Assignement IT management The objectives of this assessment involves the research and exploration of a specific IT topic Project Management. You should undertake your own research and reading, and locate several references to support your explanation. All references should be correctly cited using the APA referencing method. Your essay must be 1000- 1200 words (4-6 pages), and include at least 3 correctly cited tables, photographs, or quotes. Marks 1. Introduction Introduce your IT topic. Outline your desired future IT career pathway and relate this to your topic i.e. how could you incorporate this topic as part of your final Project or Internship? 5 2. Fully define your chosen topic, and discuss its merit with respect to productivity gains, earnings potential or cost savings, or other business or organisation benefits derived Place the topic into a business or organisational context. Illustrate your topic with a correctly referenced Business or IT model. Discuss Critical Success Factors for your topic – i.e. how can organizations make this work for them? Find one case study or example of this topic in operational use. 25 3. Historical progression Describe the evolution of your chosen topic, and try to predict its future. 5 4. IT Management Issues Show how this topic fits into the emerging “top IT issues” for CIO’s. Examine how your chosen topic fits the stages of IS growth model. How is this topic changing the management approach to IT? Discuss any systems thinking and modelling relevant to this topic. 10 5. Strategy How could your chosen system/topic be incorporated within an IT strategic plan? Discuss what strategies IT Managers should consider in order to exploit this topic to enhance future benefits, and/or control costs. 15 6. Alternatives Consider what other solutions or technologies have or might provide similar or better outcomes, or how management might more prudently meet their business requirements. 5 7. Presentation (slides + oral presentation) Prepare a 4-6 slide PowerPoint presentation with relevant graphics and illustrations. You will be allocated a 5 minute presentation slot within class time. 10 8. References [use APA standard referencing, Internet references should include an author’s name] 5 9. Professionalism. Well-constructed and presented; thorough check of grammar and spelling; demonstrate conceptual and systems thinking. 5