...NETW583 Strategic Management of Technology Term Project Instructions A key part of this class is the Term Project – developing a comprehensive written strategic plan for a technology driven organization. The project is intended to provide students with the opportunity to integrate skills and knowledge developed in this course. The project has a value of 200 points or 20% of the overall course grade. This document will provide you with additional information about the requirements as a supplement to the brief description on the course site. General Comments The project is organized consistent with the Terminal Course Objectives. This format allows students to apply what they have learned and serves to reinforce the concepts. The Term Project has 6 sections each of which should cover a specific Terminal Course Objectives 1. Strategy (TCO F) 2. Core Competencies (TCO C) 3. Industry Dynamics (TCO A) 4. Technology Sourcing and Internal Innovation (TCO D) 5. Product Development Strategy (TCO E) 6. Strategy to protect innovations (TCO B) Each section of the project should be approximately 2-3 double spaced pages in length. Only the final paper, which is due on the Sunday ending week 7, will be graded. Each plan grade is made up of 3 components and weighted as follows: • Content (70%): how well the plan meets the objective of each section, which is organized by Terminal Course Objective. Care should be taken to ensure that your ideas are carefully considered and supported by...
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...NETW583 Course Project Intel Corporation has been great in the past when it had seen success. But of the last couple decade its success has not been top shape. But to achieve this success they are reaching for they will need an effective deployment strategy within their market, Intel Corporation needs to implement a technology strategy that will showcase its encompasses ability to involve business groups throughout the planning process, while maintaining integration of the processes from within things like their corporate planning schedule, Intel’s plans should rapidly change within the market, and staying abreast of the technology curve while simultaneously achieving the largest returns conceivable on every initiative and areas of focus. Intel’s has shown us a strong desire to maintain accomplishments in the production of the fastest and most powerful CPU’s in the industry. An effective approach to Intel retaining these goals would be for Intel to know exact what strategy is effective to manages strategic planning. Intel’s strategic planning process should be able to address long-term direction for IT leaders and develop strategies that address future goals and objectives. Furthermore, the integration of Intel’s strategic planning calendar with the corporate planning cycle will ensure that Intel will preserve the synchronicity of these aspects with the company’s planned direction. Also, the collaboration and consolidation of Intel’s experts and ideas garnered from all Intel...
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