Topic of writing: Analyze four websites from competing companies in an industry (ex: college/restaurant/dentist websites).  Compare and contrast based on the Web site criteria you have researched.  Choose one of the organizations and create a business case to recommend changes to the web site.  Discuss the cost impact of the recommendation (both savings as well as system implementations) and the effects on the company’s functionality.  (include a weighted multi-criteria analysis comparing the three vendor/solution approaches and a TCO of the recommended revisions – consider design of website, transactional capabilities, integration with databases)

The written business case report will fully discuss the teams’ research, decisions, costs, benefits, recommendations and will be in professional report format (Minimum 10 pages).  This includes a title page, page numbers, embedded excel worksheets showing any analysis, flow charts/value streams, titles designating sections, screen shots of software and photos of hardware.  Include ALL references in APA format (minimum of 10).  The report is worth 100 points.

The written Business Case report will fully discuss research, decisions, costs, benefits, recommendations and will be in professional report format.  (Times New Roman, 12 point font, double spaced) APA format

This includes:

• Title page
• Table of content
• Page numbers
• Proper introduction of the assignment, and conclusion with the recommendations and benefits
• Embedded excel worksheets showing cost/benefits
• Depending which project you choice:
  • Flow charts/value streams (depends on project
  • Six website criteria evaluation (depends on project)
• Titles designating sections (Introduction, Problem/opportunity defined, Requirements list, Potential Options list and evaluation with comparative matrix, Full Vendor Analysis, solution recommendation/argumentation, Total Cost of Ownership (TCO) costs and benefits, timeline and resources for deployment, and conclusion)
• Screen shots of software and photos of hardware text wrapped in the document. (Mock menus of mobile App, website criteria examples, process flow chart before and after, etc. depending on your project)
• Include ALL references – photos, graphics, research, websites, videos, etc. in APA format.