You’ve just left an all-hands meeting at your company*. The CEO was very upset at the rise of shadow IT projects – a significant indicator that the company’s internal information system has failed to meet its needs. Because the current information system is inadequate, inefficient, and outdated, the CEO is inviting everyone in the organization to propose a new operational, decision support, or enterprise information system to replace it. The executives have allocated $5 million to fund the most promising idea. Write your proposal as a memo that the entire C-suite will review. Include at least these points, in your own words, to be persuasive:
1). Identify the main functions of your proposed information system and why they are essential to the business.
2). Describe what types of data your information system will hold and how to ensure data quality.
3). Explain how the old information system handles the functions you mentioned, the problems that occur, and why your information system will handle things better.
4). Offer evidence of feasibility: Show that similar information systems have been successful and that they save more money than they cost. The executives are busy, so keep your memo to 1-4 pages and avoid any extraneous content.
