The document outlines various assignments and discussions for a course on information systems, focusing on competitive advantage, the Internet of Things (IoT), and software development life cycles. Key tasks include analyzing competitive advantages of selected organizations, proposing IoT products, discussing information systems' roles in business, and making IT system recommendations. Each segment emphasizes teamwork, empirical research, and adherence to academic standards including APA style for citations.

1. INF 220 Week 2 Assignment Source of Competitive Advantage
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INF 220 Week 2 Assignment Source of Competitive Advantage
This team assignment is meant to provide experience with real-world
applicability in working in teams.
The “Sources of Competitive Advantage” image above shows the focus
of competitive advantage for seven companies:
Toyota focuses on quality as its competitive advantage.
IBM focuses on service as its competitive advantage.
Wal-Mart focuses on low cost as its competitive advantage.
Coca-Cola focuses on its proprietary products as its competitive
advantage.

2. Apple focuses on innovation as its competitive advantage.
Nike focuses on brand recognition as its competitive advantage.
Nintendo focuses on value as its competitive advantage.
You will develop a five-slide team PowerPoint (not including title and
references slides) that analyzes the sources of competitive advantage for
your chosen organization. Your analysis content will be as specified in
the chart below. Include citations to support your points throughout the
presentation.
Step 1: Meet your teammates in the designated Team Project Workspace
(below Week Five in the left navigation bar).
Step 2: Check in with your teammates in the designated Team Project
Workspace no later than Day 2 (Wednesday) of Week Two.
Step 3: You can determine whether to work within the Team Project
Workspace discussion area or via email,
phone, or Google Hangouts (https://hangouts.google.com/). Your
instructor may require you to connect in the discussion area for
participation points. Check with your instructor before deciding this. No

3. matter how you connect, it is critical that you all participate equally in
this team project.
Step 4: Determine who will be responsible for each portion of your
project. The instructor will not assign the parts. This is what you are
required to complete as a team:
Research the Ashford University Library and the Internet as needed
Put the PowerPoint presentation slides together
Write the speaker notes
Create the required citations
Upload the assignment to Waypoint (only one person needs to submit
the work for the whole team. Step 5: Create your team PowerPoint. Your
analysis content will be as specified in the chart below. Include citations
to support your points throughout the presentation.
Slide 1: Include title of the team PowerPoint, course name and number,
instructor’s name, date submitted, and names of team members.

4. Slide 2: As a team, select a company from the list of organizations listed
above that integrates information systems to support its business
strategies. Describe the business mission and goals of your chosen
organization.
Slide(s) 3-4: As a team, describe how information systems create
competitive advantages for your chosen organization. Analyze and
identify the types and functions of systems used in the organization.
Slide 5: What different types of data make up “big data” for your chosen
company? Describe the big data (what it is and how it is used). Big is a
term that describes extremely large data sets that may be analyzed
computationally to reveal patterns, trends, and associations. Examples of
big data may include data in a company’s customer service department
used to solve customer problems or a company’s use of stock market or
competitive intelligence data to predict the future (Hint: You can find
examples of big data used by the organization by reviewing data reports
on the “Investors” or “Our Investors” tab of the organization’s website).
Justify your answers.
Slide 6: Conclusion
Slide 7: Reference list
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5. INF 220 Week 2 Discussion 1 Information Systems For
Competitive Advantage
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INF 220 Week 2 Discussion 1 Information Systems: For Competitive
Advantage
Kyle Wong, our guest speaker, speaks to how his organization integrated
differentiation, innovation, and the Internet to gain competitive
advantage (INF220 Week Two Information Systems - For Competitive
Advantage). Using Michael Porter’s Model of Competitive Advantage,
analyze how you feel Pixlee uses information systems for its customers’
competitive advantage. Hint: See the Competitive Advantage Strategies
in the “Business Use of Information Systems” chart in the Weekly
Lecture. Give examples to illustrate your answer. Provide justification
and citations for your points.
Guided Response: Review several of your peers’ posts. Respond to at
least two of your peers and provide recommendations to extend their
thinking. Challenge your peers by asking a question that may cause them
to reevaluate their evaluation of Pixlee’s use of information systems for

