Question: Please help me complete the following project. 7 . 1 Phase 1 Students work in groups to develop a project plan to complete all parts

Please help me complete the following project.
7.1 Phase 1
Students work in groups to develop a project plan to complete all parts of this simulation in this phase. Students then implement this plan to complete the project. Each group of students should have at least a team leader and an administrator to take notes and control the documentation. In their project plan, students should allocate responsibilities and resources to different parts of the project.
Include team meetings; deadlines given by your lecturer; the midpoint- and final PoE submission dates. There should be a plan to record team meetings, e-mails and other administration.
7.2 Phase 2
In Phase 2, each group should review answers gathered, interpret the information in graphs and present a proposal on how to improve the business systems in the simulated organisation.
Students are expected to present their survey results and proposal (i.e., their report) as a presentation to peers and the lecturer.
Students need to make use of relevant visual aids. Consider using PowerPoint or prepared diagrams of the graphs. The presentation should not be longer than 10 minutes. Refer to the Presentation Rubric for additional guidance.
In the PoE, each group needs to draft a report that includes the graphs; discusses the implications of the answers the group received; and links this to the proposal the group is making.
7.3 Case Scenario
Your company has been appointed as Business Analysts to assist a small document storage facility (Cirrus Document Storage Pty. Ltd.(CDS)) in analysing, re-organising and strengthening their business.
Neither the physical security nor the online security is your problem as an external company handles this. The only aspect of security you need to keep in mind is the cost to the company.
7.3.1 The Company Profile
The company offers secure online, in the Cloud, (and offline) document storage to small companies who need to secure their important documents off-site and in a location not associated with the client. Documents may need to be scanned before uploading online if they are not in an electronic format already.
A typical client would be a lawyer, doctor, consulting agent, etc., that needs to reduce the risk of losing important original documents due to fire, theft, sabotage, etc. They would generally also require off-site physical storage of these documents (do not worry about the physical document storage scenario for this WIL project; only consider the provision of online document storage).
Currently, CDS does not have any IT systems to handle the day-to-day running of the business. All their payroll, banking, debtors, creditors, stock of office supplies and other administration is done manually by the accountant/administrator and stored in spread sheets and word processing documents, and the logging of calls and sales to the help desk is managed by the help desk.
CDS Mission: Our mission is to provide secure document storage to individuals and businesses.
CDS Vision: Our vision is to become a market leader in document storage.
The company has 10 employees. These employees are:
The Director;
The Director's secretary;
A financial manager;
Accountant/Administrator;
, Salespersons (x2);
A help desk and support team (x3);
A cloud computing specialist.
When required, the help desk and support team members double up as sales people/administrators.
Company strategy for the next five years:
, To grow from a small company to at least a medium-sized company;
To be a household name and the recognised online document storage company;
, To grow their return on investment (ROI) by at least 30%;
To become a complete online solution in terms of all business.
The infrastructure consists of the following:
A large server that has almost reached its capacity;
The office infrastructure consists of an internet and e-mail server, a small network to accommodate 20 workstations, only the necessary software on the workstations, for example, a help desk support application and MS Office and MS Outlook;
Wireless network connections as well as LAN;
An open office floor plan with the boardroom and Director's office having lockable doors;
A server room;
A large off-site warehouse at a secret location to store physical documents.
The company sells online document storage packages as follows:
5 Gig storage for R9900 a month;
10 Gig for R18000 a month;
15 Gig for R26000 a month;
Anything bigger needs to be discussed with a salesperson;
If a client wants to upgrade, they should contact the company's help desk to assist them with the change.
7.3.2 Limitations
Due to the size of the current server, ROI is not what it could be. Buying a bigger or second server would strain the company's cash flow of
the company so it is not an immediate option.
7.3.3 Your role as a Business Analyst
Help CDS implement IT solutions in a cost-effecti
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