You are working as an IS/ICT specialist for a major organization. You are head of the team future digitalization project. Your organization is looking to reduce the investment in IT and enable quicker...

You are working as an IS/ICT specialist for a major organization. You are head of the
team future digitalization project.
Your organization is looking to reduce the investment in IT and enable quicker time to
market solutions.
Your manager returns from a conference at which he was given a demonstration on the
role of cloud computing in the future of the industry. He is excited about this new
technological development and asks you to research the feasibility of changing your
organisation from a mostly on premise in-house supported solution model to a cloud
based computing environment. He currently shares with you the following concerns:
1. The major investment in the ERP solution which is now 5 years old requires a
lot of support and maintenance from skills you currently do not have in-house.
2. There is an aging CRM solution which is not mobile enabled and there is a
major upgrade available from the vendor which provides new features and
capabilities as well as a cloud computing option with managed services.
3. Recently there has been a lot of hype around the Internet of Things and as part
of this you are requested to determine if wearables would be appropriate within
the environment and how they could provide greater customer value.
For this assignment, you are allowed to choose any organisation to facilitate the
content of the assignment. In this course, there are three components which need to be
submitted as a professional business report (each report should be a complete
document in its own right) to the chief technology officer of the major organisation.
Assignment 1 (10 marks, world limit 800 words)
Due Dates: Refer to course website
Business Case
In this professional business report, you must at least cover the following points
adequately:
n Identify the components and purpose of the strategic plan to
address the above concerns;
n Identify the need for changes;
n Internal change drivers / influencers and assessments;
n External change drivers / influencers and assessments;
n Develop a current state of the organization; and
n Identification of critical success factors (CSF).
Assignment 2 (25 marks, world limit 1500 words)
Due Dates: Refer to course website
This is a follow up from Assignment 1. The CTO officer has approved your
business case document and they have now asked you to provide a professional
report on the “Strategic Planning” aspects of the project.
Strategy Planning
In this professional business report, you must at least cover the following points
adequately:
n Develop a future state of the organization;
n Articulate and identify the way to move from the current state to
the future state;
n Alignment with the organisation’s existing business strategies;
n Alignment with the organisation’s existing business processes;
n Strategic plan / conceptual design / Business case;
n Adoption and change management;
n Risk management;
n Governance – Stakeholders Management; and
n Governance – Costing and Budget Management.