Assessment #2 - Group Strategy Paper
This is a group assignment where you will be formed into groups randomly by the course coordinator. Groups will be announced on the course web site after week 3.
Group Assignment
As a group of experts in IT Stakeholder Engagement you have been hired by the University of South Australia to devise a stakeholder engagement strategy for the roll-out of Office365 (including Email) for students, staff and alumni. Some stakeholder lobbyist believe that introducing cloud software could pose data security risks and are fearful of storing research data within OneDrive, while others are concerned about their data being backed up adequately.
In this formal strategy paper you are expected to review and understand potential stakeholders, benefits (both direct and indirect), consequences and actions required to implement this stakeholder engagement strategy for this project. Your strategy paper should detail a number of the topics (including models) that have been discussed within this course. You must provide supporting reference to any assertions made within this strategy paper. As this is a professional business paper (directed to the Vice Chancellor of UniSA), your paper should include:
• A title page
• A table of contents
• An executive summary
• An introduction
• A main section discussing the strategies you are identifying
• A conclusion including recommendations and action schedule / plan.
• Reference list
• Any further attachments / appendices as required
Notes:
• Any further characteristics of the project will be placed on the course web site to aid with assumptions for the project.
• It is expected that you will conduct research into the project to provide detailed analysis into the topics to be presented within your report. Utilise attachments / appendices to provide detailed analysis to support your assertions within the business paper.
• This assignment should be approximately 1500 words in length (excluding any attachments, appendices or reference listing). All papers are to be typed on A4 sized paper; Arial 10 font; single line spacing and one line spacing between paragraphs. It is also expected to include 6-8 academically qualified references and can come from varied sources. The Harvard referencing system must be used.
• As this is a group assignment, it is expected that virtual discussions will take place and you must use the forums provided on the course web site (these will be created upon the formation of the groups). Even participation of all group members is required. Each individual student is also required to submit a personal reflection report (approximately half a page). In your reflection describe the teamwork experience and process undertaken by the group, the individual contributions and quality input of the final group report. The formation of groups will be created for you and will be posted on the course site. Groups will be announced after week 3. Groups ideally will consist of approximately 3-4 students. You are required to network within your groups to ensure the success of this assessment.