Assignment title: Information


This assignment specifically addresses the following learning objectives of the course: LO5 Demonstrate effective communication by composing writing that communicates ideas, meaning and/or argument in a format that broadly follows conventions in the information systems field. LO6 Apply technology and online skills to locate relevant information for the assignments, analyse the presented problems and data, and engage in the use of the resources provided through the course site as well as USQ library. Submission This assignment is an individual submission. You are asked to submit the assignment simply though the link provided. This is similar to the submission procedure of Assignment A. You are encouraged to discuss the assignment solution path with others to improve your understanding and clarify requirements but you should develop the solution to the assignment on your own. Critical Analysis The CEO of the organisation (as specified in Assignment A) read through your submitted document and felt that there is some merit in pursuing the options suggested by you. The CEO wanted you to explore the options provided by you in depth so that 'personal health records' can be managed in his organisation, initially as a pilot project. The CEO provided a time total limit of 12 months (in the form of a pilot project) to explore the suggestions provided by you in Assignment A, and asked you to provide an implementation strategy within 90 days. The 12 months include the 90 days. The CEO is very interested in two specific aspects, namely – Information technology infrastructure required to implement the project and achieving operational excellence. These aspects are covered in the textbook from chapters 5 – 9. In addition to these two key aspects, the CEO would like your expert opinion on enhancement to decision making as well as managing a global market. These two additional aspects are to look into the future as the business expands beyond the 12 months to a period of an additional 24 months. Trough your report (Assignment A), the CEO understood that Personal Health Record consists of many issues to consider, policies to be developed or modified at organisational level, and new investments to be made to manage data security. The CEO appreciated the contents of the report and made a number of suggestions to improve the report so that it aligns with his organisation. Your markers will give this in the feedback form. For the purpose of this assignment, recognising the delay in sending this feedback to you, we ask you only to provide how the feedback can be addressed. See point 1 below under 'Submission Components'. In this assignment component, you are required to research a solution path for: 1. An implementation strategy for the project as a pilot; 2. A comprehensive analysis of information technology infrastructure required to conduct the pilot project; 3. Strategies to achieve operational excellence through the pilot project, and the key measurement criteria to provide evidence to achieving operational excellence through your solution; 4. A discussion on how your solution would enhance decision making in the organisation within the scope of this project; and 5. How a global market can be managed in the future so that the organisation can expand. The scope of this assignment is restricted to the following submission components: 1. Provide a report as how will be able to address the feedback provided by the CEO in your initial report (Assignment A) – 750 words 2. With this refinement (as in point 1 immediately above), analyse and discuss your solution path for the 5 points stated above (2000 words) 3. Provide a cost analysis to implement the pilot project. The cost analysis will have at least three cost models (best, medium, worst case scenarios) 4. Provide a detailed justification to the costs considered in the cost models and state why you chose those cost elements, and how they align with your solution path for the pilot project (750 words) The above components are presented to the CEO, therefore need to be precise, succinct and meaningful. The CEO also asked for your initial report and the feedback packaged as an appendix and attached so that he can recollect the salient points of the report you submitted and the feedback given to you. This should be in the appendix, in pdf format.