KIT 729 Knowledge and Information Strategic Management Assignment 1: Report- Strategic Requirement Due Date: Week 4, Friday 11:55pm 17th March 2023 This assignment is worth 25% of the total assessment for KIT729. This is an individual assignment. This assessment item assesses your attainment of the following ILOS (1,3,4): 1. Explain and apply best practice principles of a range of ICT management and governance practices to meet the needs of stakeholders. 2. Explain and apply best practice principles of information and knowledge management practices to meet the needs of stakeholders. 3. Select and apply appropriate tools and techniques for managing ICT systems with the aim of meeting quality, information and governance requirements. 4. Create an ICT strategic plan that supports business needs and objectives by working collaboratively with peers and stakeholders. Task: As an Individual, you are supposed to do research to produce a strategic requirement report based on the case study below. The report should outline the ICT strategic requirements of the organisation to support its growth and success. Some of the hints including but not limited to how you can address this assignment are: Identify the project, problem and organisational characteristics that would contribute to the project and company's success. Analyse and project options such as aims, objectives, scope, methodology, tools and techniques, resources, ethical, legal issues, benefits, and loss of the project for the organisation. Apply a user centric focus to project components to align with best practices in project management. Your proposed solution should be satisfying the strategic requirement of the organisation. Analyse the future of the proposed project/solution to the organisation. Word limit: 2000 Words 10% of the word limit is acceptable. The word limit excludes references, meaning references would not be counted towards the number of words for this assessment task. Assignment 1: Submission Requirements You are required to submit your assignment 1 to the appropriate MyLO Assignment Folder in the PDF or Docx format. Reference Style: Harvard (Australian Harvard) reference style is recommended in this course. Case Study Cedar Enterprise is a medium-sized multinational corporation operating in the technology industry and wants to implement a new ICT strategy to support its growth. The company has a diverse range of products and services, including software, hardware, and online services. In recent years, Cedar Enterprise has experienced significant regression and would want to expand into new markets. To support this growth and remain competitive in the fast-paced technology industry, Cedar Enterprise recognises the importance of a strong ICT strategy. As a master's student tasked with preparing an ICT strategic requirement report, provide and discuss a range of ICT strategic requirements that Cedar Enterprise needs to consider to achieve its growth objectives? KIT729-Strategic Requirement Report Marking Rubric Criteria HD DN CR PP NN Apply a Clearly identifies the scope of the problem and justifies the selected Clearly identifies the scope of the problem problem boundaries in the boundaries in the stakeholder focus to ICT strategic requirements that align with best context of the organisation and available practice resources context of the organisation and available resources Identifies some of the scope of the problem and the selected problem boundaries in the context of the organisation Identifies the problem and the selected problem boundaries in the context of the organisation Lacks identification of the scope of the problem ILO1 20% Use tools and techniques to select an appropriate ICT system to meet quality and governance requirements. Selection of the tools and techniques required for the project are clearly justified with relation to organisational requirements. Includes justification of scales and management tools Selection of the tools and techniques required for the project are justified with relation to organisational requirements. Includes Selection of the tools and techniques required for the project are justified with relation to project requirements. Includes the Selection of the tools and techniques required for the project are justified. Includes the required scales and management tools Did not attempt to include the selection of project management tools and techniques ILO3 20% justification of scales and management tools required scales and management tools Compare and contrast ICT governance practices in terms of stakeholder requirement ILO1 20% Provides a solution that is highly relevant to the organisation. The solution meets current industry standards for best practice appropriately adjusted for the organisation specific situation. Provides a solution that is relevant to the organisation. The solution meets current industry standards for best practice. Provides a solution that is relevant to the organisation. The solution meets current industry standards. Provides a solution to the organisation. Fails to provide a solution that is relevant to the organisation. Recommendations made to the organisation ILO1 10% Produce a professional report that could be used by the stakeholder organisation. ILO 4 30% Provides clearly articulated recommendations to the organisation that are the logical outcome of the problem definition and research findings. Demonstrates significant evidence of deep and broad research while formulating the solution to the problem. Provided research has been based on more than 6 mostly current sources, of which at least 3 are academic articles. All web sites utilised are authoritative. Reference/ Provides recommendations to the organisation that are the logical outcome of the problem definition and research findings. Demonstrates evidence of deep and broad research undertaken while formulating the solution to the problem Provided research has been based on at least 6 mostly current sources, of which at least 2 Provides recommendations to the organisation that are the outcome of the problem definition and research findings. Demonstrates evidence of deep research undertaken by the group while formulating their solution to the problem Provided research has been based on fewer than 6 mostly current sources, of which Provides recommendations to the organisation Demonstrates evidence of some research undertaken while formulating their solution to the problem Provided research has been based on fewer than 6 sources, or fewer than 2 academic articles. Not all Fails to provide recommendations to the organisation. Lacks the demonstration of evidence of research undertaken while formulating the solution to the problem Provided research has been based on fewer than 6 sources, or fewer than 2 academic articles. Not all web citation style is consistent are academic and correct. articles. All web sites utilised are authoritative. Reference/ citation style is consistent and correct. at least 2 are academic articles. All web sites utilised are credible but not all sources are current. Reference/citation style may be inconsistent or incorrect. web sites utilised are credible, and most of the sources are not current. Reference/ citation style may be inconsistent or incorrect. sites utilised are credible, and most of the sources are not current. Reference/ citation style is inconsistent and/or incorrect.