6. its customers’ competitive advantage. Provide examples that support
your peers’ explanations.
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INF 220 Week 3 Assignment The Internet of Things (IoT)
Product Proposal
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INF 220 Week 3 Assignment The Internet of Things (IoT) Product
Proposal
The Internet of Things allows objects to be sensed and controlled
remotely across existing network infrastructure, creating opportunities
for more direct integration between the physical world and computer-
based systems, and resulting in improved efficiency, accuracy, and
economic benefit.
The IoT products and solutions in each of these markets have different
characteristics:

7. Manufacturing:
By networking machinery, sensors, and control systems together, the
IoT intelligent systems enable rapid manufacturing of new products,
dynamic response to product demands, and real-time optimization of
manufacturing production and supply chain networks.
Media:
The combination of analytics for conversion tracking with behavioral
targeting and programmatic media has unlocked a new level of precision
that enables display advertising to be focused on the devices of people
with relevant interests.
Environmental Monitoring:
Environmental monitoring applications of the IoT typically utilize
sensors to assist in environmental protection by monitoring air or water
quality, atmospheric or soil conditions, and even the movements of
wildlife and their habitats. Development of resource-constrained devices
connected to the Internet also means that other applications like
earthquake or tsunami early-warning systems can also be used by
emergency services to provide more effective aid.
Infrastructure Management:
The IoT infrastructure can be used to monitor any events or changes in
structural conditions that can compromise safety and increase risk. It can

8. also be utilized to schedule repair and maintenance activities in an
efficient manner by coordinating tasks between different service
providers and users of these facilities.
Energy Management:
It is expected that IoT devices will be integrated into all forms of
energy-consuming devices (switches, power outlets, bulbs, televisions,
etc.) and be able to communicate with the utility supply company in
order to effectively balance power generation and energy usage.
Medical and Healthcare Systems:
IoT devices can be used to enable remote health monitoring and
emergency notification systems. These health monitoring devices can
range from blood pressure and heart rate monitors to advanced devices
capable of monitoring specialized implants, such as pacemakers or
advanced hearing aids. Specialized sensors can also be equipped within
living spaces to monitor the health and general well-being of senior
citizens while also ensuring that proper treatment is being administered
as well as assisting people regain lost mobility via therapy.
Building and Home Automation:
IoT devices can be used to monitor and control the mechanical,
electrical, and electronic systems used in various types of buildings (e.g.,
public and private, industrial, institutions, or residential). Home
automation systems, like other building automation systems, are
typically used to control lighting, heating, ventilation, air conditioning,

9. appliances, communication systems, entertainment, and home security
devices to improve convenience, comfort, energy efficiency, and
security.
Transportation:
The IoT can assist in integration of communications, control, and
information processing across various transportation systems.
Application of the IoT extends to all aspects of transportation systems
(i.e. the vehicle, the infrastructure, and the driver or user). Dynamic
interaction between these components of a transport system enables inter
and intra vehicular communication, smart traffic control, smart parking,
electronic toll collection systems, logistic and fleet management, vehicle
control, and safety and road assistance.
Large-scale deployments:
There are several planned or ongoing large-scale deployments of the IoT
to enable better management of cities and systems. For example, Songdo
in South Korea, a fully equipped and wired smart city, is the first of its
kind and near completion. Nearly everything in this city is planned to be
wired, connected, and turned into a constant stream of data that would
be monitored and analyzed by an array of computers with little to no
human intervention. Another example of a large-scale deployment is the
one completed by New York Waterways in New York City to connect
all their vessels and be able to monitor them live 24/7.

