QUESTION TWO:

Case Study: Byzantine Digitalization/dgital transformation Project

Byzantine is an Island state, on the Atlantic coast of West Africa. According to the 2021 National Population

Census, it has a total population 3.8 million inhabitants. Goree is the national capital with a population of 2

million, the rest of population live in Saint Louis and Carabena while the lles de Madeline is an inhabited, a

UNESCO World Heritage Site. Since its independence from France in 1956, the country has successfully

organize free and fair elections every five years to elect a president and members of parliament. Since 1956,

the Citizens Trust Party (Trust Party) has won every elections and the currently holds a majority 46 MPs in the

60 member state legislature. All minsters are appointed outside parliament. It has a per capita income of $12

250 at the end of December 2021, according to the National Bureau Statistics.

Byzantine National Identification Authority (BIA) established under the National Identification Register Act

2021 (Act150). BIAs mandate is to register all Byzantine citizens home and abroad as well as all foreigner

nationals living permanently on the four Islands which make up the Atlantic State of Byzantine. Byzantine

National identification System (BIS) will provide a secure biometric register with a verification system. The

BIS can track and trace and return accurate and up-to-date information on each individual. It provides a single

source of the truth for the verification of persons.

- Objective: To provide seamless national a National Identification Card for the efficient and effective

public services delivery - Byzantine Card

- Potential Beneficiaries: Reserve Bank of Byzantine, Byzantine Social Security Trust, Drivers and

Vehicle License Authority, Byzantine Election Commission, Passports Office, Byzantine Birth and

Death Registry, Byzantine Revenue Authority, Byzantine Health Service, Byzantine Health Insurance

Scheme, National Communication Authority/Telecommunication/digital service providers. Ministry of

Agriculture, Byzantine Policy Service and MMDAs (National Digital Address) etc

To avoid some of the mistakes made in Ghanas digitization project (see attached, Appendix I), the Government

of Byzantine has appointed you as the Lead Consultant to the Byzantine Digitalization and digital

transformation project.

Note:

If needed, you are free to make assumptions if (1) the assumptions do not conflict with anything in the text (2)

the assumptions are clearly stated and reasonable.

Required

iii.

What alternative solutions can you identify given the information above (and perhaps with making

reasonable assumptions)?

iv.

Given the information above, list a set of high-level business requirements.