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Assignment 2

Description	Marks out of	Wtg(%)	Due date
Assignment 2 (MIS Project)	100	90%	17 Sep 2014

Learning objectives

This assignment specifically addresses the following learning objectives of the course:

LO5 Demonstrate effective communication by composing writing that communicates ideas, meaning and/or argument in a format that broadly follows conventions in the information systems field.

LO6 Apply technology and online skills to locate relevant information for the assignments, analyse the presented problems and data, and engage in the use of the resources provided on UConnect.

Individual submission

Students should complete this assignment individually. You are encouraged to discuss the assignment with others to improve your understanding and clarify requirements but you should develop the solution to the assignment on your own.

Case Study

You are the CIO of a successful insurance firm with offices in cities across the nation. You provide all major categories of insurance to consumers who include companies and individuals. You recently attended a technology seminar on Cloud computing. It occurred to you that this would offer potential benefits to your organisation and would be well-received by management and staff.

At the seminar you learnt there were many issues to consider, policies to be developed or modified, and new investments to be made to manage a Cloud environment. These included upgrading your ICT Data Security System to accommodate Cloud Computing to protect clients’ and your firm’s data; this needs to synchronise and ensure the integrity of data on servers and end-user devices.

You plan to present your Business Case for Cloud to your CEO, Board and executives. You are required to research the background for a project to implement and manage Cloud, determine the scope for the extent to which you recommend use of the Cloud, use Microsoft Excel to model a business plan, perform sensitivity analysis to validate assumptions, and create a presentation to seek funding and authorisation from senior management to implement and manage Cloud Computing.

As Board members and executives are dispersed across the nation you plan to use YouTube or other medium for your presentation. You will also prepare an Executive Handout containing your spreadsheet and will provide this along with the link to the URL which is where the Executives can access your presentation.

Activity A: Journal (maximum 500 words)

Prepare a journal which records your activities and progress related to completing this assignment. In date order, clearly list the following:

● Date of research activity/discussion

● Topic researched or discussed

● Time duration

● Brief description of research activity/discussion.

Submit this journal as a separate report through EASE.

A sample of the journal will be provided in the Study Desk.

Activity B: Presentation to Senior Management

NOTE: If you are unfamiliar with the business case and sensitivity analysis concepts you should make an effort to read appropriate material, including those from the Internet, to learn about them.

Part 1: Research the background for the Cloud project

Conduct an Internet search to gather relevant background information of Cloud. In particular, you should address the following:

1. How Cloud is utilised and its associated risks

2. Experiences of other companies

3. Advantages and disadvantages

4. The scope to which you recommend your Company utilise Cloud services

5. The infrastructure required, and

6. Best-practice for how Cloud should be managed.

As a guide, your presentation should be around 11 slides and should be no more than 10 minutes, it should be developed and structured according to the following:

· The presentation should be made up of :

· An introduction: your FIRST slide should show the title of your presentation and details of the author(s); the SECOND slide should provide the agenda i.e. outline of your presentation; the THIRD slide should clearly state the purpose of your presentation and what you want to achieve from it.

· A body: contains the results and findings from Part 1.

· A conclusion: recaps the main points and summarises your recommendations.

· Lessons learned: Two slides highlighting lessons learned from conducting this project.

· The LAST slide should contain a “List of references”. There should be at least 8 references (including those from Internet sources) and they should be listed according to the Harvard referencing convention