HI5019-Strategic Information Systems For Business And Enterprise

Trimester: T3 2019
Unit Code: HI5019
Unit Title Assessment: Strategic Information Systems for Business and Enterprise Group assignment

Type Assessment Title: 

Weight: 30% of the total assessments 30

Word limit: Not more than 3,500 words Week 10, Friday 5:00 pm (AEDT)

Case Study – Friendly Supermarket        

Background

Assignment Specifications

Friendly Supermarket is a Queensland-based supermarket chain. It has been in business for over 25 years and operates 8 supermarkets at Brisbane, Gold Coast and Townsville. The company has experienced a decline in sales and profit over the last three years and the senior management team believes that a better understanding of the market and customers is needed to reverse the trend.

Required

The senior management team of Friendly Supermarket has instructed you to prepare a report to evaluate and recommend a Business Intelligence (BI) software for the company. The report should include the following components:

Business requirements
o What are the key business processes for Friendly Supermarket?
o What are the major control risks for the business processes of the company?

Systems requirements
o What are some of the possible BI features and functionalities that the company should consider to achieve their business objectives?

Software selection

o Visit the websites of at least three (3) BI vendors and provide a brief description of each vendor and its products.

Vendor selection
o Compare and contrast the features and functionalities of two BI software packages offered by the three vendors described in the report.
o Which one would be the most suitable vendor and BI software package for the company and why?

Assignment Structure

The report should include the following components:

• Assignment cover page clearly stating your name and student number
•  A table of contents, executive summary
• A brief introduction or overview of what the report is about.
• Body of the report with sections to answer the above issues and with appropriate section headings
•  Conclusion
• List of references
  The report should be grounded on relevant literature and all references must be properly cited and included
  in the reference list.

Marking criteria

Key business processes for Friendly Supermarket 4% Major control risks for the business processes of the company 4% BI features and functionalities that the company should consider 5% Description of BI vendors and their products 5% Comparison of factures and functionalities of two BI software packages 4% The choice of BI software package for the company 4% Presentation 2% Research quality 2%              

Presentation /2

Report included all elements and was very well presented. Writing flowed clearly and sections were linked very effectively. Referencing was exemplary. English was used very effectively and was error- free.

Report included all elements and was well presented. Writing flowed clearly and sections were linked effectively. Referencing was of a high standard. English was used effectively with very few errors present.

Report included all elements and was generally presented appropriately. Writing mostly flowed well and sections were linked. Referencing was in accordance with guidelines. English was used effectively with few errors present.

Report included most elements and was adequately presented. Writing sometimes did not flow clearly leaving the paper to seem disjointed in areas. Referencing was somewhat in accordance with guidelines. Basic English was used with some errors present.

Report lacked some elements and was poorly presented. Writing often did not flow clearly leaving the paper to seem somewhat disjointed. Referencing was not entirely in accordance with relevant guidelines. Basic English was used with errors present.                

Research Quality /2

An extensive amount of high- quality evidence from peer- reviewed journal articles and other sources was included and used effectively to support discussion.

A broad range of quality peer- reviewed journal references and other sources was included and used effectively to support discussion.

An adequate range of peer- reviewed journal references was included and used to support discussion.

An adequate range of peer- reviewed journal references was included and used to a basic extent to support discussion.

Little or no peer- reviewed journal references were included and these were rarely used to support discussion effectively.