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Enterprise IT Strategy Consultancy (Capstone Project)

BSAD 485
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Maple League of Universities
Maple League of Universities
Quebec City, Quebec, Canada
David Mattie
Assistant Professor
2
Timeline
  • September 28, 2020
    Experience start
  • October 14, 2020
    Project Scope Meeting
  • October 28, 2020
    Sprint 1 of 3
  • November 11, 2020
    Sprint 2 of 4
  • November 25, 2020
    Sprint 3 of 3
  • December 3, 2020
    Experience end
Experience
6/5 project matches
Dates set by experience
Preferred companies
Anywhere
Any
Any industries
Categories
Information technology Operations Project management Product or service launch Marketing strategy
Skills
it consultancy it strategy system architecture digital marketing systems analysis
Learner goals and capabilities

Are you looking for a strategic perspective on how your organization can effectively deploy and leverage information technology (IT) as part of your corporate strategy?

As an IT Strategy is required to define an IT vision and a strategic roadmap for developing IT capabilities that are in line with your corporate strategy, business strategy, business objectives and goals, a team of students will analyse the IT component of your corporate strategy to find gaps, or areas requiring improvement or optimization, and build a plan to address the issues found and maximize your business performance.

Learners
Undergraduate
Any level
25 learners
Project
72 hours per learner
Learners self-assign
Teams of 5
Expected outcomes and deliverables

The deliverables will vary by project, but may include (but is not limited to) a working prototype, a strategic plan, a strategic competitive analysis deliverable, or a blueprint for IT investment.

At a minimum, the following will be delivered:

  1. Terms of Reference: Students will create a scoping document outlining the objectives of the project, background understanding and deliverable plan.
  2. Project Plan: Students will meet with organization representative(s) to devise the work breakdown, project milestones and prepare a detailed plan for completion of the project.
  3. Project Execution: Students will work on deliverables outlined in the project plan. Teams will periodically communicate with organization representative(s) as needed to complete project tasks.
  4. Outcome: The final deliverables for this project will be determined in the initial set of meetings with the instructor. Based upon your organization's needs, the deliverables will be set after the engagement has started.
Project timeline
  • September 28, 2020
    Experience start
  • October 14, 2020
    Project Scope Meeting
  • October 28, 2020
    Sprint 1 of 3
  • November 11, 2020
    Sprint 2 of 4
  • November 25, 2020
    Sprint 3 of 3
  • December 3, 2020
    Experience end
Project Examples

As Enterprise Systems are strategic resources that is expensive, risky to implement and changes rapidly, extracting value from such systems requires that an organization have the right human resources, develops effective and adaptive strategic plans, deploys the right technical architecture and employs a robust implementation process.

This September, a group of student-consultants will work towards leveraging IT and digital technologies to maximize your business performance. This includes strategy formulation and implementation topics.

Based on your needs and goals, the student-consultants will provide you with a complete solution to a challenge or opportunity that your organization faces.

Examples projects include, but are not limited to:

  • Conduct research into emerging technologies and prepare strategic recommendations specific to your company.
  • Developing IT Strategic Plans.
  • Evaluating the impact of a new technology.
  • Evaluating the market for a potential product or application you are considering.
  • Identify and make a recommendation of a sustainable competitive advantage that will support the organization's business strategy.
  • Create an RFP for an upcoming Digital Strategy Initiative
  • Define an eCommerce architecture
  • Deploy a CRM prototype
  • Creation of Digital Roadmap
  • Creation of a Capability Development Plan

The instructor closely interacts with the students throughout the project to assess progress and ensure expectations are being met.

Companies must answer the following questions to submit a match request to this experience:

Provide a technical liaison over the duration of the project to answer technical questions related to standards, technology stack, future directions. Estimated investment of 2-3 hours over the duration of the project.

Spend approximately 1 hour every week reflecting on goals and objectives, achievements to date to support the planning of each sprint.

Be available for a quick phone call with the instructor to initiate your relationship and confirm your scope is an appropriate fit for the course.

Spend approximately 1 hour every two weeks in sprint status update meetings with students.

Provide a dedicated contact who will be available to answer periodic emails or phone calls over the duration of the project to address students questions or provide additional information.