Case
The case presented in Module 3 is another real-world situation using advancements in technology to improve health care and IT governance. The Veterans Health Administration case study highlights critical factors to the VHA's success by discussing technology infrastructure, organizational culture, and managerial leadership. The student will analyze the case in six sections in the order followed. Also, these sections must be used to format level 1 heading titles in the case report.
1. Give the case background and organizational environment.
2. Describe the case situation and structure of the organization.
3. Identify the key problems and issues in the case.
4. Describe how the organization responded to those issues with technology and leadership in terms of successes, failures, or unforeseen results.
5. Provide an assessment and reasons for supporting those solutions.
6. Review the case finding and conclude how the solution could be improved or propose something different.
This case was available free to read and download from the Palgrave McMillan Journal of Information Technology site. Cases for free change every week, but the journal offers this disclosure "Palgrave Macmillan and the editorial team have selected this set of papers from the archive of the journal to give a representative sample of the best of our content. These papers, listed in chronological order, are available free to read and download." The case is included in this page for easy access.
Assignment Expectations
Length: Minimum 3-5 pages excluding cover page and references (since a page is about 300 words, this is approximately 900-1,500 words).
Assignment-driven criteria: Demonstrates clear understanding of the subject and addresses all key elements of the assignment.
Critical thinking : Demonstrates mastery conceptualizing the problem. Shows analysis, synthesis, and evaluation of required material.
Scholarly writing: Demonstrates writing proficiency at the academic level of the course; addresses the Learning Outcomes of the assignment.
Quality of references and assignment organization: Uses relevant and credible sources to support assertions. Assignment is well organized and follows the structure of a well-written paper.
Citing sources: Uses in-text citations and properly formats references in APA style.
SLP
Please read through Lesson 3 [2] and Lesson 4 [3], and follow their steps for creating chapters 3 and 4 of your design document:
- Identify Content and Functional Requirements
- Group and Label Content
- Metaphor Exploration
- Set It in Stone
- Define Navigation
This part of the tutorial concludes two parts:
"Create a new chapter in your design document called Content and Functional Requirements. Include a summary of the content inventory. Add a section about how the content is grouped and named. Add the list of functional requirements with a summary, if you like. The content inventory should be included as an appendix to the design document. Remember to publish these results so that everyone can see them."
"Documentation time! Create a new chapter in your design document called ‘Site Structure.' Write a summary or metaphorical explanation about the driving rationale behind the site structure. Add the site structure listing. If the site structure listing is too long, add a shortened form and include the rest as an appendix. Compile the architectural blueprints and add them to the design document. Document the global and local navigation schemes. As always, publish these results so that everyone can see them."
Your "publication" consists of submitting your "results" in report form as your SLP 3 assignment.
SLP Assignment Expectations
Length: 3-4 pages typed and double-spaced
The following items will be assessed in particular:
- The degree to which you have carried out the assignment completely, or clarified why you could not and investigated alternatives
- Your ability to focus on the overall purposes of the assignment, not just its specific steps
- Your use of some in-text references to what you have read; please cite all sources properly