Project Overview The purpose of this capstone project is for students to assume a senior management approach and apply project management techniques to create an integrative information technology solution to address organizational issues in order to satisfy an executive team and venture capital group. Students will critically assess existing information systems infrastructures, emerging technologies, and how enabling technologies affect organizational strategy. Deliverables 1 through 6 focus on preparing students toward the final capstone project. Skills, experience, and knowledge gained through the completion of prerequisite courses will be used throughout each deliverable. The project contents to be addressed are as follows: 1. Project Deliverable 1: Project Plan Inception. In this deliverable, you will create a project introduction that includes background information of the company, the type of business that the company is involved in, and a description of the integrative information systems that the company should have to support the business. You will also be asked to create a project plan to record tasks, subtasks, and resources, and identify the schedule of the project. Additionally, the plan will outline the planning, analysis, design, and implementation phases of your project. Submission Requirements: · Project Introduction (MS Word) · Project Plan (MS Project) 2. Project Deliverable 2: Business Requirements. In this deliverable, you will create an original business requirements document for the project plan using the template provided. You will be asked to describe the detailed project including the scope, possible risks, constraints, assumptions, integration with other systems and infrastructure, and relevant terms that will be used throughout the project. You will also need to update the project plan. Submission Requirements: · Business Requirements Document (MS Word) · Project Plan (MS Project) 3. Project Deliverable 3: Database and Data Warehousing Design. In this deliverable, you will create a database schema that supports the company’s business and processes, explain and support the database schema, create database tables, normalize the database tables, create an Entity-Relationship (E-R) Diagram, and create a Data Flow Diagram (DFD). You will also be asked to create sample queries that will support the organizational reporting needs, and screen layouts that illustrate the interface that organizational users will utilize. You will need to update the project plan. Submission Requirements: · Design Document (MS Word) · Revised Project Plan (MS Project) 4. Project Deliverable 4: Cloud Technology and Virtualization. In this deliverable, you will support the need for the use of cloud technology and virtualization within your company, speculate on expected cost savings in hardware infrastructure, speculate on the possible reductions of human capital that can be realized from implementing cloud and virtualization tec ...

1. Project Overview
The purpose of this capstone project is for students to assume a
senior management approach and apply project management
techniques to create an integrative information technology
solution to address organizational issues in order to satisfy an
executive team and venture capital group. Students will
critically assess existing information systems infrastructures,
emerging technologies, and how enabling technologies affect
organizational strategy. Deliverables 1 through 6 focus on
preparing students toward the final capstone project. Skills,
experience, and knowledge gained through the completion of
prerequisite courses will be used throughout each deliverable.
The project contents to be addressed are as follows:
1.
Project Deliverable 1: Project Plan Inception. In this
deliverable, you will create a project introduction that includes
background information of the company, the type of business
that the company is involved in, and a description of the
integrative information systems that the company should have to
support the business. You will also be asked to create a project
plan to record tasks, subtasks, and resources, and identify the
schedule of the project. Additionally, the plan will outline the
planning, analysis, design, and implementation phases of your
project.
Submission Requirements:
· Project Introduction (MS Word)
· Project Plan (MS Project)
2.

2. Project Deliverable 2: Business Requirements. In this
deliverable, you will create an original business requirements
document for the project plan using the template provided. You
will be asked to describe the detailed project including the
scope, possible risks, constraints, assumptions, integration with
other systems and infrastructure, and relevant terms that will be
used throughout the project. You will also need to update the
project plan.
Submission Requirements:
· Business Requirements Document (MS Word)
· Project Plan (MS Project)
3.
Project Deliverable 3: Database and Data Warehousing Design.
In this deliverable, you will create a database schema that
supports the company’s business and processes, explain and
support the database schema, create database tables, normalize
the database tables, create an Entity-Relationship (E-R)
Diagram, and create a Data Flow Diagram (DFD). You will also
be asked to create sample queries that will support the
organizational reporting needs, and screen layouts that illustrate
the interface that organizational users will utilize. You will
need to update the project plan.
Submission Requirements:
· Design Document (MS Word)
· Revised Project Plan (MS Project)
4.
Project Deliverable 4: Cloud Technology and Virtualization. In
this deliverable, you will support the need for the use of cloud

3. technology and virtualization within your company, speculate
on expected cost savings in hardware infrastructure, speculate
on the possible reductions of human capital that can be realized
from implementing cloud and virtualization technologies, create
a diagram to illustrate how cloud and virtualization technology
could align with the company’s business processes and assist
with attainment of organizational goals, provide a compelling
recommendation for solution providers and partners that could
help your company secure a firm competitive advantage by
using cloud and virtualization technologies, and update the
project plan.
Submission Requirements:
· Design Document (MS Word)
· Revised Project Plan (MS Project)
5.
Project Deliverable 4: Network Infrastructure and Security. In
this deliverable, you will design a logical and physical
topographical layout of the network, illustrate the possible
placement of servers, explain rationale for the logical and
physical topographical layout of the planned network, create
and describe the comprehensive security policy for the
organization, and update the project plan.
Submission Requirements:
· Infrastructure Document (MS Word)
· Revised Project Plan (MS Project)
6.
Final Project: Final Project Plan. In the final project, you will
provide a high-level technical overview of the project. This

4. includes the five (5) previous deliverables with revisions
surrounding instructor feedback. All documentation will be
recorded on the business requirements document revised from
an earlier submission in this course. Additionally, you will
submit the final project plan and create a comprehensive
PowerPoint presentation for the executive team and the venture
capital group. The PowerPoint presentation, along with the
executive summary, will convince the group that your solution
is optimal.
Submission Requirements:
· Written Project Plan (MS Word)
· Revised Business Requirements Document (MS Word)
· Project Plan PowerPoint Presentation (MS PowerPoint)
· Finalized Project Plan (MS Project)