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Convincing Technology Decision Makers
In this assignment, you will:
- Identify a business problem and develop an IT solution.
- Analyze the business and customer needs, so that you can advocate for an IT solution.
- Develop a presentation that succinctly describes the business problem and your IT solution. This presentation should be designed to convince a key business stakeholder of the value of your proposal.
Part one
You will create only two slides using PowerPoint. More importantly, you will need to prepare the appropriate talking points that will convince the business stakeholder that your IT solution is one they should support. Remember, this business stakeholder will determine whether you get the resources you need to actually develop the solution you are proposing. In this presentation, you need to think about the business stakeholder's goals and needs. What will be most convincing to the stakeholder?
Part two
- Create a twoslide PowerPoint presentation used to influence/convince technology business decision makers to sign off on the resources needed for your IT solution. Cite any sources used on the third slide slide of the presentation.
- slide four and five Provide a written summary and discussing discuss information technology solution and how it can solve the business problem.
Part three
Global and Societal Considerations
Assume the business stakeholder(s) are concerned with global issues. They have decided to make it a requirement that the information technology solution should be able to be used by individuals in their overseas offices both in Greece and Switzerland.
Consider both human resource needs and new information technology requirements. The cultural and societal impacts are as important as the technology impact.
Consider the following in your evaluation:
- Hardware.
- Software.
- Infrastructure/networking.
- Security safeguards.
- Human resources.
- Training.
- Maintenance.
For this assignment, write a one-page paper that:
- Analyzes the business and customer needs to support advocacy of an IT solution for the global organization.
- Explains the major cultural, social and technology impacts the company may face when it becomes a global enterprise.
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