10. Assignment Directions:
Review the list of IoT product characteristics for various markets. Select
a market from this list: Manufacturing, Media, Environmental
Monitoring, Infrastructure Management, Energy Management, Medical
and Healthcare Systems, Boiling and Home Automation, Transportation,
or Large-scale Deployments.
Provide a five- to seven-page paper that includes the following elements:
• Introduction
• Proposal of an Internet of Things product:
o What is the IoT proposed product?
oProvidethestatementofneedfortheIoTproduct.
oWhatelseisofferedsimilartotheproposedIoTproductinthemarket?
o
HowisyourproposedIoTideabetterordifferent?Identifythequalitiesthatmak
etheIoT
product better or different than other products.
• Description of your chosen market that could benefit from an IoT
product:
o DoestheIoTproduct

11. or
o IdentifyhowtheIoTproductsupportselectroniccommerce,business-to-
businesselectronic commerce, or business-to-consumer electronic
commerce in the market?
Identification of both pros and cons for the proposed IoT product (see
the “Pros and Cons of IoT” diagram above).
oWhataretheprosoftheproposedIoTproduct?
oWhataretheconsoftheproposedIoTproduct?
Conclusion
Reference List
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INF 220 Week 3 DQ 1 Information Systems In a Rapidly
Changing Digital World

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INF 220 Week 3 DQ 1 Information Systems In a Rapidly Changing
Digital World
Our guest speaker for this week, Josh Oakhurst, speaks to Internet of
Things (IoT) solutions for competitive advantage (INF220 Week Three
Information Systems - In a Rapidly Changing Digital World). After
viewing our guest speaker’s presentation and reading the highlights of
“IoT Benefits and Risks” in the Instructor Guidance, what is your
position regarding the advantages of IoT integration toward business
competitive advantage? Are you for or against continuous integration
directions of IoT solutions? Give examples to illustrate your answer.
Provide justification and citations for your points.
Guided Response: Review several of your peers’ posts. Respond to at
least two of your peers and provide recommendations to extend their
thinking. Challenge your peers by asking a question that may cause them
to reevaluate their stance on IoT solutions. Provide examples that
support your peers’ explanations or that provide a different perspective.
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13. INF 220 Week 4 Assignment Software Development Life Cycle
– Personal Task Application PowerPoint
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INF 220 Week 4 Assignment Software Development Life Cycle –
Personal Task Application PowerPoint
In Chapter 9 of our course text, you studied the phases of the System
Development Life Cycle (SDLC). Use the steps of the SDLC to describe
the process of accomplishing a task that is of interest to you. Your task
can be any task and does not have to be related to an IT system.
Examples might be to take a trip; buy a house, car, or something else;
get a degree; learn how to do something; plan a party; bake a cake; or
just about anything else. The idea here is to come up with some concrete
examples of the abstract concepts of the SDLC to show that you really
understand what each step involves.
The SDLC has five primary phases:
Systems Planning and Selection

14. Systems Analysis
Systems Design
Systems Implementation and Operation
Systems Maintenance
After you have formulated your task and described each step, present
your information in a PowerPoint presentation with a minimum of six
slides (This is in addition to the title and reference list slides).
Presentation requirements:
You should have a title slide, a table of contents slide, and a reference
list slide.
You should have at least one slide for each of the SDLC phases. Use the
SDLC phase to title these slides:

15. System Planning and Selection, Systems Analysis, Systems Design,
Systems Implementation and
Operation, and Systems Maintenance. Include speaker points in each
slide.
Your presentation should have at least two relevant images in it.
Your summary slide(s) should answer the following question:
Why is it important to integrate the SDLC process?
The Software Development Life Cycle – Personal Task Application
PowerPoint Assignment
Must have a minimum of six slides (not including title and references
pages) and formatted according to
APA style as outlined in the Ashford Writing Center.
Must include a separate title page with the following:
o TitleofPowerPoint

16. o Student’sname
o Course name and number oInstructor’sname
o Datesubmitted
Must use at least two scholarly sources in addition to the course text.
TheScholarly,PeerReviewed,andOtherCredibleSourcestableoffersadditio
nalguidanceon
appropriate source types. If you have questions about whether a specific
source is appropriate for this assignment, please contact your instructor.
Your instructor has the final say about the appropriateness of a specific
source for a particular assignment.
Must document all sources in APA style as outlined in the Ashford
Writing Center.
Must include a separate references page that is formatted according to
APA style as outlined in the Ashford Writing Center.
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INF 220 Week 4 DQ 1 Information Systems Development
Approaches

