individual project 1

	Task Type: Individual Project   Deliverable Length: 8-10 total pages, including empty sections    
Points Possible: 100   Due Date: 7/13/2015 11:59:59 PM  CT     
Information Technology Problem Analysis
This course is comprised of a series of Individual Project assignments that will contribute to a Key Assignment submission at the end of the course. Each week, you will complete a part of an information technology (IT) project or technical research document designed to solve an information technology problem. You will select a project or research topic, and apply research and knowledge gained from prior courses to the completion of the associated report according to the instructions for each week.
You will select a project as the topic for the analysis that you will execute and document in this course. The project should represent an IT problem that you will solve through research and application of knowledge and skills gained in the courses taken in your program of study. This is the course Key Assignment that you will make contributions to each week.
Project Selection:
The first step will be to select a project as the target for your Information Technology Problem Analysis document. This project will be used as the basis for each of the assignments throughout the course and should conform to the following guidelines:
•	Nontrivial: The project should be nontrivial and require research as part of the solution. The project should be large enough to allow reasonable exercise of the technology research process.
•	Scope: The project scope should be appropriate for the 5-week class duration.
•	Domain Knowledge: You should be familiar with the problem domain to allow focus on the project tasks without significant time required for domain education.
•	Accessibility: You should have good access to the people and other information related to the project because this will be an important part of the process. 
Select a project that fits these requirements, and submit your proposal to your instructor before proceeding further with the assignments in the course. Approval should be sought within the first several days of the course. Your instructor will tell you how to submit this proposal and what notification will be given for project approval.
Assignment Description:
For the assignments in this course, you will be developing a comprehensive Information Technology Problem Analysis document that identifies an IT problem and works through a formal research and analysis method to provide a proposed solution to the problem. Your first task in this process will be to select a project to use as the basis of your research and analysis for each of the assignments in the course. You will also create the shell document for the final project deliverable that you will be working on during each unit. As you proceed through each project phase, you will add content to each section of the final document to gradually complete the final project delivery. Appropriate research should be conducted to support the development of your document, and assumptions may be made when necessary.
The project deliverables are the following:
•	Submit the project proposal to your instructor for approval.
•	Set up the Information Technology Problem Analysis document. 
o	Use Word
o	Title Page 
	Course number and name
	Project name
	Student name
	Date 
o	Table of Contents (TOC) 
	Autogenerated TOC 
	Be sure to update the fields of the TOC so it us up-to-date before you submit your project.
	Placed on separate page
	Maximum of 3 levels deep
o	Section Headings: Create each heading on a new page with "TBD" as content, except for sections listed under New Content below. 
	Project Outline (Week 1)
	Problem Identification (Week 1)
	Project Plan (Week 2)
	Project Execution (Week 3)
	Proposed Solution (Week 4)
	Current and Future Technology Trends (Week 5) 
o	New Content 
	Project Outline 
	Give a brief description of the organization (can be hypothetical) that the problem relates to. Include company size, location(s), and other pertinent information.
	Formulate a problem statement for the project. The problem statement should describe the problem in a paragraph of 2-3 sentences. 
	Problem Identification 
	Provide an overview of the problem that is suitable for a nontechnical audience.
	The overview must identify the key points of the problem and the potential impact on the company or organization.
	Discuss how you plan to use research as part of the project. 
	Final Topic 
	Identify the primary areas of subject matter from previous courses that will be utilized in this project, including a description of how the material will contribute to the project. 
•	Ensure that this project is approved by the instructor.
•	Name the document "yourname_IT697_IP1.doc."