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FIT3174 IT STRATEGY AND GOVERNANCE
Assignment 1: A critical assessment of IT strategy
Value: This assignment is worth 20% of your final assessment in the unit.
Type of Assignment: Group (group of two from the same tutorial)
Submission Date: Friday, 8 April 2022, 4:30pm
Submission of the Assignments: Your assignment should be submitted to Moodle/Turnitin.
The file names should contain Unit Code, assignment number and your group ID, similar to
the following example:
Only one of the group members will need to upload the assignment file on Moodle for the
group, but all members must click the 'submit' button to accept the student submission
statement.
Learning outcomes:
Demonstrate the capability to develop IT strategies which are consistent with the corporate
strategy of business organisations, and to describe how IT strategies can be applied to
improve IT function and organisational performance.
Broad Assignment Aims:
This assignment is designed to assess your understanding of IT capabilities and how
organisations can employ the IT portfolio for executing strategies. Students are required to
demonstrate their understanding of how various technologies can support organisational
value-chains.
This assignment is a case study approach to general problem solving (which involves
problem analysis and solution planning), also applicable in IT strategy uses. The knowledge
you need to apply is all linked to planning an IT strategy (lesson 1 - 5).
Students are provided with the initial resources needed for the assessment. You are required
to seek additional material from a variety of sources. You must specify any sources used in
the submission using appropriate referencing styles.
Report Outline:
A recommended report outline is as follows:
Title page (with assignment title, student name, Group ID, unit code, tutors name)
Table of contents
Introduction section, e.g., purpose, scope
Body (responses to the assignment tasks)
o Introduction to the business/organisation
o Analysis of cases’ current and/or future technologies capabilities
o Evaluation of the IT and/or business strategy
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o Implementation of risk management
Conclusion e.g. summarise strategies highlights, how proposed strategies fulfil the
purpose you mentioned in the Introduction; the implications of not having this integrated
business and IT plan put in place, future directions.
One single aggregated reference list at the end of the document.
Appendix – indicating each person’s contributions in any of the following areas, in a
reasonable style: conceptualisation, desk research, analysis, writing-up, and editing.
References:
Students are encouraged to search for relevant extra readings and draw on suitable literature
from academic publications as well as practitioner outlets. All sources of information must be
fully and appropriately acknowledged using in-text citation and reference list. The reference
section should use the American Psychological Association (APA) style of referencing.
Late Submissions:
Late submissions will be penalised as stated in the submission link in Moodle.
Assignment Assessment Criteria:
Your submission will be evaluated in terms of the following criteria:
Depth of analysis.
Completeness and correctness of arguments.
Clarity of expression.
Use of appropriate references to support arguments.
Group Assignment:
This assignment promotes students’ collaborations via group work – collaboration of two
students per group. Students must form their group within the same tutorial, the latest being
the end of Week 4. You will choose your group via the Assignment One Groups (see Moodle
Assessments page).
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Students will be graded as a group. Every student in the group is required to actively
participate and contribute to the assignment. These would be used as a basis for marks
adjustment for the final score (if necessary) of the assignment. At the end of the assignment,
all students must complete their Peer Assessment (to be made available in Moodle)
confidentially and individually. Failure to complete the assignment peer assessment by the
due date might result in a lower mark for the final score.
Instructional Guidelines
There are two parts in this assignment. In the first part, you need to analyse the case provided.
Discuss the organisation’s nature of business, their IT capabilities, and critique the strategies
discussed. In part two, you will choose a case organisation, then based on your research about
the case organisation, apply the knowledge learnt to date in this unit to develop an
IT/business strategy.
You are required to seek information beyond the resource provided below. However, you are
not required to contact the organisation for information. You may make reasonable
assumptions, justify them in the report, and support them with appropriate references.