Throughout this course, the CIO or senior IT leadership perspective will be applied to the development of enterprise strategy and IT strategy. For the course project, you will imagine that you are the new CIO of your organization. Your organization can be your current organization, a prior organization, or any organization of interest to you for which you can find adequate information on the nature of its business. Write a 10–12 page paper in which you:
•Describe the organization and its current state, including the degree to which the organization relies upon IT.
•Develop a strategy for the enterprise and the IT organization based upon course content.
•Describe the alignment of IT’s strategy to that of the broader enterprise organization.
•Discuss necessary changes and how you will lead those changes.
•Support the strategy with peer-reviewed resources.

To help you complete your project by Unit 10, you will work on it in stages starting in Unit 3. For information on completing each project component, read each assignment located within the unit in which it is due.

Project Objectives
To successfully complete this project, you will be expected to: 1.Conduct an external environmental analysis and an internal analysis of the competencies, resources, and capabilities of the firm.
2.Identify the business strategies, corporate strategies, innovation strategies, and global strategies used by the firm and explain how these strategies support the organization’s goals.
3.Develop an enterprise strategy for an organization.
4.Develop an IT strategy for an organization.
5.Analyze the alignment between a risk management plan and an IT enterprise strategy.
6.Create a plan for risk management in an enterprise.
7.Assess change management plans for implementing an enterprise-level strategy and an IT-level strategy in an enterprise.
8.Analyze the role of a CIO or IT leadership in forming IT strategy, mitigating risk, and instilling values in the organizational culture.
9.Communicate in a professional manner using scholarly resources that support the analysis through clear, concise, well-organized, and grammatically correct writing that incorporates appropriate APA style conventions.

To achieve a successful project experience and outcome, you are expected to meet the following requirements. •Written communication: Written communication is free of errors that detract from the overall message. Grammar, punctuation, and style are used correctly and consistent with serious, professional discourse.
•Organization: The paper is organized in a hierarchical manner, with headings and subheadings as needed to facilitate discernment of a logical structure.
•References: Assertions are substantiated with one or more appropriate and supportive references to scholarly, published material. Any direct or indirect reference within the paper to the work of others is appropriately cited.
•Number of resources: Minimum of 10 resources.
•APA formatting: Resources and citations are formatted according to current APA style and formatting.
•Length of paper: 10–12 typed, double-spaced pages. In addition, the paper needs to include a title page, abstract, and reference list.
•Font and font size: Times New Roman, 12 point.