Week 5 Assignment InstructionsIntermediate Strategic IS Plan For this assignment, you will construct a 3-page intermediate strategic IS plan for Reynolds Tool & Die. You will create an outline detailing a comprehensive IT strategy (not just purchases) to support the upcoming merger and acquisition planned by the company. Your plan must address timelines, systems integration, and change management. In this assignment, you will be leading the IT transition team and once the merger and acquisition are completed, you will serve as the senior IT manager for the new organization that has absorbed the aircraft part manufacturer. You will also be the person working with your counterpart in the joint venture with the company from Mexico, but you will not have any managerial or supervisory role there. Assume the merger/transition announcement is made in the first quarter. Systems integration needs to start in the second quarter, and then must finish by November 30 in order to be prepared for the year-end accounting procedures. Headings for your intermediate strategic information systems plan should include: I. Current Assessment of the Merger/Acquired Organization You’ll need to assess and analyze the IT operations and infrastructure of the organization you are about to merge with and/or acquire. This assessment should include hardware, software, and IT personnel. II. IT Intermediate Strategic Plan Based on your assessment, you are to propose an intermediate strategic plan for systems and IT organization integrations. Address these questions: · Which organization’s IT assets will become the primary enterprise IT solution, and why? Will you integrate the merger/acquisition target into your systems, or will the merger/acquisition IT platform become the primary solution? Your assessment should guide you in this decision. · What will you need to perform the successful integration by the end of the third business quarter? Will you need outside integrators to assist? Will you need a supplemental budget for new hardware and software, as this merger probably wasn’t included in the annual budget? How involved will the merger/acquisition IT organization be involved in the integration, and will you retain their present IT management structure to lead them? III. End of Plan and Change Management An intermediate strategic plan is analogous to a project in that it has a finite life span. Address how you will wrap up the integration; specifically, what your new IT organization structure will look like, how you will deliver services to the new company, and what change management processes you will employ to deliver those services and address cultural changes and potential conflict within the new organization. Remember, there will be new users who will need to learn entirely new processes and tools as the new company moves forward. Include at least one additional reference in addition to the class text for this assignment. John Doe Chapter 4 CRJU 4 ...

1. Week 5 Assignment InstructionsIntermediate Strategic IS Plan
For this assignment, you will construct a 3-page intermediate
strategic IS plan for Reynolds Tool & Die. You will create an
outline detailing a comprehensive IT strategy (not just
purchases) to support the upcoming merger and acquisition
planned by the company. Your plan must address timelines,
systems integration, and change management.
In this assignment, you will be leading the IT transition team
and once the merger and acquisition are completed, you will
serve as the senior IT manager for the new organization that has
absorbed the aircraft part manufacturer. You will also be the
person working with your counterpart in the joint venture with
the company from Mexico, but you will not have any
managerial or supervisory role there. Assume the
merger/transition announcement is made in the first quarter.
Systems integration needs to start in the second quarter, and
then must finish by November 30 in order to be prepared for the
year-end accounting procedures.
Headings for your intermediate strategic information systems
plan should include:
I. Current Assessment of the Merger/Acquired Organization
You’ll need to assess and analyze the IT operations and
infrastructure of the organization you are about to merge with
and/or acquire. This assessment should include hardware,
software, and IT personnel.
II. IT Intermediate Strategic Plan

2. Based on your assessment, you are to propose an intermediate
strategic plan for systems and IT organization integrations.
Address these questions:
· Which organization’s IT assets will become the primary
enterprise IT solution, and why? Will you integrate the
merger/acquisition target into your systems, or will the
merger/acquisition IT platform become the primary solution?
Your assessment should guide you in this decision.
· What will you need to perform the successful integration by
the end of the third business quarter? Will you need outside
integrators to assist? Will you need a supplemental budget for
new hardware and software, as this merger probably wasn’t
included in the annual budget? How involved will the
merger/acquisition IT organization be involved in the
integration, and will you retain their present IT management
structure to lead them?
III. End of Plan and Change Management
An intermediate strategic plan is analogous to a project in that
it has a finite life span. Address how you will wrap up the
integration; specifically, what your new IT organization
structure will look like, how you will deliver services to the
new company, and what change management processes you will
employ to deliver those services and address cultural changes
and potential conflict within the new organization. Remember,
there will be new users who will need to learn entirely new
processes and tools as the new company moves forward.
Include at least one additional reference in addition to the class
text for this assignment.

