1. Project Deliverable 6: Project Plan
   Due Week 10 and worth 250 points

   This assignment consists of three (4) sections: a written project plan, revised business requirements document, project plan PowerPoint presentation, and a finalized project plan. You must submit the four (4) sections as separate files for the completion of this assignment. Label each file name according to the section of the assignment it is written for. Additionally, you may create and / or assume all necessary assumptions needed for the completion of this assignment.

   While taking all business and project parameters into consideration, make quality assumptions to support the following requirements.

   Section 1: Written Project Plan

   You are now in the final stage of the project plan development. All previous documentation should be combined into one document that will serve as the statement of work for the project. Your goal is to have the project approved by the executive team. The project plan should be very detailed, which is designed to accomplish the monumental task of implementation; however, the executive team is only interested in a 30-minute summation. Therefore, you also must create a compelling executive summary that is supported by your detail that convinces the executive team that they should move forward with your solution.

   1. Develop a thirty to forty (30-40) page project plan in which you:
   • Write a five to ten (5-10) page executive summary that provides a high-level technical overview of your project in which you:
     • Describe the scope of the project and control measures.
     • Describe the goals and objectives of the project.
     • Include a high-level overview of all project deliverables.
     • Give a detailed, realistically estimated cost analysis of the entire project, including human capital.
     • Relate the value of the project plan solution to the competitive advantage that information technology will afford your organization.
     • Recommend solution providers who can assist with development and implementation.
   • Combine all previous documentation for Project Deliverables 1-5 in which you:
     • Provide all aspects of the information technology implementation into the project plan.
     • Revise the documentation based on feedback from the earlier evaluation of your deliverable.
   • Use at least five (5) quality resources in this assignment. Note: Wikipedia and similar Websites do not qualify as quality resources.
   • Section 1 of this assignment must follow these formatting requirements:
   • Be typed, double spaced, using Times New Roman font (size 12), with one-inch margins on all sides; citations and references must follow APA or school-specific format. Check with your professor for any additional instructions.
   • Include a cover page containing the title of the assignment, the student’s name, the professor’s name, the course title, and the date. The cover page and the reference page are not included in the required assignment page length.
   • Include charts or diagrams created in MS Visio or Dia as an appendix of the project plan. All references to these diagrams must be included in the body of the project plan.                              
   • Section 2: Revised Business Requirements Document
   1. Document all revisions made to the written project plan in the Document Control section of the business requirements document from Project Deliverable 2: Business Requirement. Note: This documentation must outline the revisions made to the previous deliverables required in Section 1: Written Project Plan.
   2. Section 3: Project Plan PowerPoint Presentation

      Additional to your detailed executive summary you must present your findings to the executive team and the venture capital group that along with the executive summary will convince the group that your solution is optimal.

   3. Create a ten to fifteen (10-15) slide PowerPoint presentation in which you:
   • Illustrate the concepts from your executive summary in Section 1 of this assignment.
   • Create bulleted speaking notes for your presentation to the executive board in the Notes section of the PowerPoint. Note: You may create or assume any fictitious names, data, or scenarios that have not been established in this assignment for a realistic flow of communication.
   • Use a professional technically written style to graphically convey the information.
   • Section 4: Finalized Project Plan

     Use Microsoft project to:

   1. Finalize your project plan from Project Deliverable 5: Infrastructure and Security to include all necessary changes in assumptions, tasks, and / or subtasks.
   2. The specific course learning outcomes associated with this assignment are:
   • Develop information systems-related activities to maximize the business value within and outside the organization.
   • Demonstrate an understanding of existing and emerging information technologies, the functions of IS, and its impact on the organizational operations.
   • Evaluate the issues and challenges associated with information systems integration.
   • Use technology and information resources to research issues in information systems.
   • Write clearly and concisely about strategic issues and practices in the information systems domain using proper writing mechanics and technical style conventions.
   • Click here to view the grading rubric.
      
