This assignment consists of three (4) sections: a written project plan, revised business requirements document, project plan PowerPoint presentation, and a finalized project plan. You must submit the four (4) sections as separate files for the completion of this assignment. Label each file name according to the section of the assignment it is written for. Additionally, you may create and / or assume all necessary assumptions needed for the completion of this assignment.

While taking all business and project parameters into consideration, make quality assumptions to support the following requirements.

Section 1: Written Project Plan

You are now in the final stage of the project plan development. All previous documentation should be combined into one document that will serve as the statement of work for the project. Your goal is to have the project approved by the executive team. The project plan should be very detailed, which is designed to accomplish the monumental task of implementation; however, the executive team is only interested in a 30-minute summation. Therefore, you also must create a compelling executive summary that is supported by your detail that convinces the executive team that they should move forward with your solution.

1. Develop a thirty to forty (30-40) page project plan in which you:

• Write a five to ten (5-10) page executive summary that provides a high-level technical overview of your project in which you:
  • Describe the scope of the project and control measures.
  • Describe the goals and objectives of the project.
  • Include a high-level overview of all project deliverables.
  • Give a detailed, realistically estimated cost analysis of the entire project, including human capital.
  • Relate the value of the project plan solution to the competitive advantage that information technology will afford your organization.
  • Recommend solution providers who can assist with development and implementation.
• Combine all previous documentation for Project Deliverables 1-5 in which you:
  • Provide all aspects of the information technology implementation into the project plan.
  • Revise the documentation based on feedback from the earlier evaluation of your deliverable.
• Use at least five (5) quality resources in this assignment. Note: Wikipedia and similar Websites do not qualify as quality resources.

Section 1 of this assignment must follow these formatting requirements:

• Be typed, double spaced, using Times New Roman font (size 12), with one-inch margins on all sides; citations and references must follow APA or school-specific format. Check with your professor for any additional instructions.
• Include a cover page containing the title of the assignment, the student’s name, the professor’s name, the course title, and the date. The cover page and the reference page are not included in the required assignment page length.
• Include charts or diagrams created in MS Visio or Dia as an appendix of the project plan. All references to these diagrams must be included in the body of the project plan.                              

Section 2: Revised Business Requirements Document

1. Document all revisions made to the written project plan in the Document Control section of the business requirements document from Project Deliverable 2: Business Requirement. Note: This documentation must outline the revisions made to the previous deliverables required in Section 1: Written Project Plan.

Section 3: Project Plan PowerPoint Presentation

Additional to your detailed executive summary you must present your findings to the executive team and the venture capital group that along with the executive summary will convince the group that your solution is optimal.

1. Create a ten to fifteen (10-15) slide PowerPoint presentation in which you:

• Illustrate the concepts from your executive summary in Section 1 of this assignment.
• Create bulleted speaking notes for your presentation to the executive board in the Notes section of the PowerPoint. Note: You may create or assume any fictitious names, data, or scenarios that have not been established in this assignment for a realistic flow of communication.
• Use a professional technically written style to graphically convey the information.

Section 4: Finalized Project Plan

Use Microsoft project to:

1. Finalize your project plan from Project Deliverable 5: Infrastructure and Security to include all necessary changes in assumptions, tasks, and / or subtasks.

“Developing a More Agile Approach”

• Speculate on why corporate culture plays a critical role in developing a more agile product development approach. Provide one (1) real-world example of the role that corporate culture plays in agile product development to support your response.
• Watch the video titled, “Criticisms of Agile” located in Section 1.19 of Module 1 in MindEdge. Agree or disagree with the following statement: Agile methodology and debate the notion that agile approaches neglect the long-term view of product quality and often forget about future maintenance of products. Provide a rationale for your response.

You can select any one topic

Write an original research report consisting of one of the following topic areas: 

1) Virtual Organizations

2) Network Organizations

3) Spin-out Organizations

4) Ambidextrous Organizations

5) Front-Back Organizations

6) Sense and Response Organizations.

The following outline (unrelated to the subject matter of the research report) may help in your understanding of the research report via analysis & synthesis.

1)    Introduction:

a)    Introduce the 2 DB implementations plans. Add history and relative significance of each consumer and DB products.

b)    One implementation should be a database that was essentially successful.

c)    The second implementation should be a database that had significant “challenges”.

d)    What type of research papers was used (case study, empirical, etc.)?

2)    Describe, compare/contrast, and evaluate two (2) database – ANALYSIS

a)    What is the problem driving the implementation? What is ‘going wrong’ or what ‘problem’ was expected to be addressed?

b)    What were the implementation  requirements

i)      Expectations

ii)    Project requirements

iii)  DB requirements

iv)  Planed resources & time expectations

c)    What were the risks and impact if the implementation failed?

3)    Provide a SYNTHESIS of the 2-implementation plans. 

a)    What specific issues addressed by article X were also addressed in article Y, and how do they compare?

b)    What issues addressed by article X (or Y) may have been addressed by an alternate solution?

4)    Findings

a)    What does your evidence show?

5)    Conclusions

a)    What make one DB implementation a success and the other have significant challenges?

b)    What mitigating factors were, or should have been, considered?

6)    Recommendations

a)    Future investigation

7)    Reference List  

Communication and Team Decision Making

Part 1: Sharpening the Team Mind: Communication and Collective Intelligence

A.    What are some of the possible biases and points of error that may arise in team communication systems? In addition to those cited in the opening of Chapter 6, what are some other examples of how team communication problems can lead to disaster?

B.      Revisit communication failure examples in Exhibit 6-1. Identify the possible causes of communication or decision-making failure in each example, and, drawing on the information presented in the chapter, discuss  measures that might have prevented problems from arising within each team’s communication system.

Part 2: Team Decision-Making: Pitfalls and Solutions

A.    What are the key symptoms of groupthink? What problems and shortcomings can arise in the decision-making process as a result of groupthink? 

B.    Do you think that individuals or groups are better decision-makers? Justify your choice. In what situations would individuals be more effective decision-makers than groups, and in what situations would groups be better than individuals?

Instructions

Use research from at least 3 academically reviewed journal articles to support your responses. No internet and other non academic articles should be used for these discussion questions. Be sure to support your work with specific citations from this week’s Learning Resources

Specific Instructions

Read a selection of your colleagues’ postings.

Respond to at least 3 your colleagues’ postings in one or more of the following ways:

• Ask a probing question, substantiated with additional background information,  research from academically reviewed journal articles.

• Share an insight from having read your colleagues’ postings, synthesizing the information to provide new perspectives.

• Offer and support an alternative perspective using readings from the classroom or from your own research in the Campbellsville University Library

• Validate an idea with your own experience and additional research.

• Make suggestions based on additional evidence drawn from readings or after synthesizing multiple postings.

• Expand on your colleagues’ postings by providing additional insights or contrasting perspectives based on readings and evidence.

Return to this Discussion several times to read the responses to your initial posting. Note what you have learned and/or any insights you have gained as a result of the comments your colleagues made.

 Search “scholar.google.com” for a company, school, or person that has been the target of a network
or system intrusion? What information was targeted? Was the attack successful? If so, what changes
were made to ensure that this vulnerability was controlled? If not, what mechanisms were in-place to protect against the intrusion. 

 Include at least 250 words in your posting and at least 250 words in your reply.  Indicate at least one source or reference in your original post. Please see syllabus for details on submission requirements.