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CIS 500 – Information Systems for Decision-Making
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Case Study 2: Implementation Strategies
Due Week 7 and worth 175 points
Your proposed information system is still a contender. The executives, however, are asking whether it is
too limited to prevent the shadow IT projects that continue to take place throughout the organization.
They believe that you have considered what the organization does now, but how will your system adapt to
new products and processes? Read IQMS (2015) for a concrete example of what they mean.
You’ll have to quell their fears, so it’s time for another memo. Please focus on these points:
1. Identify any significant changes that your organization might reasonably make in its product
offerings in the next 3 years. Explain the competitive benefits of this change.
2. Explain how your information system addresses or can adapt to the introduction of these new
product offerings.
3. Give one reason why capabilities for the new product offerings should or should not be
incorporated in the initial information system design. Justify your reason.
This memo should be 3–5 pages long.
Reference:
IQMS. (2015). Quick Response Manufacturing Yields Lower Inventories & Improves cash flow. Retrieved
from https://www.iqms.com/files/case-studies/quick-response-manufacturing .
https://www.iqms.com/files/case-studies/quick-response-manufacturing
https://www.iqms.com/files/case-studies/quick-response-manufacturing
CIS 500 – Information Systems for Decision-Making
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Grading for this assignment will be based on answer quality, logic / organization of the paper, and
language and writing skills, using the following rubric.
Points: 175 Case Study 2: Implementation Strategies
Criteria
Unacceptable
Below 70% F
Fair
70-79% C
Proficient
80-89% B
Exemplary
90-100% A
1. Identify any significant
changes in its product
offerings that your
organization might
reasonably make over
the next 3 years. Explain
the competitive benefits
of this change.
Weight: 30%
(52.5 points)
Inadequate
prediction of
changes in product
offerings
Limited explanation
of competitive
benefits of change
in product offerings
Somewhat
predicted changes
in product offerings.
Somewhat
explained the
competitive benefits
of this change in
product offerings.
Predicted significant
changes in product
offerings
Explained the
competitive benefits
of these changes in
product offerings
Described the
sustainability of the
information system
against any
potential changes in
the marketplace
Proposed ideas for
adapting the system
to change
2. Explain how your
information system
addresses or can adapt
to the introduction of
these new product
offerings.
Weight: 30%
(52.5 points)
Did not explain how
the information
system addresses
new product
offerings
Inadequate
explanation of how
the information
system can adapt to
some of new
product offerings
Explained how the
information system
addresses new
product offerings
Somewhat
described how the
information system
can adapt to some
of new product
offerings
Explained how the
information system
addresses the
introduction of each
new product
offering
Described how the
information system
can adapt to each
new product
offering
Demonstrated what
considerations were
made for the
system to be
adaptable and
flexible to unknown
changes
Included insight on
how the system
could be adopted
by the IT
department
3. Give one reason why
capabilities for the new
product offerings should
or should not be
incorporated in the initial
information system
design. Justify your
reason.
Weight: 30%
(52.5 points)
Limited evaluation
of capabilities of
each product
offering
Did not provide
adequate reason
why capabilities for
the new product
offerings should or
should not be
incorporated into
the initial system
design, and failed to
justify reasoning
Somewhat
evaluated the
capabilities of each
product offering
Provided one
reason why
capabilities for the
new product
offerings should or
should not be
incorporated into
the initial system
design, but failed to
justify reasoning
Evaluated the
capabilities of each
product offering
Provided one
reason why
capabilities for the
new product
offerings should or
should not be
incorporated into
the initial system
design. Justified the
reason.
Provided more than
one reason why
capabilities for the
new product
offerings should or
should not be
incorporated into
the initial system
design. Justified the
reasoning.
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4. Clarity, persuasion,
proper communication,
writing mechanics, and
formatting requirements
Weight: 10%
(17.5 points)
Unclear structure,
not persuasive,
major grammatical
errors
Somewhat clear
structure, limited
persuasion,
grammatical errors,
language too simple
or too wordy
Clear structure,
persuasive writing,
minor or no
grammatical errors,
length and format
within requirements,
plain language
No grammatical
errors, plain
language,
organized by topic,
references business
needs, connects to
technical specs,
persuasive