CIS 500 – Information Systems for Decision-Making CIS 500 – Information Systems for Decision-Making Assignment 2: The Presentation Due Week 10 and worth 200 points Congratulations. Your proposal for implementing a new IT project for your organization has been staffed and you are about to meet with your team for the first time. Initial impressions are important and you’ll need visuals for your presentation. Create a slide show (in PowerPoint or similar software) in which you address the following, in this order: 1. Goals: What is the project and what is the intent of implementing (what do you hope to accomplish by implementing the project?). 2. Critical Success Factors: Identify at least 4 different stakeholders; for each, list at least 2 things that the stakeholder requires in order to deem the project successful. 3. Acquisition strategy: Should the system be built in-house, created by a contractor, purchased offthe-shelf and customized, or leased as a service? Explain your rationale. Points: 200 Assignment 2: The Presentation Criteria UnacceptableBelow 70% F Fair 70-79% C Proficient 80-89% B Exemplary 90-100% A 1. Goals: What the project hopes to accomplish. Weight: 10% (20 points) Did not communicate what the project hopes to accomplish Did not list project goals Communicated what the project hopes to accomplish Did not list project goals Communicated what the project hopes to accomplish Listed the project goals Communicated importance of project reaching its goals Connected project goals to the organizational strategy 2. Critical Success Did not identify 4 Identified 4 Identified 4 Identified and 4. Resources: For in-house development, what people/skills are required and what development lifecycle do you recommend? Otherwise, identify 3 candidate organizations that can deliver the system. 5. System functions: In a table format, summarize the types of users for the system; the business reason(s) each would use the system; the ways that the system supports each of these needs; and how this support differs from the current system. 6. Connectivity: Provide a diagram that shows how the system will connect to the other information systems and what data flows among them. 7. Security: List the most serious cybersecurity threats and vulnerabilities of the new system. Suggest strategies to address them. 8. Mobility: Identify the system’s capabilities for mobile use. Include a title and summary slide. Use one slide for each of the 8 points above. Include speaker notes or audio narration that explains each slide more fully. Grading for this assignment will be based on answer quality, logic / organization of the paper, and language and writing skills, using the following rubric. Factors: Identify at least 4 different stakeholders; for each, list at least 2 things that stakeholder requires in order to deem the project successful. Weight: 10% (20 points) stakeholders Listed th ...

1. CIS 500 – Information Systems for Decision-Making
CIS 500 – Information Systems for Decision-Making
Assignment 2: The Presentation
Due Week 10 and worth 200 points
Congratulations. Your proposal for implementing a new IT
project for your organization has been staffed and you are about
to meet with your team for the first time.
Initial impressions are important and you’ll need visuals for
your presentation. Create a slide show (in PowerPoint or similar
software) in which you address the following, in this order:
1. Goals: What is the project and what is the intent of
implementing (what do you hope to accomplish by
implementing the project?).
2. Critical Success Factors: Identify at least 4 different
stakeholders; for each, list at least 2 things that the stakeholder
requires in order to deem the project successful.
3. Acquisition strategy: Should the system be built in-house,
created by a contractor, purchased offthe-shelf and customized,
or leased as a service? Explain your rationale.
Points: 200
Assignment 2: The Presentation
Criteria
UnacceptableBelow 70% F

2. Fair
70-79% C
Proficient
80-89% B
Exemplary
90-100% A
1. Goals: What the project hopes to accomplish.
Weight: 10%
(20 points)
Did not communicate what the project hopes to
accomplish
Did not list project goals
Communicated
what the project hopes to accomplish
Did not list project goals
Communicated
what the project hopes to accomplish
Listed the project
goals
Communicated importance of project reaching its
goals
Connected project goals to the organizational strategy
2. Critical Success
Did not identify 4
Identified 4
Identified 4

3. Identified and
4. Resources: For in-house development, what people/skills are
required and what development lifecycle do you recommend?
Otherwise, identify 3 candidate organizations that can deliver
the system.
5. System functions: In a table format, summarize the types of
users for the system; the business reason(s) each would use the
system; the ways that the system supports each of these needs;
and how this support differs from the current system.
6. Connectivity: Provide a diagram that shows how the system
will connect to the other information systems and what data
flows among them.
7. Security: List the most serious cybersecurity threats and
vulnerabilities of the new system. Suggest strategies to address
them.
8. Mobility: Identify the system’s capabilities for mobile use.
Include a title and summary slide. Use one slide for each of the
8 points above. Include speaker notes or audio narration that
explains each slide more fully.
Grading for this assignment will be based on answer quality,
logic / organization of the paper, and language and writing
skills, using the following rubric.
Factors: Identify at least 4 different stakeholders; for each, list
at least 2 things that stakeholder requires in order to deem the
project successful.
Weight: 10%
(20 points)
stakeholders
Listed things to make project successful, but did not connect
each stakeholder

