CIS500 UPENN CEO’s Challenge Memo DSS As The Best Information System You’ve just left an all-hands meeting at your company*. The CEO was very upset at the

CIS500 UPENN CEO’s Challenge Memo DSS As The Best Information System You’ve just left an all-hands meeting at your company*. The CEO was very upset at the rise of shadow IT projects – a major 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Because the current information system is inadequate, inefficient, and outdated, the CEO is inviting everyone in the organization to propose a new operational, decision support, or enterprise information system to replace it.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.

This is your chance to make a difference in the company (not to mention your own career). 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 important to the business.
2. Describe what types of data your information system will hold and how data quality will be ensured.
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 built successfully 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.
*You may use a current or former employer, but do not disclose anything confidential. Or, you can pick another organization if you are familiar with their internal (not customer-facing) information systems. You can disguise the organization and populate it with famous names. Made-up companies are problematic because of the amount of detail and realism they require. 1. Identify the main functions of your proposed
information system and why they are important to the
business.
2. Describe what types of data your information system
will hold and how data quality will be ensured.
3. Explain how the functions you mentioned are being
handled by the old information system, 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 built successfully and
that they save more money than they cost.
5. Clarity, persuasion, proper communication, writing
mechanics, and formatting requirements
Explained the stylistic choices for architecture of
information system
Connected main functions of system to business needs and
shadow IT
Explained the system storage and interaction with data
Considered the impacts of cost and maintenance on data
quality
Described why inefficiencies of maintenance in the old
system persist
Provided options for keeping the system separate, integrating
with old, or scaling up/down based on
Explained what makes the information system identified
similar to yours
Demonstrate how the new system outperforms similar
systems
No grammatical errors, plain language, organized by
topic, references business needs, connects to technical
specs, persuasive

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