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1) DB (week 6)<\/p>\n
Based upon the recommendations you plan to make for your week six written assignment, use the attached spreadsheet to create a financial case for your recommendations. Return on investment template.xlsx<\/a>In your posting, describe your recommendations and attach the return on investment spreadsheet with your costs and benefits. The following resources may help you:<\/p>\n Video: Return on investment<\/a> explains calculating return on investment, which is critically important before choosing specific IT initiatives. Students will be updating the financial case for the week seven written strategy.<\/p>\n 2) Strategic Analysis paper (Week 6)<\/p>\n Please choose one<\/u> of these ten business case studies:<\/p>\n A Sweet Breakfast Memory That Connects With the Wrong Market<\/a><\/p>\n Seeking Even Faster Growth, an E-Commerce Company Stumbles<\/a><\/p>\n A Business Owner Seeks an Alternative to Seven-Day Workweeks<\/a><\/p>\n A Business Owner Who Backed Off Tries to Step Back In<\/a><\/p>\n A Wholesaler Finds Himself in Competition With Retail Clients<\/a><\/p>\n Meeting the Demand for Quirky Objects<\/a><\/p>\n Helping One Big Client, but Wanting to Spread Out<\/a><\/p>\n Can Chasing Small Customers Lead to Larger Profits<\/a><\/p>\n Irrational Design, a San Francisco Start-Up, Tries to Fly Solo<\/a><\/p>\n Looking to Expand, but Fearing It, Too<\/a><\/p>\n Please watch Creating Winning IT Strategies video,<\/a> which describes how to create an IT strategy. Because the PowerPoint slides in the video are a little hard to read, a copy of the slides is attached here: Gartner-IT Strategy.pptx<\/a><\/p>\n In developing your recommendations for the case study this week, please refer to the resources from previous weeks. A list of all the videos and other resources can be found under the Strategy Resources link on the main menu in this Blackboard course. You can reference these resources in your paper, but you must also reference at least 3 peer-reviewed articles.<\/p>\n 3) DB (week 7)<\/p>\n After a project is successfully implemented, the resulting systems may be operational for several years. IT enhancements are often run as a series of small projects. Businesses generally want more enhancements than is affordable. Based on economic and technical feasibility considerations, and frameworks like the Balanced Scorecard, describe a process for deciding how you would plan to keep systems and the skills of your staff up to date. The following resources may help you:<\/p>\n Read: Chapter 13 – Project Management and SDLC Chapter 13 – Project Management and SDLC.pptx<\/a>Video: What is Portfolio Management vs. Project Management?<\/a> explains the difference between project management and portfolio management. 4) Strategic analysis paper (Week 7)<\/p>\n Attached Files:<\/p>\n
<\/a>Article: Return on investment<\/a> explains return on investment.<\/p>\n\n
Video: Project Portfolio Management Defined<\/a> describes managing a portfolio of projects.<\/p>\n