System Design and Cost Justification

Question descriptionThe best technical solution will fail unless management and other stakeholders support the concept. A short, nontechnical (business-oriented) presentation can help explain a design and facilitate the needed understanding and agreement. An effective presentation is engaging, well organized, and easy to understand.

This Assignment requires you to use Microsoft PowerPoint 2007 or newer to create your presentation. In addition, you must have a microphone to record your oral narrative to accompany the presentation.

To prepare for this Assignment:

• View the PowerPoint presentation titled “E-Presentations” and related e-presentation articles in the Learning Resources.
• Consider which points you should make and how to present them to a business executive.

To complete this Assignment, create a 6- to 10-slide PowerPoint presentation on your proposed system design and cost justification that you could give to the organization’s senior management team. Your presentation should be approximately 6–10 minutes in length. Include in your presentation:

• An introduction
• A clear discussion of the system design, including functional and non-functional requirements and information needs of the organization
• An explanation of and rationale for the system costs
• A summary

You may wish to write out the narration for each slide. Ensure that it reads conversationally and time yourself.