Information System final project
Your final project will include the following five sections and corresponding sub-sections:
1. Introduction
1.1 Purpose of the project
1.2 Overview of organization (mission, brief history, brief description of the main products or services provided by the organization, etc.)
1.3 Overview of information system to (system name, system type, system goal, etc.)
2. Information System (include at least four, ideally five or more sub-sections)
2.1 Context of system usage (How is this information system used in the organizational structure? What business process/(es) does it support? What are its relationships with other information systems in the organization? Etc.)
2.2 Strategic role of the information system (How does this system support the mission, strategy, and/or management decision making of the organization?)
2.3 Main functions of the information system
2.4 Users of the information system
2.5 Training, support, and maintenance of the information system
2.6 Risk management of the information system
2.7 Any other aspects of the information system you would like to describe
3. Analysis (include at least 3.1 and 3.2 sub-sections)
3.1 Advantages of the information system (e.g., values added to the organization, cost, efficiency, reliability, ease of use, “talks to” other information systems, etc.)
3.2 Limitations and risks of the information system
3.3 Any other analysis you would like to conduct regarding the information system
4. Recommendations (Based on your analysis, develop recommendations related to this information system to add values to the organization. This may include how to improve the usefulness and ease of use of the system, how to reduce user resistance, how to improve user training effectiveness, development of value-added initiatives that utilize this system, development of risk assessment and mitigation strategies, assessment of the impact of emerging IT/IS trends on the future of this system and the organization, etc.)
5. Conclusions (Draw thorough, insightful, rational and meaningful conclusions based on previous sections.)
Interview/Reference Requirements:
The course textbook and/or course notes will not count toward the minimum required references.
For the Information System Section:
Preferably, most of the information in the Information System section should come from one (ideally two or more) interview(s) with someone in the IS function in the organization.
If you have chosen an organization where you are not able to arrange interviews, use at least four (ideally five or more) up-to-date literatures from reliable resources including academic journals, industry magazines and the organization’s own publications to gather information for the Information System Section.
For the Entire Project:
If you have conducted interviews to gather information, you should use at least four (ideally five or more) up-to-date literatures from reliable resources including academic journals and industry magazines to support your points in the final project submission.
If you did not conduct any interview, you should use at least four (ideally five or more) up-to-date literatures from reliable resources including academic journals and industry magazines to support your points in the final project submission in addition to the literatures you used in the Information System section. Altogether, you should use at least eight (ideally ten or more) reliable literatures in your final submission.
Format and Length Requirements:
Although there is no specific page limit, it would be hard to believe that a paper less than 12 pages can cover the topics in depth. A limited amount of data may be included in the text of the paper as Figures or Tables. In a paper of this size, there should be no more than one or two items, each less than a half a page in length. If you wish to include additional data, examples, forms, reports, etc., you should include them as appendixes. In addition to that, you should provide title page, abstract, and references.
Follow APA style to format your paper and citations appropriately.