Discussion

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“Competitive Advantage” Please respond to the following:

•Quality information technology systems have been known to yield a competitive advantage for organizations. Describe the impact of a competitive advantage as it relates to an organization.
•Roberts indicates that being politically savvy is important for the success of information technology projects. Analyze the relationship between being political savvy and the attainment of a competitive advantage from information technology. Include an example to support your response.

2

“Marketing IT’s Value” Please respond to the following:

•According to Roberts, “Marketing is the most important of the business disciplines.” Describe the internal organizational marketing impacts for emerging technology. Give your opinion whether organizational culture has an impact on internal marketing of IT. Explain your response.
•List at least three approaches for marketing IT’s value. Explain how each approach could be accomplished within an organization. Provide an example of each to support your answer.

3
“Vendor Relationships” Please respond to the following:

•Many organizations use information technology vendors to develop company solutions. Identify and describe at least three challenges associated with using vendors. Analyze the relationship between competitive advantage and vendor relationship management.
•Speculate how vendor relationship management impacts information technology integration when multiple vendors are involved with project deliverables.

4

Components of Change” Please respond to the following:

•In your own words, describe the “Components of Change” . Then, explain how each affects an organization. Include an example of each to support your answer.
•Describe the relationship between the “Components of Change” and the ethical concerns that information technology solves or presents. Speculate as to whether this relationship would differ in a global environment.

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“Cultural Change” Please respond to the following:

•Explain why instituting project management is part of the cultural change required by an organization. Justify your response.
•Detail why project management causes a cultural change and how that change impacts integrative information technology. Provide an example to support your response.

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“Project Sponsorship” Please respond to the following:

•The literature affirms that project sponsorship is a major component for the successful completion of projects. Select an organization where you would aspire to serve as a CIO. Explain the role of a project sponsor and highlight the reasons that this position is pivotal to your organization’s success.
•Review the “Phases of Project Sponsorship” from Chapter 7. Give your opinion as to which three phases are most important. Explain your answer.

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