Submitted to Prof. Ashwani Kumar By Section – F, Group – 3, Subgroup-2 Avin Piparsania Vamshidhar Pasikanti PGP27347 PGP27390 Vikas Siddheshwar Vinay Karodia PGP27392 PGP27393
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Management Information Systems Term III
Group – 3, Subgroup-2
Section - F
MDCM Inc. (A): IT Strategy Synchronization You are a member of the MDCM executive team. Use the information given in this case to help solve this management crisis with the other executive team members in your group. Your team should define the overall corporate strategy for MDCM, the business goals matched to this strategy, Formation of core team of IT leaders Managing project & project requirements better by performing efficient requirement analysis Setting proper IT standards Integrating different IT systems within the organization Developing capability to access information across subsidiaries Better planning & scheduling across projects Information Technology should be given more importance to bring in change Regular meeting sessions between the technical team & the management
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IIM Lucknow
Management Information Systems Term III
Group – 3, Subgroup-2
Section - F
MDCM Inc. (B): Strategic IT Portfolio Management You and your team are the ITPM executive committee working with the CIO of MDCM. Based on the information given in this case and MDCM Case A, prepare a recommendation for the MDCM corporate board. You may find it useful to create a score card to evaluate each project and to compare the projects using the Portfolio Application Model Matrix exhibit in the case. You should also consider the approximate sequence for executing the initiatives and may find that drawing a simple network diagram including the dependencies is a useful tool for discussion. For purposes of class discussion, the data in the case is deliberately presented at a high level, so where details are not given, feel free to make assumptions based on your experience.
Evaluation of Portfolios In order to remodel the IT structure of MDCM Inc. MDCN need to