[olug] OT - Organizational Information Technology Summary

[Jason Zeisler]

Hello all.
None of you really know me, but I have posted a few things here and there
and I have been to a meeting, yeah one meeting, I live in Sioux City. I am
looking for someone to help me with a school project. I am studying for a
masters in software engineering from Regis University and my first class is
Information Technology Concepts. Well I have a project that requires a 10
page paper due next week which is suppose to describe the company that I
work for, the information technology hierarchy, hardware, and software used
by my company. I don't really want to announce that I am working towards a
degree that doesn't pertain to my line of work, which is manufacturing
management. So I haven't approached the IT where I work because of this. I
would understand if no one wants to answer these questions because your
employer wouldn't allow it, or security reasons, but I would be very
appreciative if someone was will to help me out. I am attaching an outline
from my class for the project. Please look it over and let me know if you
are interested in helping.

Sincerely,
Jason Z.

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What we see depends mainly on what we look for.
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1. Company description - 
	a. Industry and company goals and objectives
	b. Work System Snapshot
2. Information resource management
	a. CIO title and reports to whom 
	b. IT department title, number and allocation of staff (refer to an Org chart)
	c.  Percent of the IT budget of the total budget 
	d. Analysts resident and reporting to user departments?
	e. Are users project leaders at your organization? 
	f.    Is there a Web team? 
	g. What is the Web team called and where does it report?
	h. Outsource any functions e.g. help desk? 
	i.     Number of new hires last year and number of these who were entry level
	j.     Average time people stay or is turnover statistic 
	k.  Number of IT layoffs in last budget year and at what level 
3. Systems development life cycle
	a. Methodologies used to develop systems
	b. Percentage of purchased packages vs. in-house development 
	c.  Project team assignment-e.g. are users project leaders 
	d. Learn what you can about an ongoing or recently completed development effort, budget, schedule, who was on the team, project 	management software used, etc. 
	e. Capability Maturity Model rating
	f.    Offshore software development projects, vendors, onsite activity
4. Hierarchy of information systems
	a. AI applications
	b. DSS applications
	c.  MIS reports
	d. TPS
5. Hardware
	a. Numbers and types of platforms-mainframe, minicomputer, workstations, PCs
	b. Critical input/output devices particular to your firm and industry-e.g. hand held scanners for UPS 
6. Software
	a. Type of OS for each platform, critical applications (e.g. billing system for utilities)
	b. Programming languages used for legacy and new development
	c.  Collaborative software
	d. Office automation software and policies
7. Database management systems (DBMS)
	a. Name of DBMS used across platforms
	b. Critical application databases (e.g. customer information for Land's End) 
	c.  Database administrator on staff 
8. Telecommunications
	a. Number of LANs WANs, connecting where
	b. Internet service providers
	c.  Intranet 
	d. Extranet 
	e. Use of wireless 
	f.    EDI with suppliers
	g. e-Commerce activity with customers and suppliers and security employed to do so
	h. Videoconferencing 
	i.     Global transmission and issues with foreign countries and cultures 
9. Management perspective (SWOT Analysis)
	a. Strengths and weaknesses of the system
	b. Threats and opportunities facing the system
	c.  Issues and implications for the organization