Assignment

Scenario: You are serving on the committee charged with delivering online education/training to the company. You represent the IT department. Your task for the next meeting is to compare two software products that will assist the trainers in developing their course content and learning activities.

Guidelines:

1. Select 2 software applications related to developing or delivering online courses/training. Compare two products of the same genre. For example, screen capture applications.

2. Select the criteria on which you will base your recommendation. Make sure this is clear.

3. Write an analysis meeting the following requirements:

• 5 pages or less,
• Times New Roman 12 points font,
• 1 inch margins,
• Single spaced,
• Divided into sections with the section name on its own line and in bold,
• Reference list at the end.

4. Contains the following content:

• Title page with the title of the paper, your name, course, instructor, and date (not included in the paper page count).

• Introduction - brief; should address what the software is and why the company might want it; why should they spend the money?

• Software Description - includes a brief description of the features of the software and name and address of developer ie how would I contact them and place an order?

• Criteria - a list of 5 criteria used to compare these two programs-this is NOT software specifications but a listing of what would influence your decision.

• Comparison - Create a 3 column table with the selected criteria in column 1 and the 2 programs in 2 and 3. Place an evaluation statement in each cell in columns 2 and 3 with your judgement as to how the product ranks on the criteria in the row.

• Implications - discuss the implications of purchasing this software on IT and the organization (costs, time, support)

• Recommendation and justification - provide your recommendation and why you recommend this one over the other one

• Reference - use appropriate citation format.

Attachment:- Software-Analysis.rar