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Module 4 SLP, we return our focus from the specifics of information technologies and the formulation of ideal strategies to the wider world of real corporate behavior. Our emphasis now shifts to the actual implementation of information technologies and the sociotechnical dynamics that implementation not infrequently founders upon. No technical solution—however brilliantly designed or competently backstopped or elegantly integrated with other corporate plans—is any better than its implementation at the lowest levels of the system to which it is addressed. All too frequently, plans and solutions are developed in a vacuum apart from the context within which they are to be deployed and used. It is hard to overestimate the quantity of corporate resources that have been squandered on poor IT implementations over the years—to say that it would exceed the GNP of many third world countries would probably not be an exaggeration. Implementation is by no means an all-or-nothing proposition; even though the full measure of system changes may not be as successful as desired, there can often be positive local results, particularly if the implementation process is oriented toward learning as well as doing, or even more so, doing unto others. The one sure way to implementation failure is to assume that all knowledge resides in IT management—or even in management generally. Success is inevitably based on user involvement in varying degrees, generally more rather than less.

All modules in the course draw on everything that you have learned in the program; however, this module most specifically draws on your courses in computer-human interaction, systems development, and project management as well as on your general introductory courses. Implementation is a drawn-out process requiring effective collaboration among many different kinds of specialists and generalists, extended over time and across space, and requiring explicit attention to both the social and technical systems of the organizational units affected. Above all, implementation must be sensitive to feedback, resilient enough to deal with changing circumstances, personnel, and goals, and focused much more on the users than on the technologists. Effective implementation always embraces the fundamental sociotechnical criterion of "incompletion"—that is, the idea that no change process is ever "finished" as such, but that change is an ever-flowing river in which one set of adjustments is merely the prelude to another set. Sociotechnical life in organizations is a soap opera, not a novel. There is never a "happily ever after," just an ever-evolving and constantly reconfiguring cast of players and problems. Sometimes things get better; sometimes they get worse—but they will always be different.

Videos of Interest… Something to Think About…

Andrew McAfee discusses an array of revolutionary technologies that are replacing routine jobs with machines that can speak, understand, translate, and hear. McAfee believes that this kind of innovation will lead to creating new jobs that involve more than enhancing creativity. He refers to this cycle of innovation as “The New Machine Age.” Think in terms how technology-driven changes could impact the ERP implementation for Aux Bons Soins’ case study below.

TED Ideas Worth Spreading. (2012, September). Andrew McAfee: Are droids taking our jobs? Retrieved from http://www.ted.com/talks/andrew_mcafee_are_droids_taking_our_jobs.html

For the last assignment, we will be introducing a new case, the real-world story of an ERP implementation for Aux Bons Soins. This case details the rather frustrating experiences that the company encountered in trying to implement an integrated management system after an acquisition and merger, and the range of circumstances that affected the process. Not every implementation is this sticky, but in varying ways most partake of greater or lesser parts of this experience. Please note that there is nothing particularly pathological about the experience described here, despite the frustrations experienced. There are no great villains, but neither are there any great heroes; implementation seldom turns up either. This may seem a rather inconclusive note on which to conclude both this course and your IT management program, but it is how things are. For better or worse, this is what real IT management is all about—the good, the bad, the ugly, and above all the reasonably acceptable. Over the next decades, the profession is likely to evolve far beyond any ways that can be reasonably forecast today; after all, 20 years ago there was not any such thing as the Internet, and today's information environment was ranked science fiction. You are entering the profession at a most exciting and dynamic time; always remember how much you do not know, but also remember that you do know how to learn.

Please read the following parts of the case:

Bernier, C., Roy, V., & Brunelle, E. (2006) An ERP Story: Background (A). International Journal of Case Studies in Management. 4(1):March.

Bernier, C., Roy, V., & Brunelle, E. (2006) An ERP Story: Troubles Ahead (C). International Journal of Case Studies in Management. 4(1):March.

