Page 1 of 6 CIS8000 Assignment 1 Description Marks out of Wtg(%) Due date Assignment 1 100 35 21 August 2017 SPECIFICATION ENTERPRISE MOBILE APP THE PITCH POWERPOINT PRESENTATION In this assignment 1 you are the Manager of a department in a global multinational company (the type of organization/industry/business/service will be assigned to you via an email from the course examiner) In the light of the increasing number of your employees using their own mobile devices (BYOD) for work purposes, you have come up with an idea for a smartphone mobile app for a particular problem that will help improve the workflow, communications and productivity of your staff, both in-house as well as with company employees across the globe. Using Microsoft PowerPoint or YouTube, develop a professional presentation to the CIO to convince him/her to provide the appropriate resources to realize the development, implementation and integration of your concept application into the Enterprise's App Store. The concept of the app does not have to be particularly sophisticated or innovative for the purposes of this course. We are more interested in the processes and issues involved rather than the end product itself, and the app is therefore to be considered only as a means to an end. So, if you unable to come up with an idea of your own, an adaptation of an existing product or solution is acceptable. Your pitch to the CIO will include:  Details about the organization/industry/business/service o Type (assigned to you) o Description of the organization o Description of department of which you are the Manager  The concept  The business drivers  The benefits  The target audience  A wireframe/prototype design of the user interfaces showing the app in its various steps and phases.  Detailed speaker notes with each slide, if using presentation software.Page 2 of 6 NOTES 1. In the design process, the best way to show customers, managers, and programmers the product you have in mind and want to create is to make a mockup of the views that compose the application user interface. 2. One of the first things you want to do to develop your app idea is to create a mockup of the app. A mockup, as the name implies, is a basic visual prototype of the look and feel of your app. Mockups serve two purposes, one is to test the core concepts of your app and the second is to serve as a blueprint to use when working with developers to build your app. A good mockup will lay out what every screen in your app looks like down to the buttons, colors and fonts and will illustrate how someone moves through the app to complete basic tasks. a. The course examiner has negotiated a free licence for the Balsamiq wireframe software which you are free to download and use (https://balsamiq.com/download/#). Explore the many resources (videos, tutorials, blogs, etc.) at this site. Licensing credentials are available on the CIS8000 Study Desk. b. Please note that you may use a mockup/wireframe/prototype tool of your choice. Provide basic details of the software you use with your submission. 3. If using PowerPoint, a. The expected number of slides is approximately 20 (twenty). b. Each slide in PowerPoint must include comprehensive speaker’s notes (in the Notes section) that expand on the bullet points and graphics on the slide. 4. If using YouTube, a. Limit the time to no more than 15 minutes. b. Submit only the link to the video – not the video itself. 5. Wireframe diagrams will be assessed for (1) Completeness, (2) Clarity, (3) Consistency, (4) Ease of use, (5) Creativity, and (6) Layout and Visual Appeal 6. There must be evidence in your presentation that your app 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. ASSIGNMENT SUBMISSION 1) The file naming guidelines are as follows: a. It is important that you use this convention to ensure that assignments can be tracked: Familyname_studentnumber_CIS8000_A1 i. Replace ‘familyname’ with YOUR family or surname ii. Replace ‘studentnumber’ with YOUR student number (which starts with ‘00’) 2) Submit your assignment using the Online Assignment Submission link on the Study Desk 3) Late submission of assignment work a. Late assignments will be penalised unless permission has been granted by the course leader BEFORE the assignment due date. Late assignments may be penalised by reducing the allocated mark by 5% per day late.Page 3 of 6 GENERAL REQUIREMENTS 1. The assignment must be the expression of your own work. It is acceptable to discuss course content with others to improve your understanding and clarify requirements, but solutions to this assignment must be done on your own. 2. You must not copy from, or collude with, anyone, including tutors and fellow students, nor provide copies of your work to others. Assignments that do not adhere to this requirement will be deemed as being the result of collusion or plagiarism. This may lead to severe academic penalties as outlined in Academic Regulation 5.10 of the USQ Handbook. It is your own responsibility to ensure the integrity of your work. Refer to the Faculty of Business policy for further details. 3. NOTE: Your assignment will be sent automatically to the plagiarism checking website Turnitin when you submit your assignment.Page 4 of 6 CIS8000 Assignment 2 Description Marks out of Wtg(%) Due date Assignment 2 100 35 16 October 2017 SPECIFICATION ENTERPRISE MOBILE APP BUSINESS CASE WRITTEN REPORT (approx. 5000 words) In this assignment, you assume the role of the enterprise’s CIO. As the CIO you are impressed with the concept of the app 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 business case for the strategic development, implementation and integration of the app 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 app from Assignment 1. The business case also typically documents changes to the nature of the enterprise’s business, business processes, people skills and competencies, enabling technology, and organisational structure. Enterprise mobile app development entails creating apps that require rules, roles and permissions; apps that interact with back-end transactional systems; and apps that meet security and privacy requirements. As all the topics listed below, may or may not apply to the proposal, you need to explain what they are, and how they would or would not affect the proposal. Clearly state any assumptions you have had to make in attempting to address any of the topics. The report will include:  Letter of transmittal  Cover sheet  Executive summary: This section should be completed after the rest of the document is finished and should be a succinct summary of all your major points; it should not contain any information that is not elsewhere in the document. Keep it concise. For the costs and benefits, summarise the main points and include sufficient detail so that your executive or approval committee can use this page as a ready reference.  