INTRODUCTION

Throughout your career in IT management, you will be asked to develop and improve a company’s IT department, including staffing and innovative solutions. Once a company has finalized its strategic goals and budget, an organizational and resource plan needs to be developed. Then, innovative staffing solutions and job descriptions need to be developed with assistance from Human Resources (HR).

For this task, you will create an IT organizational and resource plan that includes an annotated hierarchical organizational chart for the company described in the attached “TreasureChest Case Study.” The case study should be read before beginning this task. Once the chart is complete, you will write a job description for one of the positions and then propose innovative replacements for two other positions. Finally, you will write a recommendation to the Steering Committee summarizing your plan and its alignment with business processes.

The skills you showcase in your IT organizational and resource plan and recommendations will be useful in collaborating with the various stakeholders you will work with during your career. This IT organizational and resource plan may also be added to your portfolio to show to future employers.

SCENARIO

You were recently hired as the new chief information officer (CIO) at the SaaS treasury management company, TreasureChest. Your main responsibility is to implement innovative changes and become the direct report for the entire IT department. The CEO has been doing this prior to your hire. You have been assigned to review the department staffing to ensure you have the right people and resources in the right positions. The CEO is looking for innovative ways to solve the staffing problem and wants you to collaborate with HR to fill these positions. You have been given TreasureChest’s case study and strategic goals and need to ensure your IT organizational and resource plan aligns with the company’s business demands.

REQUIREMENTS

Your submission must be your original work. No more than a combined total of 30% of the submission and no more than a 10% match to any one individual source can be directly quoted or closely paraphrased from sources, even if cited correctly. The originality report that is provided when you submit your task can be used as a guide.

You must use the rubric to direct the creation of your submission because it provides detailed criteria that will be used to evaluate your work. Each requirement below may be evaluated by more than one rubric aspect. The rubric aspect titles may contain hyperlinks to relevant portions of the course.

Tasks may 
not be submitted as cloud links, such as links to Google Docs, Google Slides, OneDrive, etc., unless specified in the task requirements. All other submissions must be file types that are uploaded and submitted as attachments (e.g., .docx, .pdf, .ppt).

A.  Create an IT organizational and resource plan to meet the needs outlined in the attached “TreasureChest Case Study” by doing the following:

1.  Create an annotated hierarchical organizational chart illustrating 
10–12 individuals in 
six various roles in the IT departmental structure and processes, including the type of resources (e.g., full-time employees [FTEs], outsourcing, contracting, inshore, offshore, etc.) for 
each of the six roles.

Note: An annotated organizational chart is a chart to which you add labels for each role and resource type.

a.  Write a job description for 
one of the roles in your organizational chart that includes information for 
each of the following aspects:

•   heading information (e.g., job title, pay grade, relationships)

•   summary of the role components and their overall benefit to the organization

•   objective summary of the job

•   job duties and responsibilities

•   qualifications

2.  Propose an innovative strategy to improve efficiency and reduce headcount by doing the following:

a.  Describe a collaborative partnership with an internal or external business resource to replace 
one FTE or role in your organizational chart, including 
two examples of how the replacement is innovative and will move the company forward.

b.  Describe a technology to implement to replace 
one FTE or role in your organizational chart, including 
two examples of how the replacement is innovative and will move the company forward.

B.  Write a recommendation to TreasureChest’s Steering Committee detailing your IT organizational and resource plan from part A by doing the following:

1.  Summarize how your plan meets the company’s business goals and provide 
two examples from your plan that support your claims.

2.  Describe 
two IT practices aligned to 
either COBIT or ITIL that contribute to the viability of your plan and provide
 two examples from your plan demonstrating the application of 
each practice.

3.  Recommend 
two innovative organizational resource technologies to improve service at the company and provide
 two research-based examples demonstrating the successful application of 
each technology.

C.  Acknowledge sources, using in-text citations and references, for content that is quoted, paraphrased, or summarized.

D.  Demonstrate professional communication in the content and presentation of your submission.

RUBRIC

COMPETENT

The submission provides an annotated hierarchical organizational chart that accurately illustrates 10–12 individuals in 6 various roles in the department, relates to the given case study and the company, and includes the types of resources required for each of the 6 roles.

COMPETENT

The submission provides a job description for 1 role in the hierarchical organizational chart and includes each of the given aspects. The description is thorough and consistent with the given case study and business goals.

COMPETENT

The submission describes a collaborative partnership with a relevant, appropriate business resource to replace 1 FTE or role and includes 2 examples that logically address how the replacement is innovative and moves the company forward. The description is thorough and includes essential details.

COMPETENT

The submission describes a relevant, appropriate technology to implement to replace 1 FTE or role and includes 2 examples logically addressing how the replacement is innovative and moves the company forward. The description is thorough and includes essential details.

COMPETENT

The submission accurately summarizes how the IT organizational and resource plan meets the company’s business goals and includes 2 examples from the plan that support the summary and are consistent with the given case study and business goals.

COMPETENT

The submission describes 2 applicable IT practices that contribute to the viability of the IT organizational and resource plan and align to either COBIT or ITIL. The description includes 2 examples from the plan that accurately demonstrate application of each practice, .and the description is thorough and includes essential details.

COMPETENT

The submission recommends 2 innovative, relevant organizational resource technologies that will improve service at the company and includes 2 research-based examples that accurately demonstrate successful application of both chosen technologies.

COMPETENT

The submission includes in-text citations for sources that are properly quoted, paraphrased, or summarized and a reference list that accurately identifies the author, date, title, and source location as available.

COMPETENT

Content reflects attention to detail, is organized, and focuses on the main ideas as prescribed in the task or chosen by the candidate. Terminology is pertinent, is used correctly, and effectively conveys the intended meaning. Mechanics, usage, and grammar promote accurate interpretation and understanding.