Align IT with Strategy

Choose an information technology and develop a business case for implementing the technology in your company (or a publicly traded company).

This should be written as a memo (about 4 - 5 pages) to your upper management.

Be sure to include the following:

• A brief background on the company.  What does it do, company size, where does it fit in the overall industry, financial situation, etc.
• What is the generic strategy (e.g, cost leader, differentiator, focus) the company is pursuing?  Note, this real strategy might be very different than the strategy statement the company puts out.
• High level overview of the technology - what is it and how does it work. 
• How well does the technology proposed align with corporate strategy?
• What are the high level costs and benefits (no need for detail here, but are we talking thousands, millions, billions, etc.)?
• Based on what you have researched and written so far, make a recommendation as to whether the company should invest in the technology or not.  Be sure to back up your recommendation.