CIS 336 Week 6 Assignment 3 - IT Support for Virtual Teams

Assignment 3: IT Support for Virtual Teams

Due Week 6 and worth 105 points

Global organizations have branches that are located in multiple countries. Some of these organizations develop software and take advantage of the global talent pool of software developers while others have global technical support teams, customer service, and so on. Virtual teams are created when two or more people work together from different locations, organizations, times zone, and / or time shifts. Global organizations use virtual teams in order to provide global support, reduce travel costs, reduce training costs, and take advantage of local cultural knowledge that may impact the organization’s operations.

Write a two to three (4-5) page paper in which you:

1. Examine      five (5) issues that the IT department is likely to face when it comes to      supporting virtual teams.
2. Create      an architectural diagram that shows how the virtual teams would      collaborate and access common repositories for documents, software,      development, and testing facilities. Use Visio or an equivalent such as      Dia. Note: The graphically depicted solution is not      included in the required page length.
3. Describe      five (5) advantages and five (5) disadvantages of using virtual teams for      the organizations described in the scenario.
4. Describe      challenges imposed by:

1. IT       / IS national standards and propose how they could be handled or       resolved.
2. Protocols       and propose how they could be handled or resolved.
3. Procedures       on virtual teams and propose how they could be handled or resolved.
4. Compare      and contrast virtual teams and traditional teams with respect to communications,      technology use, and team diversity.
5. Use      at least three (3) quality resources in this assignment. Note: Wikipedia      and similar Websites do not qualify as quality resources.

Your assignment must follow these formatting requirements:

• Be      typed, double spaced, using Times New Roman font (size 12), with one-inch      margins on all sides; citations and references must follow APA or      school-specific format. Check with your professor for any additional      instructions.
• Include      a cover page containing the title of the assignment, the student’s name,      the professor’s name, the course title, and the date. The cover page and      the reference page are not included in the required assignment page      length.
• Include      charts or diagrams created in Visio or an equivalent such as Dia. The      completed diagrams / charts must be imported into the Word document before      the paper is submitted. 

The specific course learning outcomes associated with this assignment are:

• Describe      the process of administering enterprise systems, including the use of      virtualization and monitoring, power and cooling issues.
• Use      technology and information resources to research issues in enterprise      architecture.
• Write      clearly and concisely about enterprise architecture topics using proper      writing mechanics and technical style conventions.

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

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