A project involving studying the IT infrastructure of a relevant information system.

The project involves studying the IT infrastructure of a relevant information system (IS)/
information technology (IT) used by selecting any organization of your choice locally or
internationally
The idea is to investigate the selected organization using the main components of IT (Hardware,
software, services, data management and networking). Infrastructure Investigation, which is in a
selected industry, should be carried out by using articles, websites, books and journal papers and
/or interviews.

Project Report Structure: Part 1

Submission: End of week 7 Saturday 17 th of October 2020 Marks: 10
1. Cover Page
This must contain topic title, student names and Students ID, section number and course name.
(you can find the cover page in the blackboard)
2. Table of Contents (0.5 mark).
Make sure the table of contents contains and corresponds to the headings in the text, figures,
and tables.
3. Executive Summary (1 marks).
What does the assignment about, briefly explain the distinct features
4. Organizational Profile (1.5 marks).
Brief background of the business including organization details, purpose, and organizational
structure.
5. Strategies (3 marks).
Discuss different types of strategies for competitive advantages and then select and discuss the
most appropriate strategies to improve the performance of the organization.
Hint: You can discuss any points that you learned in this course and its related to your selected organization
6. Technology Involved (4 marks).
How is the organization set up in terms of its IT infrastructure? Discuss the hardware,
software, telecommunication, information security, networks, and other elements.
Hint: You can discuss any points that you learned in this course and its related to your selected organization

Project Report Structure: Part 2

Submission: End of week 12 Saturday 21 th of November 2020 Marks: 8

7. Analysis of Existing System (5 marks).
Analyze the key problems of the existing system used by the company. Also discuss
the Information Systems used within the company for example:
 Transaction processing systems (TPS)
 Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) Systems
 Functional Area Information Systems
 Business intelligence
 DSS
Hint: You can discuss any points that you learned in this course and its related to your selected organization
8. Possible Solutions and Suggestions for the company (1 mark).
What are your suggestions to help the organization in solving the key problems.
9. Conclusion (1.5 mark).
Summarize your report
10. References (0.5 mark).
Use APA referencing style format.

Part 3: Presentation

Submission: Instructors will manage the date and time for presentation during week 13 & 14 Marks: 7
Make a power-point presentation of your Project work mentioning all the above contents and
present in a group. There must be a minimum of 10 slides in the presentation with a good
background design, readable font size, and style with appropriate color.
Presentation must have the following format:
 First slide: Group members name and Student id & Title of the Project
 Company Profile
 Strategies
 Technology Involved
 Analysis of Existing System
 Possible solutions and suggestions
 Conclusion
 References

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