Assignment: KY Logistics& Distribution Company (KYLOD)IT Decision Paper Assignment
Before you begin this assignment, be sure you have read the "KY Logistics& Distribution CompanyCase Study,"any feedback on your proposed IT project from your ITSP Part 2 assignment, and the previously assigned course materials.
Purpose of this Assignment
This assignment gives you the opportunity to apply the course concepts to develop an IT Decision Paper to explain and defend an IT project at KY Logistics& Distribution Company (KYLOD). This assignment specifically addresses the following course outcomes to enable you to:
• Apply best practices in information technology management and governance to make, defend, and justify an IT decision.
IT Decision Paper for Your Proposed IT Project
For your ITSP, Part 2, you proposed an IT project for KYLOD. Jenny, the CIO at KYLOD, has asked you to write an IT Decision Paper to explain your proposed project. She wants to use the Paper to gain approval from the Governance Board to move forward with the project. This assignment uses a format for a Decision Paper that has been tailored to the course material covered in this class. You may work for an organization that has a format for IT decision papers, and it would be a good idea for you to look at it, but it will likely be structured a little differently from this one. Each organization develops tools and techniques that will work for them.
Task
You will develop an IT Decision Paper, using the outline below. Each of the topics to be included in your outline is covered in the course content readings assigned thus far. In addition to the course materials, at least one external resource (resource other than those provided in the class) must be used.
Use this outline to build your IT Decision Paper. Use the numbering and headings shown below.
1. Project Description -In two or three sentences:
(1) describe the IT project you proposed for KYLOD in Part 2 of your ITSP.
(2) Describe what major function(s) the system would perform and who would use it. (Do not provide a technical description with hardware, software, etc.)
2. Strategic Alignment- In a short paragraph:
(1) explain how the proposed project aligns to the business strategic objectives in Part 1 of your ITSP, and,
(2) how the proposed project aligns to the IT strategies in Part 2 of your ITSP.
Your proposed project must be aligned directly with at least one business strategic objective and one IT strategy shown in your ITSP.
3. IT Portfolio Roadmap Alignment-
(1) Briefly explain where this project fits into the IT Portfolio Roadmap you included in Part 2 of your ITSP.
(2) What functional area does it support?
(3) Where should it be included in the timeline - i.e., should it take priority or be done before another project in the IT Portfolio?
4. IT Architecture-
(1) Briefly explain how this project fits in with other systems in place or in development at KYLOD.
(2) Explain whether it should interface with (share data of any kind with) other systems either in place or in development.
(3) Explain whether it replaces another system or multiple systems in use at KYLOD.
Refer to the Inventory of Current IT Projects in Part 1 of your ITSP and the IT Portfolio in Part 2 of your ITSP.
5. Benefits: Describe at a high level three(3) benefits the project provides to KYLOD.The benefits should correspond to the business strategies and the strategic alignment discussed in section 2 above. State the Business Strategic Objective. Then, discuss this relationship/alignment for each benefit to the Business Strategic Objective. Refer to course content readings from Week 4 on Value Attainment. External research may also be beneficial.
Copy/paste the following table into your paper and complete it:
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Benefit(Spring 2019)
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6. Requirements- List and briefly explain the high-level requirements for the project. First, explain the primary driver of the project (major need of the business identified in the Case Study). Refer to course content readings regarding requirements. External research may also be beneficial. Develop ten requirements for the projectand include what category of the requirements below your presented requirements fit into:
a. Business/user requirements
b. IT/system requirements
c. At least one system performance requirement
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7. Cost Estimation - During the Assessment Phase, Cost Estimation consists of estimating the size and complexity of the project, not the effort required or the actual projected dollar costs. Copy the table below and place an X (or other indication) in the box that most closely describes the size and complexity of your proposed solution. Use your judgment and then write a short paragraph to introduce and explain the assessments in your table. Refer to course content readings from onCost Estimation, especially the Assessment Phase.
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Large
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8. Performance Measures - This section explains how KYLOD will know whether the project is achieving the benefits identified above in section 5. First, present the table with a brief paragraph discussing the solution, table that follows, and to properly evaluate benefits, they should be measurable/quantifiable. Review the benefits, and look at the requirements you identified, and come up with three performance measures that will indicate the extent to which the projected benefits have been achieved. (For example, if you had identified a benefit that the project would result in more repeat customers, then a measurement for that would be the number of repeat customers with the goal that the number would increase.) Refer to course content readings on Performance Measurement. This may be a good area to do some web research. The measures should be presented in a table with an introductory sentence or two:
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9. System Development -Describe how you will use the System Development Life Cycle(SDLC) process to approach this project. Include only the following 5 stages: Plan, Design, Build, Test, Launch. List the stage followed by a colon, then in two to three sentences each, explain how each stage would be handled by Jenny's IT team and who else in KYLOD should be involved in each stage. Refer to course content materials on SDLC.
Format your assignment according to the following formatting requirements:
1. The answer should be typed, double spaced, using Times New Roman font (size 12), with one-inch margins on all sides.
2. The response also includes a cover page containing the title of the assignment, the student's name, the course title, and the date. The cover page is not included in the required page length.
3. Also include a reference page. The Citations and references should follow APA format. The reference page is not included in the required page length.
Attachment:- KY-Logistics-Distribution-Case-Study.rar