EASTERN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY

FACULTY OF COMMERCE & TECHNOLOGY

ITIM7.450
Information Technology Management

Assessment Two
Semester One, 2017

Develop IT Strategies and Plans for a local organization with at

least 20 workstations and greater than NZD5m turnover, and
present it, along with full discussion and recommendations, via a
formal business report.
Date due: Thursday 22nd June 2017, midnight
Submit: Electronically vie EIT Online (PDF), with Turnitin Checking
Weighting: 35%
Marks: 100

Instructions:
Students are to complete a professional, business-style report, as if they were contracted as
consultants to derive strategies and plans and make recommendations to senior management.

All non-original work must be referenced using the APA referencing style.

Marks will be awarded for clear, mature writing, which links the business Vision and Goals
through IT strategies, to the proposed IT Plans.

The report must be uploaded as a single PDF file, by the due date. Students should ensure
that they upload a draft at least two days before the due date, and analyse the Turnitin
feedback, so that they can re-draft as required.

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Introduction

This assignment requires you to choose a real organisation which matches the categories
and requirements listed, and then imagine or discover, and document, the Vision
Statement for your target organisation. From this Vision Statement you will need to
derive an IT Vision and the strategies required to realise that vision. You need to
document the existing state of IT/IS in that organisation (you can imagine or assume, but
if so, you must make your assumptions explicit), undertake a gap analysis to derive the
necessary projects, and then prioritise the projects to fit available resources in order to
derive operational plans and budgets.

You will need to research relevant industry and legislative norms and requirements in
order to ensure that your proposals are consistent with industry best-practice ie for
schools, you will need to ensure consistency with Ministry of Education guidelines for IT,
and with the systems used by other equivalent schools.

Your report should make recommendations to senior management for IT improvements,

You must justify your recommendations by linking projects to strategy and vision
statements, and by discussing alternatives, risk, scheduling, and resourcing. You should
also consider and recommend methods to measure and review the performance of the IT
function in meeting both operational and strategic objectives.

You should use published interviews, magazine articles (cio.co.nz), and websites, in order
to derive information about the organisations Vision, management, and IT infrastructure,
and list these sources, and any assumptions that you make about the organisation, at the
beginning of your report.

Structure your report according to the marking schedule outlined on page 4.

When writing your report you should ensure that it is professionally produced, and
would be suitable to be included within your CV, as an example of your best work.

Start each new section on a new page. Check your grammar and spelling. Use a writing
style that is pitched at senior management. Your report should be professional - consider
yourself as having been hired as a consultant to produce this report!

You must choose a local Auckland organisation, from the following categories, which also
has at least 20 workstations, and has an annual gross turnover of between NZD5-50
million - you must confirm that your choice is acceptible to the course coordinator!

[Each student must target a different organisation Choose and then lock your selection
into EITONLINE, and obtain confirmation from the Course Lecturer before proceeding]

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Organisations must fit one of the following categories:

Winery or other food or beverage processor

Secondary School
Tertiary education orgnization
Healthcare provider or medium-sized hospital
A transport or logistics organisation
Local body or Council
Large Accountancy Firm or other Service Provider

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 Information Technology Strategic Plan
Marks
1. SITUATION ANALYSIS 20
Describe the organisation and its primary commercial activities. (2-3 pages)
Describe its main business processes.
Develop and/or detail the organisations Vision Statement
Describe the current situation in terms of IT and Information
Systems; construct a high-level IT asset register and valuation.

2. STRATEGY 30
Develop an IT Vision for this organisation (3-5 pages)
Undertake a gap-analysis between the IT Vision and the
current infrastructure, and document the required projects to
achieve the IT Vision, with estimates of resourcing
Prioritise the projects to fit your resourcing limitations so that
you can:
- Derive a 5-year IT Strategic Plan
- Define an operational plan and objectives for this coming
financial year
- Derive the resourcing requirements to realise the operational
plan, including human resources
- create a Capital Expenditure Budget for new projects and
equipment
- create an IT Operational Budget which includes all existing
commitments and personnel
Explain the alignment of the current & the proposed new
systems to the organisations stated strategies and goals.

3. SECURITY 10
Develop an organisation-wide IT Security/Risk Plan (1-2 pages)

4. IT MEASUREMENT 20
Discuss in detail at least 10 metrics which should be regularly (2-3 pages)
calculated and reported to monitor the performance of the IT
function.

5. CIO and IT STAFF 10

Describe the IT management role in this organisation, and (1-2 pages)
discuss some of the issues the CIO and staff are likely to be
currently facing, as well as any new challenges which your IT
Plans will present.
Include this organisations IT staffing organizational chart.
Provide a Staff Training Plan for the ensuing 12 months.

Required: Correct grammar and spelling, appropriate tone and 10

professional business management report presentation, and the
application of conceptual thinking and appropriate APA
referencing. Maximum 3000 words.

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