Costco Company: Project Tool Selection and Implementation Plan

Your group will need to explain how the implementation of this enterprise system will be of value to the organization and how it will align with their organization’s strategy and objectives. In order to prepare your assignment, you will need to undertake research.

As the business analysts, your group will devise an implementation plan to help management react faster to market conditions and get the right data/information and knowledge to the right people when needed. Decision-making would be improved along with the competitive position of the organization in the market.

Tool Selection and Implementation Plan

Prepare a prioritized list of system functionality and implementation considerations needed to meet the objectives identified by the senior management team. You will present the design layout of your proposed solution. You will describe the methodology, architecture, customization (if it is an option), IT strategy, and human factors, in addition to selecting your information systems.

In preparing the report, the senior management team would like your team to compare the products/solutions offered by at least TWO vendors of enterprise application software. Your justification of a particular vendor(s) should include a scored feature analysis and a high-level cost/benefit analysis.

You should state any assumptions that you make and provide the necessary explanations to back up your recommendations (3-5 pages maximum). Please ensure all sources are appropriately referenced with APA standards.

Refer to the following points for some guidance in preparing your second draft:

• Link to Organizational Strategy
• Mitigation Strategies
• Assumptions
• Issues/Risks
• Resources Needed (Staffing, Hardware / Software, Funding)
• Comparison of two systems & cost/benefit analysis

Refer to the rubric for detailed grading criteria.

The company will be Costco and my part is

• Link to Organizational Strategy
• Mitigation Strategies
• Assumptions