3. John Doe
Chapter 4
CRJU 4901
Professor Brooks
August 19, 2019
Doe 1
What I’ve Learned
1. Negro boys were brought before the courts more often than
Negro girls.
2. Negro boys and girls were younger in comparison to white
boys and girls.
3. Delinquency rates were higher for Negro boys and girls than
white boys and girls.
4. Negro boys were more prone to commit larceny and burglary.
5. Negro girls were apprehended for incorrigibility and
disorderly conduct.
6. Negro delinquency fluctuated throughout the country.

4. 7. Negro youth delinquency was associated with the breakdown
of Negro families.
8. Only 67 of 176 Negro delinquents came from dual parent
homes in 1929.
9. Boys as young as eleven and twelve were apprehended for
gang involvement.
10. Delinquency is closely tied with the organization of the
community.
11. The vicious environment could be offset by family.
12. Negro families that achieve economic security escape to
more stable areas.
13. Negro families that lived farthest away from the city had
more stable lives.
14. The physical decay of surroundings caused Negro families
to be torn apart.
15. Children from broken families easily drifted into
delinquency.
16. The lack of recreational facilities contributed to the lesser
crimes.
17. Boys charged with selling on the streets indicated poverty of
their families.
18. The delinquent behavior of girls represented their expected
role in life.

5. 19. Mothers forced to bear the full load of the family caused
delinquency in youth.
20. Authorities often had no choice but to deliver Negro youth
to the courts.
Doe 2
What I’ve Learned
21. Negro boys were brought before the courts more often than
Negro girls.
22. Negro boys and girls were younger in comparison to white
boys and girls.
23. Delinquency rates were higher for Negro boys and girls than
white boys and girls.
24. Negro boys were more prone to commit larceny and
burglary.
25. Negro girls were apprehended for incorrigibility and
disorderly conduct.
26. Negro delinquency fluctuated throughout the country.
27. Negro youth delinquency was associated with the
breakdown of Negro families.
28. Only 67 of 176 Negro delinquents came from dual parent
homes in 1929.
29. Boys as young as eleven and twelve were apprehended for

6. gang involvement.
30. Delinquency is closely tied with the organization of the
community.
31. The vicious environment could be offset by family.
32. Negro families that achieve economic security escape to
more stable areas.
33. Negro families that lived farthest away from the city had
more stable lives.
34. The physical decay of surroundings caused Negro families
to be torn apart.
35. Children from broken families easily drifted into
delinquency.
36. The lack of recreational facilities contributed to the lesser
crimes.
37. Boys charged with selling on the streets indicated poverty of
their families.
38. The delinquent behavior of girls represented their expected
role in life.
39. Mothers forced to bear the full load of the family caused
delinquency in youth.
40. Authorities often had no choice but to deliver Negro youth
to the courts.

7. Doe 3
What I’ve Learned
41. Negro boys were brought before the courts more often than
Negro girls.
42. Negro boys and girls were younger in comparison to white
boys and girls.
43. Delinquency rates were higher for Negro boys and girls than
white boys and girls.
44. Negro boys were more prone to commit larceny and
burglary.
45. Negro girls were apprehended for incorrigibility and
disorderly conduct.
46. Negro delinquency fluctuated throughout the country.
47. Negro youth delinquency was associated with the
breakdown of Negro families.
48. Only 67 of 176 Negro delinquents came from dual parent
homes in 1929.
49. Boys as young as eleven and twelve were apprehended for
gang involvement.
50. Delinquency is closely tied with the organization of the
community.
51. The vicious environment could be offset by family.

