Team Members and Political Roles in Systems Development


Session Long Project

For Module 3, your assignment is to "sell" your hypothetical information system project to relevant stakeholders and clients. In the previous modules you have created an initial project description, as well as detailed information requirements. You have also come up with a methodology suitable to implement your project in Module 5. Now it is the time for you to refine your project description, and to promote your project to the relevant stakeholders and clients in order to gain support and markets.

Please compose a 2- to 3-page paper documenting a refined version of your project description, and discussing the different stakeholders and clients' interests and any potential political conflicts in implementing your information system project.

In your paper, please make sure to discuss the following points, in additional to presenting the refined project description:

• Identify stakeholders and clients
• Identify the perspectives and perceptions of the different stakeholders and clients

•Describe the political dimensions of your project and identify ways in which such politics may influence your project and implementation processes
•Describe the conditions under which social and technical system sub-optimization in your project might occur, and identify strategies for avoiding these conditions

• Identify your strategies for preventing your project from becoming a "death march project."

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 describe your project clearly and develop your recommendations systematically
• 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. General Case and SLP Paper Writing Guidelines

Your assignment will be graded according to the MSITM SLP Grading Rubric, which aligns with the following expectations. (To see the rubric, go to Assessments>Rubrics. Click the arrow next to the rubric name and choose Preview.)

SLP Assignment Expectations (30 points total)

Length: Follow the number of pages required in the assignment excluding cover page and references. Each page should have about 300 words.

Assignment-driven criteria (14 points): Demonstrates clear understanding of the subject and addresses all key elements of the assignment.

Critical thinking (6 points): Demonstrates mastery conceptualizing the problem. Shows analysis, synthesis, and evaluation of required material. Conclusions are logically presented.

Scholarly writing (3 points): Demonstrates proficiency in written communication at the academic level of the course.

Assignment Organization (3 points): Assignment is well organized and follows the required structure and organization of the assignment.

Citing and using references (4 points): Uses relevant and credible sources to support assertions; uses in-text citations; properly formats references.