Introduction to Technology Management TMGT1106 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 –

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 26 th TBA Class 13 to be a review for the Final Exam – both sections are invited to attend Monday March 31 st For s – –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  Team A  Team B  Selection Committee Groups and Teams are assigned and posted on web site

Choice 1 There 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 2 There 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 ecurity/overview.mspxwww.microsoft.com/canada/midsizebusiness/s ecurity/overview.mspx efault.mspxwww.microsoft.com/canada/midsizebusiness/d efault.mspx ss_Onewww.2020software.com/products/SAP_Busine ss_One

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