4. stakeholders
Listed less than 2 things each stakeholder would require to
deem project successful
stakeholders
Listed 2 things that each stakeholder would require to deem the
project successful
justified the selection of 4 stakeholders
Explained why each stakeholder would be most interested in 2
things to deem project successful
3. Acquisition strategy: Should the system be built in-house,
created by a contractor, purchased off-the-shelf and customized,
or leased as a service? Explain the rationale for your choice.
Weight: 10%
(20 points)
Did not compare acquisition strategies
Did not determine the best strategy for the proposed information
system
Inadequately explained the rationale for choosing the
acquisition strategy
Reasonable comparison of acquisition strategies
Determined best acquisition strategy for the proposed
information system
Somewhat
explained the rationale for choosing the acquisition strategy

5. Compared various
acquisition strategies
Determined which acquisition strategy would be the best for the
proposed system
Provided rationale for choosing a specific acquisition strategy
Analyzed various acquisition strategies, or presented an
acquisition strategy that was not previously mentioned
Explained why other acquisition strategies would potentially not
work
Discussed cost considerations
4. Resources: For inhouse development, what people/skills are
required and what development lifecycle do you recommend?
Otherwise, identify 3 candidate organizations that can deliver
the system.
Weight: 10%
(20 points)
Inadequately determined
resources needed for the acquisition strategy
Limited
recommendation for
development
lifecycle for inhouse development, or three external
organizations that can deliver the system
Inadequate
justification
Determined

6. resources needed for the acquisition strategy, but did not justify
reasoning
Recommended a
project
development
lifecycle for inhouse development, or three external
organizations that can deliver the system, but did not
justify why they were chosen
Determined and justified resources needed for chosen
acquisition strategy
Recommended a
project development
lifecycle for inhouse development, or three external
organizations that can deliver the system.
Presented resources not previously considered
Included risk identification and mitigation procedures
Proposed a combination of resources and strategy to organize
stakeholder efforts toward project completion
5. System functions: In a table format, summarize the types of
users for the system; the business
Failed to put in table format
In table format:
Summarized some
In table format:

7. Summarized the
In table format:
Analyzed user
reason(s) each would use the system; the ways that the system
supports each of these needs; and how this support differs from
the current system.
Weight: 10%
(20 points)
Inadequate summary of users for the system
Limited explanation of why users would use the system
Inadequate description of how system supports users
Inadequate comparison of the proposed system to the old system
of the types of
users for the system
Somewhat explained business reasons for system use
Somewhat described how the system supports users
Reasonable comparison of the proposed system to the old
information system
types of users for the information system
Explained business reasons why each user type would use the
system
Described how the system supports the needs of each user
type
Determined how

8. this support differs from the current information system
experience and user design considerations
Explained design changes that took place between the old and
new system
Provided rationale for the user types
identified
Discussed how to reach out to user types to test the
system
6. Connectivity: Provide a diagram that shows the other
information systems this one will connect to, and what data
flows among them.
Weight: 10%
(20 points)
Failed to put in diagram format
Inadequate diagram showing your system, hard to follow,
incomplete
Inadequate or hard to follow the data that would flow among
systems, incomplete
In a diagram:
Showed other information systems that your system would
connect to, but hard to follow
Demonstrated what data would flow among systems, but hard to
follow
In a diagram:
Showed other existing information systems that your proposed

9. system would connect to
Demonstrated what data would flow between your and other
information systems.
In a diagram:
Showed how you selected existing systems that your system
would connect to
Explained how diagram would be updated and maintained based
on changes in the marketplace
7. Security: List the most serious cybersecurity threats and
vulnerabilities of the new system. Suggest strategies to address
them.
Weight: 10%
(20 points)
Inadequate list of cybersecurity threats
Inadequate strategies to address each threat
Reasonable list of cybersecurity
threats, failed to show why they are most serious
Identified strategies to address each
threat
Listed the most serious cybersecurity threats to your new
system
Proposed strategies to address each threat
Proposed how your new system would integrate with Shadow
IT, if at all
Demonstrated strategies for current users to avoid threats

10. 8. Mobility: Identify the system’s capabilities for mobile use.
Weight: 10%
Failed to identify your system’s capabilities for mobile use,
incomplete
Identified your system’s capabilities for mobile use, but not
comprehensive
Identified your system’s capabilities for mobile use
Proposed situations in which mobile use would happen and
situations where its limitations
(20 points)
9. Speaker / Audio Notes: Include speaker notes or audio
narration that explains each slide more fully.
Weight: 10%
(20 points)
Inadequate speaker notes or audio narration, too much
or too little
information on each slide provided
Somewhat detailed speaker notes or audio narration explaining
each slide more fully
Included speaker notes or audio narration explaining
each slide more
fully
Speaker notes or audio narration succinct and direct,

11. persuasive presentation
Discussed cost considerations, and risk identification &
mitigation
10. Clarity, persuasion, proper communication, writing
mechanics, and formatting requirements.
Weight: 10%
(20 points)
Unclear structure, not persuasive, major grammatical errors
Somewhat clear
structure, limited persuasion, grammatical errors, language too
simple or too wordy
Clear structure, persuasive writing, minor or no grammatical
errors, length and format within requirements, plain language
No grammatical errors, plain language, organized by topic,
references business needs, connects to technical specs,
persuasive
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