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FRAJO Warehousing & Distribution Company (FWDC) IT Strategic Plan, Part1

Before you begin this assignment, be sure you have read the "FRAJO Warehousing & Distribution Company Case Study"

Purpose of this Assignment

This assignment gives you the opportunity to apply the course concepts to begin development of an Information Technology Strategic Plan (ITSP) to support the strategic direction of FRAJO Warehousing & Distribution Company (FWDC). This assignment specifically addresses the following course outcomes to enable you to:

• identify, define, and explain the concepts of information technology governance and management

IT Strategic Plan for FRAJO Warehousing & Distribution Company

Fran, the new CIO at FWDC, has asked you to write an IT Strategic Plan that she can use to guide the direction for her organization. The ITSP will be developed in two parts. This assignment covers Part 1; Part 2 will be covered in the next class assignment.

Together, they will form an ITSP that has been tailored to the course material covered in this class. You may work for an organization that has an ITSP, and it would be a good idea for you to look at it, but it will likely be structured a little differently from this one. Each organization develops an ITSP that will work for them.

Assignment

You will develop Part 1 of the ITSP for FWDC Distribution Company, using the outline below. Each of the topics to be included in your outline is covered in the course content readings assigned thus far. In addition to the course materials, at least one external resource (resource other than those provided in the class) must be used.

Two or more cited references will earn top credit. Use a separate References page to list just the references you have cited. Remember to use the APA formatting rules and correctly cite and reference your sources with APA format. Use the Grading Rubric to be sure you have covered everything.

Part One

1. Business Statement - Summarize in one paragraph, in your own words, the business of FWDC. Include the location of the  company/terminals, fleet information, and current/future financial climate/goals. Refer to Case Study.

2. Business Strategic Objectives - In the Case Study, the management team has identified three new strategic objectives. List/bullet the three objectives, in your own words, adding a brief explanation to each one.

Next add a new strategic objective of your own - one that you consider important to the current and future health of FWDC's business. It should be a statement of how the management team would improve the business of FWDC. It can be one of the three federal/state regulations that the company wants to remain in compliance with, or a new one that you choose.

The format below should be used for the presentation of this section:

• Business Strategic Objective 1 (in your own words):

• Explanation:

• Business Strategic Objective 2 (in your own words):

• Explanation:

• Business Strategic Objective 3 (in your own words):

• Explanation:

• New Strategic Objective (in your own words):

• Explanation (how the management team would use it to improve the business of FWDC):

3. IT Vision and Mission Statement - Write two short paragraphs with separate vision and mission statements for the Information  Technology Department at FWDC. Label one "Mission Statement:" and one "Vision Statement:". Use what you learn from the case study to create your own idea for the vision statement; and use the case study situation at FWDC to write the mission statement for the IT department.

Refer to the course materials on mission and vision, particularly the reading on "Creating a Future Vision for the Chief Information Officer". If you need help on a mission statement, do a little research on the web; you will find many examples of IT mission statements.

4. Governance - Using the course content materials and the case study, describe in two or three paragraphs how the IT governance process should work for FWDC.

Fran wants to engage the other senior leaders, so include: who the participants are, what their roles are (why they are members of the governance body), what governance methodology should be established/justification, what responsibilities the governance body would have, and how they would prioritize IT projects. Refer to the course materials on governance and you may supplement those documents with external research.

5. Inventory of Current IT Systems - Using the information in the Case Study, you will use the table provided to describe the current systems in use and the IT resources allocated to their support.

Copy and complete the table below, creating additional rows as needed to cover all current systems at FWDC, then write a brief introductory paragraph to the table. The paragraph must come first before your table, to explain what the table is providing.

Attachment:- Case Study-FRAJO Warehousing.rar