8. 52. Negro families that achieve economic security escape to
more stable areas.
53. Negro families that lived farthest away from the city had
more stable lives.
54. The physical decay of surroundings caused Negro families
to be torn apart.
55. Children from broken families easily drifted into
delinquency.
56. The lack of recreational facilities contributed to the lesser
crimes.
57. Boys charged with selling on the streets indicated poverty of
their families.
58. The delinquent behavior of girls represented their expected
role in life.
59. Mothers forced to bear the full load of the family caused
delinquency in youth.
60. Authorities often had no choice but to deliver Negro youth
to the courts.
Course ScenarioReynolds Tool & Die
Reynolds Mission Statement

9. “We are committed to providing our customers quality products
with the highest engineering standards.”
Reynolds Vision Statement
“We are committed to achieving our goal of being a market
leader for engineering solutions and will investment in technical
innovation. Our desire is to continue to expand our markets, our
technical competence, and our intellectual curiosity to serve our
customers.”
Additional Information
Reynolds Tool & Die is an automotive component manufacturer
supplying suspension pieces and technology to both other
suppliers and major U.S. and foreign manufacturers. Annual
revenue is around $50 million, and the company is profitable.
Reynolds has production facilities at their headquarters in
Akron, OH; in Bloomington, IN; and in Memphis, TN.
Approximately 300 people work for Reynolds, including 7 in
IT. The IT staff is broken down as follows:
· IT Director
· 2 Help Desk personnel
· 3 Network Engineers
· 1 Software Engineer, primarily supporting the company’s ERP
system
One network engineer works in Bloomington, one in Memphis,
and the rest of the IT staff is located in Akron.
The three sites are networked via an MPLS circuit. In addition
to SAP® software, the company uses Microsoft® Office 2010
for administrative work along with several specialized CAD
programs for design. The SAP software is two versions behind,
but not at end of its life. A data center is in Akron, while the
other two sites have smaller hardware footprints consisting of
Microsoft Exchange servers for email, a small file and print
server, and redundant Active Directory servers. EMC Storage
Area Network (SAN) devices are at each site. Redundant backup
appliances are in Akron and Bloomington, and data can be

10. cycled among the SANS for further redundancy. While some
server virtualization has been achieved, only about 20 percent
of all servers have been virtualized with the help of VMWare.
All sites use Cisco® switches, routers, and firewalls. Servers,
desktops, laptops and printers are all HP®, and are between 3
and 5 years old and the desktops and Laptops use Windows® 7
as the operating system. All servers are on Microsoft Server
2012.
There are no cloud applications. There has been a demand by
administrative personnel and engineers for integrating mobile
devices with Microsoft Exchange and other apps but to date the
company has not implemented a BYOD (Bring Your Own
Device) or a MDM (Mobile Device Management) solution.
The IT budget typically is between $1.2 and $1.5 million
annually, depending on capital expense. Note that this budget
ONLY covers hardware, software, services, and licensing.
Personnel costs are not included, nor do you need to include
them for the Week 4 budget assignment.
This year the company is embarking on significant expansion. A
joint venture has been signed with a firm from Mexico Peraltada
LLC in order to gain access to a new supplier market. Both
companies will remain independent, but Reynolds will exchange
engineering expertise for a percentage of sales in Mexico and
there will be joint development of intellectual property.
Peraltada uses Microsoft Office 2016 and Oracle as their ERP
solution. Desktop and laptops are HP, and they are running
Microsoft Server 2016. They employ around 200 people with 5
in IT. The company provides key employees with iPhones for
mobile access to their network.
In an effort to diversify, the company has purchased a small
company in Vancouver, Canada that makes light aircraft landing
gear components. P.T. Tracy, LLC employs about 80 people,
with 3 in IT. They also use SAP for an ERP solution but one
version newer than Reynolds. They use Microsoft Office 2013
and Windows 10 for their desktop OS. Their firewall solution is
Palo Alto and they use Cisco routing and switching equipment.

11. Servers, desktops and laptops are all Dell®. They also have
implemented a BYOD policy, using the MDM solution VMWare
AirWatch®, supporting both Apple® and Samsung® Galaxy
phones. They are running Microsoft Server 2016.
All three companies in the scenario have a Microsoft Enterprise
License in various stages of life; none will be up for renewal at
the same time.