Introduction to Technology ManagementTMGT1106

Class 8– Technology Management

Instructor: David Plouffe

Agenda

• Last week

• This week

• Next week

Last class – Technology in Forestry

• Questions

• Individual Paper – will be marked and returned by next week

• Group Project- Project Initiation

Feedback from Fred Pinto

• Ontario Ministry of Natural Resources/Evergreen Community Tree Planting Grant Program – www.evergreen.ca/en/cg/cg-funding.html#a

This week

• Administrivia

• Group Assignments

• Technology Management

• Guest Subject Matter Expert (SME) from Nipissing U

• Hand in evaluation and your assignment

This Week – Administrative items

• Class room for Career Day March 26th TBA

• Class 13 to be a review for the Final Exam – both sections are invited to attend Monday March 31st

• For emails –

– Use subject line – no reference = no read = delete

– Use spellchecker

This Week – Administrative items

Reminder

All documents/correspondence

Print First & last Name Section and date – No comply No mark = Zero

Number your pages of all assignments

Use spellchecker

Outstanding self-evaluations hand in by end of class today or no mark = Zero

Group Project

Group Project Team A Team B Selection Committee

Groups and Teams are assigned and posted on web site

Choice 1There are two vendors of GIS software technology competing for a commercial client that is a mid-sized $50,000,000 company. The North Bay based company is in the distribution and transportation business to a network of retail outlets, with clients all over Northern Ontario and North western Quebec.

The Selection Committee will describe a business need for a GIS application to assist the company to improve its operations and also grow its business.

Team A is the GIS software market leader and Team B is a new up & coming GIS vendor. You will gather requirements from the Selection committee to confirm your understanding and put together a proposal and a presentation to the Selection committee.

Choice 2There are two vendors of IT security software & service technology competing for a commercial client that is a mid-sized $50,000,000 company. The North Bay based company manufactures and distributes low cost / high volume products around the globe through direct sales, dealer networks and through a new Internet site.

The Selection Committee will describe a recent intrusion and security breach that exposed both internal information and customer data. The company has determined it must put in place an IT security system and process that will protect it and its customers’ data from hackers and other intruders.

Team A is the IT security software market leader and Team B is a new up & coming IT security vendor. You will gather requirements from the Selection committee to confirm your understanding and put together a proposal and a presentation to the Selection committee.

Group Project - Objectives

Understanding the objective of a project Project planning Project management Critical path events Understanding and dealing with group dynamics Communication management Work distribution Output aggregation Completing a business case or proposal Presenting and evaluating a business solution

Group Project – Roles & Responsibilities

• Team– Project Lead

– Scribe/Documenter

– Communication Lead

– Presentation Lead

– Research Lead

– Evaluator

Group Project – Evaluation Criterion

• Criterion– Time

– Quality

– Costs

– Risks

Group Project – Steps in the Process

• Process– Initiation meeting

– Requirements

– Question / discovery

– Proposal

– Presentation

Group Project – Timelines

Class 8           Project selection & Initiation

Class 9           Finalize requirements

Class 10         Draft business proposal

Class 11         Interactive 15 minute presentation

Group Project – Starting points

• www.microsoft.com/canada/midsizebusiness/security/overview.mspx

• www.microsoft.com/canada/midsizebusiness/default.mspx

• www.2020software.com/products/SAP_Business_One

• www.sap.com• www.oracle.com

This week’s Guest …

Bill Ross

Director of Information Technology

Nipissing University

Class 9 – IT and Business Systems

David Plouffe

Guest ….

Weekly Assignment Search Suggestions -

– Microsoft Canada – CIO magazine – Computing Canada– Gartner Report– Celent – Accenture

Additional Search Suggestions

• IT Management

• SOA

• Evaluating Business Systems

• Read Articles posted for Class 8 and Class 9

Additional Search Suggestions

• Oracle

• SAP

• JD Edwards

• Microsoft – Momentum

• Microsoft – Dynamics

Thank You

See you next week