slide 1: BSA 510 Week 1 IT Plan Checklist
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Imagine you are preparing for an interview with a company as an IT
manager. Part of the interview process is a work sample. You must
demonstrate your understanding of IT governance and IT strategic vision
by analyzing Amazon’s business strategy in relation to IT governance.
Search for a recent article on Amazon’s business strategy.
Develop a 1- to 2-page checklist of the main points Amazon’s IT
department should consider so IT is properly aligned to Amazon’s
strategic business plan. Include relevant laws regulations and industry
standards that would impact the business plan such as PCI standards
and SOX regulations.
Write a 1- to 2-page summary of the effectiveness of Amazon’s IT
governance and how it executes it’s IT strategic vision as you
understand it.
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BSA 510 Week 2 IT Management Executive Brief
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Imagine you are an IT manager at small retail organization that has a
new owner. The new owner is from another industry and has expressed a
lack of understanding of some of the controls and processes important to
IT management and governance. You must help the new owner with
understanding these important concepts.
slide 3: Write a 2- to 4-page executive brief that details the following:
How the 2002 Sarbanes-Oxley Act has affected IT governance
including the major provisions of the act and how this might affect IT
and how IT might assist in compliance
How IT policies standards and procedures can be used to determine if
the enterprise is in compliance and support the IT strategy
How Quality Management Systems QMS are important in assuring
quality processes are in place
How IT management and monitoring of controls can be used to asses IT
performance
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BSA 510 Week 3 Key Performance Indicators
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Assignment Content
Consider the importance of Key Performance Indicators KPIs as an IT
manager. The previous measurement period has concluded and you
must prepare an update to the CIO on your IT team. Some KPIs are pre-
determined. You must also recommend other KPIs for your team.
Prepare a 14- to 16-slide media-rich or voice-over presentation. Include
the following:
Review the provided Key Performance Indicators KPIs.
Add at least three additional KPIs.
slide 5: Research IT performance tools for monitoring and evaluation of the
KPIs. Include how each tool effectively meets assurance practices and
IT performance.
Discuss how KPIs can be tied to strategic vision and project planning.
Format your citations according to APA guidelines.
BSA 510 Week 4 Change Management Methodology
Proposal
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Imagine a gaming company has many computer systems but no formal
methodology to make changes to these systems. As the IT Manager the
CIO has asked you to draft a change management methodology
proposal.
Prepare a 4- to 6-page change management methodology proposal that
details the steps that must be taken when a change is recommended for
any system. Include the following:
slide 6: IT governance committee you would put in place to review and
prioritize changes based on business needs and objectives and the
severity of the change
A mock-up of the form the stakeholder fills out to request a system
change a stakeholder would be an end-user manager or IT staff
member
The process used to evaluate system changes and Service Level
Agreements SLAs including any effect on budgeting and resources
such as time or people or the severity of the change
The decision-making process used to determine whether internal staff or
contractors should be used to complete a system change include IT
sourcing and contracting recommended practices
The importance of configuration management requirements and their
impact on business processes or services
The methods you would use for handling conflict and other problems
such as failure to meet SLAs as they arise during a project
The process you would use to evaluate the success of the system change
Follow APA formatting requirements.
BSA 510 Week 5 Risk Management And Mitigation Plan
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The CIO of your organization has asked you to create a 4- to 6-page risk
management and mitigation plan for security vulnerabilities.
Select five vulnerabilities and align associated risks to a risk
management framework such as NIST SP 800-37. Include the
following:
Consider the potential vulnerabilities or threats facing the organization.
Describe the risk each vulnerability or threat would have on the
organization in terms of its people network data or reputation.
Explain each risks impact on the organization.
Provide defined mitigation for each vulnerability such as an incident
response plan disaster recovery plan or business continuity plan. Give a
defined reason why a vulnerability or threat would not be mitigated
such as the use of a different risk control strategy if appropriate.
Description Scenario: The Stevens Company is converting the
SQL Server database to the Oracle database. Using the sample below
create a 1- to 2-page Risk Information Sheet in Microsoft® Excel® for
at least five risks that might be encountered during the conve...
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BSA 510 Week 6 BC DR And BCP
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Part 1:
Prepare a Business Impact Analysis BIA for an information system
such as a payroll system.
Download the template “Business Impact Analysis BIA Template”
from the ComputerSecurity Resource Center website.
Read the template. Notice that text in italics is instructive and
placeholder text.
slide 9: Compete the Business Impact Analysis BIA Template.
Part 2:
Download the Information System Contingency Plan template from the
Computer Security Resource Center website. Choose the low moderate
or high template based on the impact value you identified in the Outage
Impacts section of the BIA template for Part 1.
Complete the template. Completing the appendices is not required but
recommended.
Submit your assignment.