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MODULE 4MODULE 4

Applications of business information systems

Introduction:

The project manager is sitting scratching her head. The project team have

worked through three vendor proposals for a new system and it was easy

enough to eliminate vendor C. They scored lowest on functional

capability, have very demanding infrastructural requirements and cost

four times the price of the next most expensive vendor.

Deciding between vendor A and vendor B however is not proving easy for

the panel who have assessed and scored the solutions against the

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requirements.

The project manager keeps reading over the words in the original request

for proposal (RFP) – the words ‘cloud �rst’ stands out in the

infrastructural requirements section of the original RFP document.

Both remaining vendors o�er cloud-based solutions, however vendor A’s

solution is a pure web service solution allowing team members with

access to the internet to access the system from anywhere that has an

internet connection – a highly desirable capability.

But vendor B’s solution o�ers a much more mature functional capability

which meets 10% more of the business’s functional requirements.

Besides that, vendor A can only reach their functional capability score

with the support of partners and they cannot guarantee their partner’s

performance

Of course, vendor B is a bit more expensive too...

This isn’t going to be easy thinks the project manager as she tidies up the

last elements of the presentation that she and the business analyst will

be taking to the enterprise architects to seek guidance from the

Architecture Review Board.

She is relieved that the decision isn’t hers, because it is not going to be

easy to tease out all the complicated layers in this decision.

But ultimately the enterprise architects have a clear understanding of the

organisation’s strategy and the Architecture Review Board have clear

insight into the future needs of the business and have a good

relationship with the business partners.

The project manager is comfortable the board will come back with an

answer regarding which vendor will be able to provide alignment

between the business and IT and the project will be able to move through

the selection gateway to the next phase ... thank goodness for enterprise

architects!

This Module will cover:

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Module 4.1 – Enterprise Architecture: decision making

Module 4.2 - Presentations

This Module will help you achieve the following outcomes:

a) Critically analyse the key information systems concepts and technologies in the context of contemporary business and organisations.

b) Apply business and IS knowledge and concepts to develop veri�able solutions and recommendation to address and support strategic goals of a business or an organisation.

c) Develop and communicate a collaborative strategy which embodies the principles of agile methodology to stakeholders of an organisation.

Time Management:

Your workload expectation is 20 hours for this module.

20 hours per module (two weeks): facilitated study: 3 hours / week. Personal Study: 7 hours / week.

3 hours facilitated study consists of attending class, responding to facilitator feedback.

You are to allocate 7 hours of personal learning. This includes essential time spent on pre-reading and viewing materials, assessment progression and learning activities.

Assessment Progression:

Assessment 2 – The Group Report is due at the end of Module 4.1 (Week

7). Please ensure that you have captured your initial scrum board and

completed scrum boards after Scrum 1 and Scrum 2 so that they can be

included in the appendices of your Group Report.

Assessment 2 – Presentation in Week 8 should directly relate to the

content of your Group Report and all team members should have

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su�cient insight into the contents of the report to answer questions

posed to the group at the close of the presentation in a Q & A (Question

and answer session).

You can prepare for this assessment by utilising the learning resources of

this module, which include readings, videos, and learning activities to

enhance your understanding of the key concepts in this module.

In both Module 4.1 and 4.2 there are re�ective practice exercises to keep

you on track with evidence collection for your �nal re�ective report.

Please note that in Module 4.2, material and guidelines for presenting

have been included to help you improve your practice, as well as a

learning activity to help you prepare for the presentation.

Class Expectation:

You are expected to have worked through the essential learning resources and activities for this module before attending the facilitated session (face-to-face or online session) – this enables informed discussion and full participation in learning activities.

Participate in all scheduled facilitated sessions.

This time is intended to be used by you and your learning facilitator to work through activities and engage in discussion about the module content.

These sessions provide a space for you to raise questions about the module content and seek guidance on writing your assessments.

You will review, explore and discuss more deeply the information presented in the learning resources.