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INF 220 Week 4 DQ 1 Information Systems Development Approaches
Our guest speaker, Karla Lewis, described functionality of a shared
services infrastructure data center (INF220 Week Four Information
Systems - Infrastructure Development Approaches Part One and INF220
Week Four Information Systems - Infrastructure Development
Approaches Part Two). The Instructor Guidance discusses six categories
of benefits from integrating shared services in the organization. Using
these categories, discuss the benefits of the shared services provided by
Karla Lewis’s organization. Give examples to illustrate your answer.
Provide justification and citations for your points.
Guided Response: Review several of your peers’ posts and respond to at
least two of your peers. Provide recommendations to extend their
thinking. Challenge your peers by askin
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INF 220 Week 5 DQ 1 Information Systems Security, Ethical,
and Social Impacts

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INF 220 Week 5 DQ 1 Information Systems Security, Ethical, and
Social Impacts
Regarding the discussion of growing information systems security
impacts, our guest speaker, Dr. RajinKoonjbearry, states, “I anticipate
it’s going to get worse before it gets better” (INF220 Week Five
Information Systems - Security, Ethical, and Social Impacts Part Two).
What supporting content does Dr. Koonjbearry provide to justify his
position? Our Instructor Guidance highlights security breach predictions
provided by the Experian data breach. Are these predictions in
agreement with Dr. Koonjbearry’s position? After reading and watching
our required course material, do you agree with Dr. Koonjbearry’s
position? Why or why not? Give examples to illustrate your answer.
Provide justification and citations for your points.
Guided Response: Review several of your peers’ posts. Respond to at
least two of your peers and provide recommendations to extend their
thinking. Challenge your peers by asking a question that may cause them
to reevaluate their explanations. Provide examples that support your
peers’ explanations or that provide a different perspective.
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19. INF 220 Week 5 Final Project - IT System Recommendation
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INF 220 Week 5 Final Project - IT System Recommendation
For the Final Project, you are asked to write an eight-to ten-page
research report (typed, double-spaced) in which you describe a company
of your choice, the nature of its business, a specific product or service,
and how that product or service is produced and distributed by the
company and then recommend the information technology system you
think should be in place and why. Address the following questions in
narrative form (according to APA style). Be sure to provide examples
and supporting rationale throughout the paper.
Company Background and Information Systems
What is the name, nature of business, and specific products or services
of your chosen organization?

20. How are the products or services produced and distributed by the
company?
Why are information systems essential in managing the organization’s
business?
Describe the existing information systems supporting the major business
functions of the organization
(e.g., sales and marketing, manufacturing and production, accounting,
human resources, etc.)
Information Technology Recommendation
• What is your recommendation for the information technology systems
you think should be in place and why? Your recommendation should
include the following: o Informationneeds:
information systems?
Needforsystemautomation

21. o Benefits of the proposed system (savings, quality improvements, faster
processing, etc.) o Types of database data elements (data, images,
photographs, sound, video, etc.)
o ooo
Networkingandinteractiveprocessing
Centralizationversusdecentralization End-usercomputingneeds
Your recommendation to develop or acquire the system software
Potential Security Threats
• Describe the various threats and security threats to the proposed
information system. What security controls are required to address the
threats?
Social, Political, and Diversity Impacts
Summarize the social and political issues raised by the proposed
information system.
Discuss the impact of diversity to the development and management of
the proposed information system.

22. Conclusion
References
The Final Project – IT System Recommendation
Must be eight to ten double-spaced pages in length (not including title
and references pages) and
formatted according to APA style as outlined in the Ashford Writing
Center.
Must include a separate title page with the following:
o Titleofpaper
o Student’sname
o Course name and number oInstructor’sname
o Datesubmitted
Must use at least three scholarly sources in addition to the course text.

23. The Scholarly, Peer Reviewed, and Other Credible Sources table of fers
additional guidance on appropriate source types. If you have questions
about whether a specific source is appropriate for this assignment, please
contact your instructor. Your instructor has the final say about the
appropriateness of a specific source for a particular assignment.
Must document all sources in APA style as outlined in the Ashford
Writing Center.
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