonstrated when and how expectations listed would be met.  

2. What did you actually accomplish on the project this week?  

Weight: 20% (10 points) 

Inadequate list of accomplishments toward project for the week 

Limited description of what was not accomplished 

Listed accomplishments for the week 

Somewhat described what was not accomplished 

Listed accomplishments for the week 

Described what was not accomplished for the week  

Listed accomplishments for the week.  

Explained why things were not accomplished. 

3. What issues have arisen, and what help would you like with them?  

Weight: 20% (10 points) 

Inadequate description of issues that arose during week 

Did not describe or identify issues to be resolved 

Described issues that arose during the week 

Somewhat described help needed to resolve outstanding issues 

Described issues that arose during the week 

Determined what kind of help is needed to resolve outstanding issues 

Described issues that arose, demonstrated how they were resolved.  

Presented issues in order of priority, with ideas about how to solve each. 

4. What do you expect to accomplish on the project next week?  

Weight: 20% (10 points) 

Inadequate list of expectations toward project completion 

Did not describe how outstanding issues would be resolved 

Listed expectations toward project completion for next week 

Somewhat described how outstanding issues would be resolved 

Listed expectations toward project completion for next week 

Described how outstanding issues would be resolved by the following week 

Presented prioritized list of expectations for next week 

Proposed strategy for prioritizing and resolving outstanding issues  

 5. Clarity, persuasion, proper communication, writing mechanics, and formatting requirements  

Weight: 20% (10 points) 

Unclear structure, not persuasive, major grammatical errors 

Somewhat clear structure, limited persuasion, grammatical errors, language too simple or too wordy 

Clear structure, persuasive writing, minor or no grammatical errors, length and format within requirements, plain language  

No grammatical errors, plain language, organized by topic, references business needs, connects to technical specs, persuasive