Bernier, C., Roy, V., & Brunelle, E. (2006) An ERP Story: Epilogue (D). International Journal of Case Studies in Management. 4(1):March.

Use information from the course background readings as well as any good quality resource you can find. Please cite all sources and provide a reference list (use APA format) at the end of your paper.

Your answer to the following will be assessed:

• What were the main causes of the difficulties with the project at Aux Bons Soins?
• What were the key elements that led to the success of the project at Aux Bons Soins?

  5Lab Assignment: Lab Three ReportAssignment

To complete this assignment, review the prompt and grading rubric in the Lab Three Guidelines and Rubric document. Use the Lab Report Template to structure your lab report. When you have finished your work, submit the assignment here for grading and instructor feedback.

This assignment requires you to use CYBRScore.                                         

                                    Lab Report Template 

Complete each of the critical elements in your lab and submit this report to your instructor for grading in your course. Be sure to keep the lab reports that you complete and review, along with any feedback provided by your instructor, as they will help you create a quality submission for your final project. Review the individual lab guidelines and rubric documents for more information on these assignments.

You may complete the report in a separate Word document. If you choose to use a separate document, include all the questions asked in the guidelines and rubric document for that lab, as well as the accompanying screenshot. Your completed report should reflect the information below. Add additional question numbers with accompanying description and screenshot as needed to match the total number of questions required on a given lab guidelines and rubric document.s

1. Lab Number and Name: 

2. Brief Summary of Lab:

· What did you do in the lab?

· How did it work?

· What did you look for/find?

3. Specific Practices or Resources:

· Briefly describe the specific practices or resources that were most important in terms of supporting the investigation and maintaining evidentiary integrity in this lab. For example:

a. Chain of custody practices

b. Digital forensic tools

c. Incident response tactics

4. Best Practices:

· Briefly describe best practices or resources necessary in terms of next steps in this lab scenario. 

5. Screenshots:

· Include screenshots that support items 3 and 4 in your briefing.

Ensure your entire report is appropriate to your internal audience, employing brevity and consumable language (in this lab, your audience will be your teammates/company attorneys/executive team).

                        Lab Three Guidelines and Rubric 

       Creating a Baseline Using the Windows Forensic Toolchest 

Overview: You will be completing several labs throughout this course. The purpose of these labs is twofold:

  The experience will provide you with valuable opportunities to “walk a mile” in the shoes of a forensic practitioner performing basic forensic tasks. Gaining this type of experience is necessary in managing and relating to the individuals and teams with whom you will interact with in the field. 

 Practice the communication and writing skills you will need to employ in both pieces of your final project. 

It is important to note that these activities are important to your final project but do not share the same scenario as your final project. They are practice opportunities that focus on a specific but smaller set of topics and skills. You will complete a lab “briefing” paper and submit it to your instructor for grading. A template of this brief is provided for you. 

Scenario: Please be aware that the instructions given inside of Lab Three refer to a separate scenario, not the one that we will be addressing in class. Use our classroom scenario to focus your learning in the lab.

 In the previous lab, Lab Two, you were given the following scenario: While working for ACME Construction Company, you have been tasked with an investigation of a Windows 8 hard drive. You have been told that your company suspects a high-level employee of a policy violation. It is believed that Drew Patrick wrongfully copied sensitive corporate documents containing valuable intellectual property (IP) to his personal computer. Further, there is reason to believe that he may have then provided the documents to a competitor. Due to the value of the IP, the investigation has moved from a simple incident response to a forensic investigation. 

In Lab Two, you finished creating and verifying an image for use in the forensic lab. Lab Three will have you tasked with a different part of the investigation. Wily miscreants will often attempt to cover their tracks. One supposedly clever way of doing this is to create a separate login account and use that account to perform all their evil deeds. Any decent investigator will analyze all the accounts, their creation dates, privileges, and activities in an effort to rule out the idea of evidence being planted by another or any attempt to cover one's tracks. 

