Introduction, Business Requirements, and Competitors and Technology

IT 210 Milestone One Guidelines and Rubric

Overview: This assignment is the first milestone that you will complete for your final project. In this milestone, you will address the following:
 You will begin drafting parts of your final project, focusing on your business requirements, competitors, and technology.
 This assignment is an important practice opportunity for you to create a draft, and to get feedback from your instructor to improve your final draft.
 The rubric reflects that this is a practice opportunity. You should focus on getting the necessary information into your draft. No draft is perfect.
 This milestone aligns with sections I, II, and III of your final project. Use the questions in the critical elements as a guide.
 Use the Final Project Template document for your work. This template will be used for the Milestones and the Final Project.
o Using the template will ensure you do not miss any items you need to address. The critical elements are highlighted in yellow in the template.
 The decision matrix is not required for this milestone; however, you will be submitting the decision matrix in Milestone Two. Use the template provided
to help narrow your technology recommendation.
Prompt: Imagine that you work for the small brick-and-mortar business described in the final project case scenario. The owner of your business wants to focus
on generating new revenue through e-commerce, but she knows that this change in operations requires the company to integrate new technology. To gain an
understanding of what the business might need for technology, she has asked you to create a business systems analysis. In this analysis, you will clearly
introduce the problem that your business is facing. Then, you will determine the business requirements for solving that problem, including the requirements
that any new technology needs to meet.
Your goal in the final project is to establish an e-commerce presence, but you must improve the current technology first. Use the Decision Matrix document as
you conduct your research for assistance organizing your thoughts. (You will submit the completed decision matrix in Milestone Two.) For additional resources
on developing the decision matrix, refer to:
 Decision Matrix: What It Is and How to Use It: This article defines the decision matrix and discusses how leaders evaluate and prioritize all of their
options when considering solutions to a difficult task.
 Decision Matrix Analysis: This article explains how to use a decision matrix analysis, a useful technique for making a choice when many factors must be
balanced. Captioned version of this resource can be found here.
 Decision Matrix Example: Use this resource to view an example of a completed decision matrix.