Background: Provide a brief history of how the project came into being, and from where the authority and drive for it comes. Include background on the nature of the work conducted that explains why you want to take on the project.  Proposed solution: Summarise clearly here the problem that the project is aiming to address. This should highlight any previous analyses of the problem that have been donePage 5 of 6 and where the impetus for change exists; that is, where is the ‘pain’ and who is feeling it; and, if necessary, why your area or the department should be doing something about this and what are the likely consequences of not addressing the problem.  Cost analysis: Summarise the costs and supporting assumptions associated with the proposed solution, including ongoing costs  Strategic alignment within the organization's business and IT strategies: “A common cause of project failure is the lack of a clear link between the project and the organisation’s key strategic priorities, including agreed measures of success.” Provide the high-level, strategic objectives of the facility/organisation within which this project sits, or the overall objective of your division or department. Describe how the enterprise can take advantage of the potential changes caused by the proposed solution to empower its workers and help create a more effective organization.  Value proposition and other benefits: A value proposition is a positioning statement that explains what benefit you provide for who and how you do it uniquely well. It describes your target buyer, the problem you solve, and why your solution is distinctly better than the alternatives.  Project management and control: Who will oversee progress? Who will manage the project? How will the facility executive be kept informed of progress?  Infrastructure requirements: o Development platforms: Outline which development platforms the application will work on. IOS, Android etc. o Coding languages and tools: Describe which programming language and tools will be used to develop the application. o Cloud services: Will cloud services be used and how.  Software design, development methodologies and testing strategies  Internationalization for a global market  Social media integration strategies: How and why will the application be linked or integrated into social media. Look at social media API strategies to determine if there is anything relevant for your application.  Risk management - privacy, security, confidentiality, ethical issues etc.: Develop a risk profile for your application and identify the major risks. Provide a summary of the aggregated risk ratings, highlighting the major risks that will have an effect on the business objectives and benefits.  Integration and deployment strategies: How will your solution be integrated into other applications and systems, and deployed across the enterprise.  User acceptance and change management: How will you validate user acceptance and manage changes within the development and post development phases.  Maintenance: How will the product be updated and patched through its lifecycle.  Future opportunities and enhancements: Future roadmap for the proposal.  Recommendations and conclusion  List of references: Minimum 15 references.  AppendicesPage 6 of 6 NOTES 1. This assignment must follow the USQ guidelines for report writing. a. See: http://www.usq.edu.au/learningcentre/assignment-skills/writingassignments/report-writing and the Useful Links on the page. 2. The number words for Assignment 2 is approximately 5000 EXCLUDING the title page, executive summary, table of contents, list of references, and appendices. 3. There must be evidence in your report that your app 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. ASSIGNMENT SUBMISSION 4) The file naming guidelines are as follows: a. It is important that you use this convention to ensure that assignments can be tracked: Familyname_studentnumber_CIS8000_A2 i. Replace ‘familyname’ with YOUR family or surname ii. Replace ‘studentnumber’ with YOUR student number (which starts with ‘00’) 5) Submit your assignment using the Online Assignment Submission link on the Study Desk 6) Late submission of assignment work a. Late assignments will be penalised unless permission has been granted by the course leader BEFORE the assignment due date. Late assignments may be penalised by reducing the allocated mark by 5% per day late. GENERAL REQUIREMENTS 1. Ideas obtained from sources must be included in your discussion by expressing the idea in your words and citing the source using the Harvard Referencing style. 2. Direct quotes of more than five (5) words will not be considered a demonstration of your knowledge and will be assessed accordingly. 3. The assignment must be the expression of your own work. It is acceptable to discuss course content with others to improve your understanding and clarify requirements, but solutions to this assignment must be done on your own. 4. You must not copy from anyone, including tutors and fellow students, nor provide copies of your work to others. Assignments that do not adhere to this requirement will be deemed as being the result of collusion or plagiarism. This may lead to severe academic penalties as outlined in Academic Regulation 5.10 of the USQ Handbook. It is your own responsibility to ensure the integrity of your work. Refer to the Faculty of Business policy for further details. 5. NOTE: Your assignment will be sent automatically to the plagiarism checking website Turnitin when you submit your assignment.