computer info systems assignment

Information Technology Planning Process

Student’s Name

Institution Affiliation

Brief Project Overview and the organization

This project is majorly about information technology planning process. The purpose of this request for proposal is to have a chance to document information technology planning for the organization in question. The organization in question is Walmart. This organization is a multinational retail corporation. It operates many hypermarkets, grocery stores, and discount departmental stores. The headquarters of this organization is at Bentonville, Arkansas.

Organization's background

The company was started in the United States of America in the year 1962 by Sam Walton. Its incorporation took place on October 31, 1969. The business witnessed growth and expansion of its services as a result of different hunting seasons. The growth came as a consequence of the establishment of a good customer relationship. Other branches were opened as a result. The business incorporated modern technology and started offering quality services to its customer that made it possible for expansion of the capital (Bosscher, 2013). The incorporation of quality services, technology, and good customer relationship makes the company enjoy a great market. Walmart operates a number of retail stores in various locations within the United States and other countries, such as Mexico and Canada. I am the information technology project manager tasked with the function of documenting information technology planning within the company.

Project goals and & target audience

This project related to documenting of information technology planning process is directed towards achieving some goals. The first goal is to improve customer information technology of the company. The second and third goals are directed towards enhancing cloud computing services and security. The primary target audience is customers. Improving access to products and services of Walmart intended by this move. Also, security of transactions between customers and organizations is to be catered for by the information technology planning process.

Sitemap

Sitemap for information technology planning process documentation

Scope of work and deliverables

There are some things that are going to be done when it comes to the scope of work. Some of these things are; reviewing tactical and strategic goals and aligning them with technology, interviewing operational staff and executives, benchmarking the current IT spending and IT organization, review of system and software application, looking at the gaps that are present between current operations and strategic goals, develop both long- and short-term project plan, document the whole process and plan down (Calkins, 2012). The deliverables, in this case, are well designed, clear, and executable plan.

Timeline

The completion of the whole project will be delivered to the company after a period of five months. Monthly reports will be provided to the company. Also, there will be a provision of project updates. To be specific, the project will begin on 4th of June 2016 and come into completion on 4th of October 2016. The project has five stages where each stage is going to be completed within a month.

Technical Requirements

As per the technical requirements, the whole project and implementation of the plan should fulfill availability issues, performance-related issues, reliability issues, and security issues. The information technology to be enhanced should be able to serve customers 99.99 percent and result for any search should be available within a very short time. The new plan should also produce a system that fully guarantees security.

Principal Point of Contact

The final authority for making the decision with regards to this project is the organization's board of directors. This means that after being through with all part of the documentation process, the whole plan will be presented to the board of directors so for a go-ahead to given.

References

Bosscher, A. V. (2013). Project Proposal and Feasibility Study Team. Iron Man.

Calkins, T. (2012). The Planning Process. In Breakthrough Marketing Plans (pp. 73-105).

Palgrave Macmillan US.