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Assignment

The Course Project should focus on identifying a business problem or opportunity and proposing a technological solution. You will need to identify a real-life business that you are familiar with or a fictitious business. The business must have a problem or an opportunity that can use an information technology solution.

The following is a list of potential problems and opportunities around which you may want to focus your project.

1) Lack of competitiveness or profitability
2) Inefficient processes
3) Slow product development
4) Obsolete or outdated IT organizations and technologies
5) Poor corporate communications
6) Ongoing personnel issues
7) Take advantage of a new technology
8) Use technology to support or automate manual processes
9) Use technology to improve decision-making

Potential Technology Solution Categories

For this Course Project, you must select a technology category that will solve the problem or opportunity you have identified for the selected business. For the purposes of this project, it is important to differentiate between Technology Solution Category (or Technology Category) and a specific Vendor or Product.

The Technology Category includes Artificial Intelligence AI, Machine Learning ML, Customer Relationship Management CRM systems, Data Analytics, and Web analytics. A vendor/product is a specific company or product, such as Salesforce, Oracle, Google Analytics, Omniture, etc.

The Technology Solution category selected for this project is acceptable if

1) That technology is available from more than one vendor/company or
2) At least one other technology can be used as an alternative solution.

Although the list of technology categories you can choose for your Course Project is vast, the list below gives some suggestions you may want to consider.

1) 3D Technology and Application
2) Application software such as the following
a) Accounting/financial management system
b) Appointment scheduling system
c) Registration system for patients or students
d) Software for managing a specific type of business
3) Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning
4) Asset tracking system
5) Augmented reality
6) Autonomous vehicles
7) Big Data
8) Business analytic
9) Business intelligence
10) ChatGPT
11) Cloud-based services (software, hardware, storage, etc)
12) Cloud Computing
13) Collaboration technologies
14) Communication technologies
15) COVID-19 - Related Technology, Solutions, and Challenges
16) CRM system
17) Customer records system
18) Database system or application
19) Driverless Automobiles
20) eBusiness
21) eCommerce
22) Electronic document management system
23) Electronic medical records system
24) EV - Electrical Vehicle
25) ERP system
26) Global information system
27) Group decision support system
28) HRM system
29) Hyper-Loop Train, California
30) IoT - Internet of Things
31) Information systems security solutions
32) Internet analytics implementation (web analytics, social media analytics, video analytics, etc.)
33) Internet of Things IoT
34) Inventory management system
35) Knowledge management system
36) Quantum Computing - The Future of Computing
37) Network technologies
38) Project management system/software
39) RFID system, Radio Frequency IDentification
40) SCM system, Supply Chain Management
41) Social media applications for business
42) Space Technology, SpaceX, Blue Origin, etc.
43) Speech-to-text system/voice recognition system
44) Starlink - New Satellite Wireless Communications
45) Sustainable and Digitized Future
46) Technologies to facilitate telecommuting in the after-COVID-19 era
47) Text-to-speech system
48) Wireless sensor network
49) Others (with the approval of the professor)

Task

This is an individual project:

A. Cover Page
B. Table of contents
C. Brief company background
D. Business problems or opportunities overview
E. Overview of the technology integration component
F. Product or solution scenario as exemplified by the customer or end-user population will serve.
G. Summary - if applicable
H. References and/or citations.

The proposal should give a high-level overview of the project. It should provide some general information about the business or organization the project is for, a description of the problem or opportunity that will be addressed and solved with your innovative idea, and an overview of the technology that will be integrated into your solution. It should also provide a scenario that exemplifies the solution and customer or end-user population it will serve. You can develop a scenario illustrating your vision in a brief narrative. The goal is to help the reader envision your innovative solution.

The proposal should consist of the following:

A. Cover page

B. Table of contents

C. Brief company background / general description of the kind of business or organization that the project is intended for

D. Business problems or opportunities overview

I. Briefly describe the problem or opportunity that you will be providing a technology solution for

II. Explain how this problem/opportunity affects the organization

E. Overview of the technology solution category

I. Provide a brief overview of the technology solution category and explain how it fits the organization's needs.

II. See the definition of the technology solution category in the Potential Technology Solution Categories section above. You should use one of the technologies listed in that section. If you select another technology, please consult with your professor to ensure it meets this project's requirements (i.e., Project Part 2).

F. Product or solution scenario as exemplified by the customer or end-user population will serve.

G. Summary - if applicable

H. References and/or citations.