The Executive Summary will be divided into three sections (label each section):

1. The significance, relevance, issues, etc of the article in relationship to the assigned topic;

2. Implications for the Company and/or IT Department. Assume you are the CIO (use first person (“I”) narrative; and

3. Implications and impact for CIO—you personally (use first person narrative).

A. Heading

– Each assignment will include (see above):

• your name,

• Assignment number; e.g. #1A

• TOPIC for the week (required for relevance score), and

• Rating: Relevance, Rigor, Importance [5,5,5] = “BEST”

Relevance

1. Irrelevant

2. Marginally relevant

3. Average

4. Above average

5. Extremely relevant

Rigor

1. No rigor

2. A little rigor (stats)

3. Moderate

4. Above average

5. Extremely rigorous

Importance

1. Unimportant

2. Slight importance

3. Moderate importance

4. Above average

5. Extremely important

B. Footer

• Appropriate bibliographic entry (see below):

Author's name(s), “Title”, Journal (Vol., issue no.) , pages, date; or URL, if only reference available.

C. A Copy of the article is to be attached (may not be returned).

• A copy of the article should also be kept by the student. Print out .pdf versions, whenever possible. If the article has figures or tables, be sure to “enlarge” them so that they are easily read by the instructor.

• You may be called upon at random to discuss your article. So, it’s a good idea to keep a copy of your article and the Executive Summary hand for discussions during class. If you have no article, or if you are not prepared to contribute, you will have points deducted from the grade for the assignment.

• The articles will also be used in the discussions with the guest speakers.

IT-Alignment-with-Business-Goalspdf