Group+project

**Student are required to work in your group to complete this group project. In this course, you are given three group project, where you are required to do all THREE of them. Discuss with your team mates and decided which best two group project you wish to do. Each group project consist of group report and group presentation where each project carries 20% of your overall carry marks. Below is the group project task description:**

===**Group Project 1: Social software initiative in Tanjong Malim** ===


 * Description:** Tanjong Malim is an expanding community in Perak with mix of government servant, private and local. There are burst of business setting up companies catering to the people of Tanjong Malim, especially, UPSI's student community. There is a strong interest to expand the business by introducing new business model which use online business to reach a wider customers. Currently, there are no social software initiative carry out in Tanjong Malim and the gap need to be address immediately in order for these business to survice in long term.


 * Task:** Your team are required to introduce a social software initiative towards the business community in Tanjong Malim. Please chose a suitable web 2.0 application that you team thinks can be use to promote and sell products from the companies in Tanjong Malim. You team will do a business environment study of the social software which can comes in the form of an e-commerce or other social software prospect in Tanjong Malim, before selecting a one or few companies to embark in this project. You team are expected to show that the social software had the potential for the business to sustain their business. At the end of the semester your team need to give presentation on your project and make your report of not more than 20 pages reports.


 * Presentation:** Prepare a presentation on what you have discovered and present it to the classroom using the format above. Your presentation should take between 30-40 minutes.

Group Project 2: Exploring Schools IT Management

 * Description:** Your group are required to study the information systems (IS) available in school. This includes the study of schools IT infrastructure, software, procedures, data management, human factors which involved to makes IS an important elements in school system. The schools that you need to select can be from the UPSI's Bitara School projects or any other schools that you group have decided.


 * Task:** Please select any one schools, and began contacting the contact person for your school visit. Then you need to produce a report of not more than 3000 words which described all the IS activities in school. The list of the UPSI's bitara schools are as below:

__Lists name of UPSI Bitara School Coordinator__


 * School coordinator**


 * **No** || **School** || **School Coordinator** || **Tel (O)** || **Fax No.** ||
 * 1. || SMK Katholik || Pn. Devi A/p Maniam || 05-4596241 || 05-4582376 ||
 * 2. || SMK Agama Slim || Pn. Normah binti Kadis || 05-4527213 || 05-4526214 ||
 * 3. || Madrasah Idrisiah || En. Abdul Rahman Najib b. Mohd Noor || 05-7761961 || 05-7768268 ||
 * 4. || SK. Dato’ Kamaruddin || Pn. Siti Rodiah bt Syed Mohd || 05-4544218 (S) || 05-4544218 ||
 * 5. || SMK Khir Johari || En. Nallatamby A/L Nalliah || 05-4596334 || 05-4582454 ||
 * 6. || SMK Slim || Pn. Nor Azian bt Mohamed Bukhari || 05-4528926 || 05-4520514 ||
 * 7. || SK Tg Malim || En. Mohd Hayadi b. Abd Ghani || 05-4595694 || 05-4585924 ||
 * 8. || SMK Methodist || En. Ganesan Suppiah || 05-4596244 || 05-4585496 ||
 * 9. || SMK Dato’ Zulkifli Muhammad Slim River || Cik Zainon binti Masri || 05-4528275 || 05-4527960 ||


 * UPSI Coordinator**


 * **No** || **School** || **UPSI Coordinator** || **Faculty** || **Email** || **Office** ||
 * 1. || SMK Methodist Tanjung Malim || Dr. Abdul Halim bin Husain || FSM || halimhusain@upsi.edu.my || 05-4566705 ||
 * 2. || SMK Katholik Tanjung Malim || Pn. Leela Chakrabarty || FB || leela@fb.upsi.edu.my || 05-4505364 ||
 * 3. || SMK Slim, Slim River || Dr. Iberahim bin Hashim || FSSK || ibrahim@fssk.upsi.edu.my || 05-4505151 ||
 * 4. || SMK Dato’ Zulkifli Muhammad Slim River || Dr. Rohaila binti Yusof || FPE || rohaila@upsi.edu.my || 05-4506280 ||
 * 5. || SMK Agama Slim River || Dr. Syed Abdul Malik bin Syed Mohamad || FST || s.malik@upsi.edu.my || 05-4506412 ||
 * 6. || SK Dato’ Kamaruddin Behrang || Dr. Mohmad Noor bin Mohmad Taib || FSKPM || mnmt@upsi.edu.my || 05-4506026 ||
 * 7. || Sk Tanjung Malim || Dr. Nasir Masran || FSKPM || m.nasir@fskpm.upsi.edu.my || 05-4506180 ||
 * 8. || Madrasah Idrisiah || En. Hishamuddin bin Ahmad || FSS || hisham@upsi.edu.my || 05-4506057 ||
 * 9. || SMK Khir Johari || Dr. Nor Hasbiah binti Ubaidullah || FTMK || hasbiah@ftmk.upsi.edu.my || 05-4506496 ||

===**Group Project 3: Exploring the Information Systems in an Organization** ===


 * Description:** The MIT is better studied in the actual environment. From here, students are able to relate and integrate the knowledge that you have learn so far and see the MIT in first hand encounter. There are many concept and term that you have came across in our class. Now, in order to better understand it, you are required to explore those organization that you choose from and study in details the IS function in it.


 * Task:** You are required to study the IS in any organization, government or private, and come up with a details report on it. In your report, you need to describe the overall IS that runs in that particular organization. Then, specifically, focus down to only one IS i.e. ERP, or CRM, AIS etc, and describe in details of its:


 * Objective
 * Problems that the IS tries to solve
 * Functions
 * Integration with other IS system in the organization
 * Benefit the IS had bring to the organization (i.e. ROI - Return On Investment, productivity etc)
 * Acquisition process
 * Implementation

Lastly, relate back what you have learn from your case study to the overall objective of your MIT subject. Your report need to be not more than 20 pages long, including appendix and references.


 * Presentation:** Prepare a presentation on what you have discovered and present it to the classroom using the format above. Your presentation should take between 30-40 minutes.