Windows Forensic Toolchest (WFT) is often used on Windows computers to quickly and easily gather many details concerning the operating system and related functions. An investigator can use WFT to run a scripted set of commands that will allow them to easily identify many properties such as logins (successful or failed), network shares, groups and accounts, and many others. Proper documentation of these settings and characteristics will help to weaken the “it was not me” argument. 

 In your lab, be sure to document the following for your final project: 

1. Internet protocol (IP) address of the computer at the time of the examination (IPCONFIG) 

2. List of user accounts on the suspect machine (NET USER) 

3. List of users who have logged on locally (LOGINS – ALL) 

4. The shared directories on the network, which may aid in passing data outside of the company-controlled environment (NET SHARE) 

5. The security logs and their details will be used in the log analysis lab. You can take a quick look at them here so you know what to expect during the following lab. (EVENT LOGS – SECURITY LOG) 

as usual sensitive information will be communicated to you directly.Thank you

 

The  Strayer Oracle Server may be used to test and compile the SQL Queries  developed for this assignment. Your instructor will provide you with  login credentials to a Strayer University maintained Oracle server.

Imagine  that you have been hired as the database administrator for a local  department store. The department store has recently expanded by opening  five (5) stores within your local region. They have also launched a  series of marketing campaigns to attract new customers and increase  sales. For your hired role, you will be responsible for creating and  maintaining an enterprise-wide database system that will hold the sales  and inventory data for the organization. The designed database will help  operations in supporting its new business marketing strategy. Using the  concepts presented throughout the course, you will develop a plan to  create this database and establish a design that aligns with the product  sales initiatives of the organization.

Write a twelve to fifteen (12-15) page paper in which you:

1. Identify the potential sales and department store transactions that can be stored within the database.
2. Design  a database solution and the potential business rules that could be used  to house the sales transactions of the department store. 
3. Evaluate  all relationships of each entity within your database solution using  the Crow’s Foot notation. Include all data elements, entities,  relationships (such as 1:M, 1:1, M:N), and cardinalities for the  department store database in your diagram. Note: The graphically depicted solution is not included in the required page length.
4. Research  the Internet for best practices of how retail stores use databases for  retaining customers and increasing sales and complete the following:
   1. Justify how Big Data tools could be used for forecasting sales and inventory of the department store.
   2. Propose  two (2) SQL Stored Procedures that use SQL functions to help sales  associates perform explanatory or predictive analytics.
   3. Give  your opinion on which of the two (2) ways you proposed in Question four  (4) b provide greater value to expanding their business within the  region.
   4. Provide a copy of your working SQL code as part of the paper.
5. Research the Internet for database vendors that provide cloud computing services and complete the following:
   1. Estimate  the types of costs involved or the pricing structure required when  implementing a cloud-hosted solution for a database. 
   2. Analyze security considerations and pricing of the different cloud implementation types.
   3. Rank  the cloud services options of Software as a Service, Platform as a  Service and Infrastructure as a Service in terms of functionality,  mobility, and ability to provide distributed transaction concurrency.  Compare how these cloud-based services fit within an environment where  users are mobile. Determine the technical provisions that would be  required to ensure data integrity.
6. Evaluate  whether the use of a distributed DBMS structure is appropriate and  identify the optimization techniques that should be factored in to  enhance the operations of the database in your design.
7. Provide  at least two (2) examples of how lost updates and uncommitted data may  occur, keeping in mind that five (5) stores will be generating  transactions.
8. Determine  the concurrency control factors that can be used to ensure valid  execution of transactions within the current multiuser environment.
9. Research  the Internet for backup and restoration recovery solutions and database  security threats that could be applicable to the department store. Upon  your research, complete the following:
   1. Suggest  at least two (2) options that could be made available to provide  disaster management functions for the database system within the retail  environment.
   2. Assess  the types of security threats that may exist when managing the  department store database and suggest measure(s) that can be performed  to minimize these threats that are particular to retail.
10. Use at least six (6) quality resources in this assignment. Note: Wikipedia and similar Websites do not qualify as quality resources.

