Locate an Appropriate Business that has an appropriate Information Systems
Need Locate a business that is willing to have you do a system analysis on some portion of his or her company ' s information-processing system. You will be evaluating this companys needs and assisting them with the design or improvement of an Information Technology solution. You DO NOT have to create or implement the solution in this class, what we are doing here is all the systems and analysis work prior to the development and implementation of the solution. Be aware that the problem you target is an information process that needs to be developed or improved. This improvement may involve some hardware or network upgrades but this project cannot SOLELY be a HARDWARE solution. (so make sure the business you are choosing to work with has the type of information system need fitting the requirements of this class) The business needs to have at least 3 employees (they do not all have to be full- time personnel).
Step C.. Research and write a one page report containing the details of the company/business you will be working with.
Why are we doing this first? In this class, and likely in real life, you will be acting as a consultant within a business. It is of the utmost importance that you understand the climate/working environment of the business you are stepping into. You need to have a working knowledge of the decision makers in the business. In addition, you need to understand who this business serves and who their customer is. What their mission is and what level of profit they generate. (for example you probably should not propose a one million dollar IT solution to a business whos gross annual profit is 50k or in another example you could accidentally ruffle one decision makers feathers by accidentally going above them (to their boss) with a proposal ideasome businesses follow chain of command very seriously and you can quite easily lose a clients business with a mistake like that). SO get to know your customer and their business as best you can from the beginning!
Provide a detailed reporting of each of the following items:
Company Name Companys mission statement (for a small company it might be their (motto/slogan)) Company Location Company Size Product(s) produced and/or Service(s) rendered Gross Annual Sales or Revenues (if they consider this to be proprietary ask for an approximate figure) Number of Customers or Clients Organization Chart (at a minimum your chart needs to show all lateral personnel you would be working with as well as one and two levels of decision makers superior to your role)
(you can use the drawing tools in Word or use the organization chart tools in PowerPoint or another software of your choosing to generate this chart)
(no matter what software you use MAKE SURE the chart is part of (pasted into) your one page reportI do not want to have to open a second file in order to see your org. chart))
Step D.. REMINDER!! In this report Do NOT tell me about the Information System PROBLEM you plan to fix. That will be your next assignment.
This assignment focuses solely on the details and specs of the business/company you will be working with for this class project.