ICTICT517 Match ICT Needs with Strategic Direction of Enterprise.

Assessment Task 1
Submission Details of Assessment
The assessment task is due on the date specified by your assessor. Any variations to this arrangement must be approved in writing by your assessor.
ICTICT517 Match ICT Needs with Strategic Direction of Enterprise.

Purpose of the Assessment
This task requires you to demonstrate skills and knowledge necessary to ensure information and communications technology (ICT) systems meet current and future enterprise requirements.

Assessment Description
Based on instructions from your trainer, learning materials, your own study and/or online research, answer following questions.

Instructions
1.Why is it important to analyse and document strategic plan of organisation against industry environment and organisational objectives?
2.List 3 techniques that can be used to determine and document current state of ICT systems and practices in an organisation?
3.What are the five commonly regarded steps of gap analysis?
4.Why is it important to evaluate impact of proposed changes to ICT systems and products against strategic objectives of organisation?
5.Why is it important to develop action plan to implement proposed changes including prioritised schedule and consistency with organisational policy and procedures?
6.What are key elements in an action plan?
7.List and briefly describe methods of evaluation and planning approaches to technical problems and strategic objectives?
8.List few (at least 3) tools/ techniques that can be used to evaluate competing and complementary internal and external ICT systems and products.
9.Briefly describe ways to keep track of current and emerging ICT systems and products trends and directions.

Assessment Task 2
Submission Details of Assessment
The assessment task is due on the date specified by your assessor. Any variations to this arrangement must be approved in writing by your assessor.

Purpose of the Assessment
This assessment task requires students to demonstrate their skills and knowledge in evaluating current strategic plan, propose changes, evaluate effect of changes and plan implementation of changes.

Assessment Description
This task requires students to demonstrate that they have skills and knowledge to review business strategic plan provided below, identify ICT gap, recommend changes, evaluate effect of changes and develop action plan for implementation.

Instructions
Recently you have been hired as an ICT consultant in BCC Design to review existing ICT systems and infrastructures of the organisation.

Your ICT Manager (your assessor) has asked you to review BCC Design’s strategic plan, objectives and directions (BCC Design Simulated Case Study) and do followings:

ICTICT517 Match ICT Needs with the Strategic Direction of The Enterprise Assignment-Western Sydney College.

• Evaluate current strategic plan and propose changes,
• Evaluate effect of changes and
• Plan implementation of changes

1.Analyse and document current strategic plan of BCC Design against industry environment and organisational objectives.
2.Review current ICT systems and practices and summarise your findings.
3.Compare BCC Design’s strategic plan objectives and current state of ICT. Determine ICT gaps, improvement opportunities and propose changes.
Use the Gap Analysis Report template (Appendix 2) provided by your assessor to complete this task.
4.Meet with your ICT Manager (your assessor) and discuss your gaps, improvement opportunities and proposed changes. Submit meeting notes as evidence of discussion and reporting.
5.Based on the discussion you have had with your manager (your assessor), you are now required to write a report.
Your report should address (but not limited to) followings:

• Evaluate impact of proposed changes to ICT systems and products against strategic objectives of organisation
• Evaluate the difficulty of implementing proposed changes to ICT systems and products
• Prioritised proposed changes that will assist in scheduling implementation
• Describe evaluation process

6.Meet with your ICT Manager (assessor) to discuss your report. Make changes if recommended. Submit notes of your meeting.

7.Develop action plan to implement your proposed changes in line with priority ranking and organisational policies and procedures. Your action plan must detail standards, targets, implementation methods etc.
See action plan template

8.Meet with your ICT Manager (assessor), provide actions plans for feedback, and make changes (if suggested).

9.Provide evidence of approval

10.Submit all evidences to your assessor within agreed time and manner.

Evidence checklist:

Summary of Changes

ICTICT517 Match ICT Needs with Strategic Direction of Enterprise