Your assignment must follow these formatting requirements:

• Be  typed, double spaced, using Times New Roman font (size 12), with  one-inch margins on all sides; citations and references must follow APA  or school-specific format. Check with your professor for any additional  instructions.
• Include  a cover page containing the title of the assignment, the student’s  name, the professor’s name, the course title, and the date. The cover  page and the reference page are not included in the required assignment  page length.
• Include  charts or diagrams created in any chart or drawing tool with which you  are familiar. The completed diagrams / charts must be imported into the  Word document before the paper is submitted.

 Please no plagiarism

The  Strayer Oracle Server may be used to test and compile the SQL Queries  developed for this assignment. Your instructor will provide you with  login credentials to a Strayer University maintained Oracle server.

Imagine  that you have been hired as the database administrator for a local  department store. The department store has recently expanded by opening  five (5) stores within your local region. They have also launched a  series of marketing campaigns to attract new customers and increase  sales. For your hired role, you will be responsible for creating and  maintaining an enterprise-wide database system that will hold the sales  and inventory data for the organization. The designed database will help  operations in supporting its new business marketing strategy. Using the  concepts presented throughout the course, you will develop a plan to  create this database and establish a design that aligns with the product  sales initiatives of the organization.

Write a twelve to fifteen (12-15) page paper in which you:

1. Identify the potential sales and department store transactions that can be stored within the database.
2. Design  a database solution and the potential business rules that could be used  to house the sales transactions of the department store. 
3. Evaluate  all relationships of each entity within your database solution using  the Crow’s Foot notation. Include all data elements, entities,  relationships (such as 1:M, 1:1, M:N), and cardinalities for the  department store database in your diagram. Note: The graphically depicted solution is not included in the required page length.
4. Research  the Internet for best practices of how retail stores use databases for  retaining customers and increasing sales and complete the following:
   1. Justify how Big Data tools could be used for forecasting sales and inventory of the department store.
   2. Propose  two (2) SQL Stored Procedures that use SQL functions to help sales  associates perform explanatory or predictive analytics.
   3. Give  your opinion on which of the two (2) ways you proposed in Question four  (4) b provide greater value to expanding their business within the  region.
   4. Provide a copy of your working SQL code as part of the paper.
5. Research the Internet for database vendors that provide cloud computing services and complete the following:
   1. Estimate  the types of costs involved or the pricing structure required when  implementing a cloud-hosted solution for a database. 
   2. Analyze security considerations and pricing of the different cloud implementation types.
   3. Rank  the cloud services options of Software as a Service, Platform as a  Service and Infrastructure as a Service in terms of functionality,  mobility, and ability to provide distributed transaction concurrency.  Compare how these cloud-based services fit within an environment where  users are mobile. Determine the technical provisions that would be  required to ensure data integrity.
6. Evaluate  whether the use of a distributed DBMS structure is appropriate and  identify the optimization techniques that should be factored in to  enhance the operations of the database in your design.
7. Provide  at least two (2) examples of how lost updates and uncommitted data may  occur, keeping in mind that five (5) stores will be generating  transactions.
8. Determine  the concurrency control factors that can be used to ensure valid  execution of transactions within the current multiuser environment.
9. Research  the Internet for backup and restoration recovery solutions and database  security threats that could be applicable to the department store. Upon  your research, complete the following:
   1. Suggest  at least two (2) options that could be made available to provide  disaster management functions for the database system within the retail  environment.
   2. Assess  the types of security threats that may exist when managing the  department store database and suggest measure(s) that can be performed  to minimize these threats that are particular to retail.
10. Use at least six (6) quality resources in this assignment. Note: Wikipedia and similar Websites do not qualify as quality resources.