QUESTION 1:  minimum 1 page Please read the article Value Disciplines that explains how companies create value for their customers. After reading the article, identify a company that is focused on either: (a) the customer experience (customer intimacy), (b) the most innovative products (product leadership), or (c) lowest cost (operational excellence). Do NOT list a company posted by another student or one that is mentioned in the article. Explain why you chose a particular company. Discuss how IT could be used by used by the company to support its strategic focus. Cite your sources. Internet sources are OK if you provide the hyperlink. QUESTION 2: minimum 3 pages IS Strategic Analysis Paper - Strategic Use of Information PLEASE CHECK Attached Files:  Chapter 2 - Data Governance and IT Architecture Support Long-Term Performance.pptx ( 609.263 KB )  Chapter 3 - Data Management, Big Data Analytics, and Records Management.pptx ( 1.124 MB ) Please read the following chapters that describe how information can be used strategically, which is the topic for this week's paper: Chapter 2 - Data Governance and IT Architecture Support Long-Term Performance Chapter 3 - Data Management, Big Data Analytics, and Records Management Please watch the following videos on Michael Porter's Five Forces model: Video and article: What are 'Porter's 5 Forces' explains Michael Porter's five forces model. Video: The Five Competitive Forces That Shape Strategy - Michael Porter discusses his five forces model that is used to describe industry dynamics, which are important to consider in strategic approaches. Please watch this video: How Does Google Make Money? This video explains how Google uses information to make money.  Google collects information from websites and adds it to its search engine. You type information into Google search and Gmail, and Google stores that information about you. Android devices send information to Google that is used to determine traffic patterns for Google Maps and to send you ads for businesses based on your location. Although Google is a technology company, it makes money from information, as this video explains. In your paper for this week, you will explore how other companies use information strategically. Chapter 1 and the videos above describe Porter’s Five Competitive Forces model. Use the search term “information sharing in a supply chain” to find 2 peer-reviewed articles from academic journals about the use of information in supply chains or value chains. Write a summary of each article and explain how the use of information in each article relates to Porter’s Five Competitive Forces model. Discuss how information can be used strategically, based on the example(s) in the articles. Your paper should be in APA format and 3-4 pages, not counting the title page and reference pages. Make sure you have in-text citations and a reference page.  The rubric for this assignment can be viewed when clicking on the assignment link. F.

1. QUESTION 1:
minimum 1 page
Please read the article
Value Disciplines
that explains how companies create value for their customers.
After reading the article, identify a company that is focused on
either: (a) the customer experience (customer intimacy), (b) the
most innovative products (product leadership), or (c) lowest
cost (operational excellence). Do NOT list a company posted by
another student or one that is mentioned in the article. Explain
why you chose a particular company. Discuss how IT could be
used by used by the company to support its strategic focus. Cite
your sources. Internet sources are OK if you provide the
hyperlink.
QUESTION 2:
minimum 3 pages
IS Strategic Analysis Paper - Strategic Use of Information
PLEASE CHECK Attached Files:
Chapter 2 - Data Governance and IT Architecture Support
Long-Term Performance.pptx
(
609.263 KB
)
Chapter 3 - Data Management, Big Data Analytics, and Records
Management.pptx
(
1.124 MB
)
Please read the following chapters that describe how
information can be used strategically, which is the topic for this
week's paper:
Chapter 2 - Data Governance and IT Architecture Support Long-
Term Performance

2. Chapter 3 - Data Management, Big Data Analytics, and Records
Management
Please watch the following videos on Michael Porter's Five
Forces model:
Video and article:
What are 'Porter's 5 Forces'
explains Michael Porter's five forces model.
Video:
The Five Competitive Forces That Shape Strategy
- Michael Porter discusses his five forces model that is used to
describe industry dynamics, which are important to consider in
strategic approaches.
Please watch this video:
How Does Google Make Money?
This video explains how Google uses information to make
money. Google collects information from websites and adds it
to its search engine. You type information into Google search
and Gmail, and Google stores that information about you.
Android devices send information to Google that is used to
determine traffic patterns for Google Maps and to send you ads
for businesses based on your location. Although Google is a
technology company, it makes money from information, as this
video explains. In your paper for this week, you will explore
how other companies use information strategically.
Chapter 1 and the videos above describe Porter’s Five
Competitive Forces model. Use the search term “information
sharing in a supply chain” to find 2 peer-reviewed articles from
academic journals about the use of information in supply chains
or value chains. Write a summary of each article and explain
how the use of information in each article relates to Porter’s
Five Competitive Forces model. Discuss how information can
be used strategically, based on the example(s) in the articles.
Your paper should be in APA format and 3-4 pages, not
counting the title page and reference pages. Make sure you have
in-text citations and a reference page. The rubric for this
assignment can be viewed when clicking on the assignment link.

3. For help with APA formatting, click here:
https://owl.english.purdue.edu/owl/resource/560/01/
To download a sample APA paper, click here:
https://owl.english.purdue.edu/media/pdf/20090212013008_560.
pdf
QUESTION 3:
MINIMUM 1 PAGE
Research drivers that may prompt changes or development of
information systems. Select one to describe in this forum.
These should be specific and should be unique within the
discussion board.
1. Identify:
whether the driver may be external or internal within an
industry
the source of the driver (technology, business, government,...).
2. Identify:
the relevance and impact of the driver on information systems.
any guidance that may influence when this should be
implemented.
the type of information systems that may be impacted, including
any specific industries.
3. Provide the sources you used to locate this information.
Words should be your own. Sources must be cited with the
applicable text.
QUESTION 4:
MINIMUM 1 PAGE
Identify at least 3 criteria which stakeholders may assess to
determine if a business case will be approved.
Identify the difference between a SDLC and a SLC.