Assignment 2 Description Marks out of Wtg(%) Due date Assignment 2 100 25 26 May 2017 SPECIFICATION ENTERPRISE DESKTOP APPLICATION PROPOSAL WRITTEN REPORT For the purposes of this Assignment 2 you are now the CIO of the multi-national company (you identified in Assignment 1). As the CIO you are impressed with the concept of the Desktop Application presented to you in Assignment 1 by the Manager, and have commissioned, on your behalf, a senior member of your ICT department to prepare a comprehensive report to the CFO of the company presenting a case for the strategic development, implementation and integration of the application within the existing organizational and information systems framework. There are a number of technical and non-technical issues that need to be fully researched and investigated in writing up your report with specific reference to the proposed Application from Assignment 1. Clearly state any assumptions you have had to make in attempting to address any of the topics. Also please note that in keeping within the page length restrictions you give due weighting and consideration to each of the topics based on your own determinations. The report will include: 1. The problem 2. The concept and solution (do not repeat the UI diagrams from Assignment 1) 3. Key features of the Desktop Application 4. Business case 5. Target audience 6. Strategic alignment within the organization's business and IT strategies 7. Value proposition and other benefits 8. Infrastructure requirements including 8.1. Development platforms 8.2. Coding languages and tools 8.3. Use of cloud services 9. Software design, development and testing strategies 10. Internationalization for a global market Page 4 of 6 11. Social media integration strategies 12. Risk management - privacy, security, confidentiality, ethical issues etc. 13. Deployment and integration strategies 14. User acceptance and change management 15. Legacy systems 15.1. Database integration 15.2. Enterprise data integration 16. Maintenance 17. Future opportunities and enhancements 18. Recommendations and conclusion 1. The maximum number of pages for Assignment 2 is ten (10) EXCLUDING the title page, executive summary, table of contents, list of references, and appendices. 2. There must be evidence in your report that your application is directly related to the organization/industry/business/service that you have been assigned. Failure to do so will result in zero marks being awarded for this assignment.