Case Study 2: Implementation Strategies

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Case Study 2: Implementation Strategies

Due Week 7 and worth 175 points

Your proposed information system is still a contender. The executives, however, are asking whether it is too limited to prevent the shadow IT projects that continue to take place throughout the organization. They believe that you have considered what the organization does now, but how will your system adapt to new products and processes? Read IQMS (2015) for a concrete example of what they mean. You’ll have to quell their fears, so it’s time for another memo. Please focus on these points:

1. Identify any significant changes that your organization might reasonably make in its product

offerings in the next 3 years. Explain the competitive benefits of this change.

2. Explain how your information system addresses or can adapt to the introduction of these new

product offerings.

3. Give one reason why capabilities for the new product offerings should or should not be

incorporated in the initial information system design. Justify your reason.

This memo should be 3–5 pages long. Reference: IQMS. (2015). Quick Response Manufacturing Yields Lower Inventories & Improves cash flow. Retrieved

from https://www.iqms.com/files/case-studies/quick-response-manufacturing.pdf.

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Grading for this assignment will be based on answer quality, logic / organization of the paper, and language and writing skills, using the following rubric.

Points: 175 Case Study 2: Implementation Strategies

Criteria Unacceptable Below 70% F

Fair 70-79% C

Proficient 80-89% B

Exemplary 90-100% A

1. Identify any significant changes in its product offerings that your organization might reasonably make over the next 3 years. Explain the competitive benefits of this change.

Weight: 30%

(52.5 points)

Inadequate prediction of changes in product offerings

Limited explanation of competitive benefits of change in product offerings

Somewhat predicted changes in product offerings.

Somewhat explained the competitive benefits of this change in product offerings.

Predicted significant changes in product offerings

Explained the competitive benefits of these changes in product offerings

Described the sustainability of the information system against any potential changes in the marketplace

Proposed ideas for adapting the system to change

2. Explain how your information system addresses or can adapt to the introduction of these new product offerings.

Weight: 30%

(52.5 points)

Did not explain how the information system addresses new product offerings

Inadequate explanation of how the information system can adapt to some of new product offerings

Explained how the information system addresses new product offerings

Somewhat described how the information system can adapt to some of new product offerings

Explained how the information system addresses the introduction of each new product offering

Described how the information system can adapt to each new product offering

Demonstrated what considerations were made for the system to be adaptable and flexible to unknown changes

Included insight on how the system could be adopted by the IT department

3. Give one reason why capabilities for the new product offerings should or should not be incorporated in the initial information system design. Justify your reason.

Weight: 30%

(52.5 points)

Limited evaluation of capabilities of each product offering

Did not provide adequate reason why capabilities for the new product offerings should or should not be incorporated into the initial system design, and failed to justify reasoning

Somewhat evaluated the capabilities of each product offering

Provided one reason why capabilities for the new product offerings should or should not be incorporated into the initial system design, but failed to justify reasoning

Evaluated the capabilities of each product offering

Provided one reason why capabilities for the new product offerings should or should not be incorporated into the initial system design. Justified the reason.

Provided more than one reason why capabilities for the new product offerings should or should not be incorporated into the initial system design. Justified the reasoning.

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4. Clarity, persuasion, proper communication, writing mechanics, and formatting requirements

Weight: 10%

(17.5 points)

Unclear structure, not persuasive, major grammatical errors

Somewhat clear structure, limited persuasion, grammatical errors, language too simple or too wordy

Clear structure, persuasive writing, minor or no grammatical errors, length and format within requirements, plain language

No grammatical errors, plain language, organized by topic, references business needs, connects to technical specs, persuasive