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• CMGT 578 Entire Course (UOP)

• CMGT 578 Week 1 DQs and Summary (UOP)

• CMGT 578 Week 1 DQs and Summary
• CMGT 578 Week 2 DQs and Summary
• CMGT 578 Week 2 Individual Assignment Outsourcing
  Paper
• CMGT 578 Week 3 DQs and Summary
• CMGT 578 Week 3 Individual Assignment Project
  Matrix
• CMGT 578 Week 4 DQs and Summary

• In his 2007 article, van Niekerk describes how IT
  can help manage corporate assets. What corporate
  assets does he suggest managing, and how do these
  assets give a company a strategic advantage? Is
  your organization using any of these techniques?
  Why or why not?

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• CMGT 578 Week 2 DQs and Summary (UOP)

• CMGT 578 Week 2 Individual Assignment Outsourcing
  Paper (UOP)

• Based on the Hugos (2007) article, why should the
  business analysis function not be outsourced?Why
  is understanding the primary function/mission of
  the organization important to the Current Status
  Assessment?What did you learn this week?

• Write a 35 page paper that discusses the various
  aspects of outsourcing the IT function from an
  organization. Address the following questions in
  your paper What are the determining factors
  that may lead to a decision to proceed with
  outsourcing? What factors might lead the manager
  to not consider outsourcing?

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• CMGT 578 Week 3 DQs and Summary (UOP)

• CMGT 578 Week 3 Individual Assignment Project
  Matrix (UOP)

• In his 2009 article, what are some of the
  software features Barlow describes that can help
  management control portfolio risk? How and why do
  these features help prioritize various corporate
  projects? Does your organization use any of these
  tactics in its IT prioritization and, if so, how
  effective are they? Why?

• Write a 4-5 page paper, prioritizing the IT
  project portfolio. The paper must evaluate each
  identified project against the following
  criteriaThe project drives or creates more
  revenue for the corporation. The project cuts the
  cost of doing business. The project is mandated
  by federal, state, county, or local laws or
  executive orders. The competitor has undertaken a
  similar project.

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• CMGT 578 Week 4 DQs and Summary (UOP)

• CMGT 578 Week 4 Individual Assignment Budget
  Analysis (UOP)

• Based on Collins (2007) article, why is it
  important to consider innovation when developing
  the model of a future technology
  environment?Based on Lanz (2007) article, why
  is risk assessment an integral part of project
  planning?What did you learn this week?

• Amend the Riordan IT budget, according to the
  following requirements (in this order) and submit
  this spreadsheetIncrease spending on items
  related to hardware, software, and outside IT
  support services by 4 percent.Decrease the
  overall budget by 2 percent.Write a 46 page
  paper that presents your revised budget. Explain
  your rationale for any changes you made to the
  budgeted amounts

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• CMGT 578 Week 5 DQs and Summary (UOP)

• CMGT 578 Week 5 Individual Assignment
  Transnational IT Operations Paper (UOP)

• In his 2009 article, what three factors does
  Enderwick think could change a companys
  international strategy and what do they entail?
  If a company does plan on implementing any of
  these strategies, what effects will it have on
  the IT infrastructure strategy, and why may it
  affect it this way?What did you learn this week?

• Write a 46 page paper about various aspects,
  advantages, disadvantages, and issues related to
  transnational IT operations. Address the
  followingTransfer of work, quality issues,
  global networking, and service levelsCultural
  diversity, languages, technological
  infrastructures, local customs, and control issues

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• CMGT 578 Week 6 DQs (UOP)

• CMGT 578 Week 6 Learning Team Paper and
  Presentation (UOP)

• In the 2007 article, Krishnan makes several
  points about the relationships between IT and the
  business line departments. What does he say are
  the major reasons for this disconnect? How can it
  be fixed? Finally, why is fixing the disconnect
  important to IT strategic planning?Discuss the
  importance of aligning IT strategy with business
  strategy. How can doing this help both IT and the
  organization as a whole? What are the
  implications for change in an organization? Why?

• Complete and submit your five-year IT strategic
  plan for the Riordan Manufacturing planned move.
  The plan must be 1015 pages in length, and must
  include the following informationA discussion
  about the important factors that need to be
  considered by the IT department in preparing for
  and executing the planned move.

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