Why are you doing this assignment?
Successful completion of this assignment will provide you with the skills to meet the Learning Outcome as stated in Section 3, 3.1 (a, b, c, d and e) of the Unit Outline, which states:
3. Outcomes
3.1 Learning Outcomes
On successful completion of this unit, you should be able to:
a) explain the roles of BIS and IT in organisations.
b) describe different types of BIS and IT, their benefits when used in businesses and other organisations, and what characteristics make them successful.
c) understand and provide definitions for basic terminology of the BIS field as used in businesses and other organisations.
d) identify and describe which kinds of BIS and IT would be helpful in a particular organisational situation.
e) appreciate and explain the fundamental activities, techniques, and tools used in developing and implementing BIS and IT in organisations.
In addition, this assignment, and the other assignment for BIS100, will help you develop the Graduate and Professional Skills of IT Literacy and Information Literacy as stated in Section 3.2 of the Unit Outline.
Assignment 2 requirements
In groups of 3, you will be allocated one case study from the following list of Group Projects from the BIS100 textbook:
• Case 9: Demonstrating How to Build Web Sites (page 511) • Case 14: Assessing a Wireless Future (page 516) • Case 15: Evaluating the Next Generation (page 517) • Case 17:Building a Decision Support System (page 520) • Case 20: Creating a Database Management Systems (page 522)
You tutor will allocate a case study to your group. Some case studies may be allocated to more than one group in your class.
The scenario for this assignment is that you and your group mates are consultants who have been engaged by an organisation to solve a