xxx is a major University of over 20,000 students. Its IT systems are run from internally housed servers. It is now investigating the adoption of cloud services for its applications, both staff and students applications.

The assignment requires a feasibility study that outlines the key issues and presents a systems development perspective of how the project might progress if the feasibility plan is accepted. Given the deliberations on the matter to date, xxx university is predisposed to going ahead with cloud platforms. Some

details of the stages of adoption and migration will need to be provided.

This assignment will require some reading on cloud platforms and their benefits and some of the issues

in adopting cloud platforms. There are web sites you can access such as Citrix.com to obtain information on cloud platforms and issues.

The assignment should take into account features of the unit such as:

1) Methodologies

2) User participation

3) Managing risks in implementation

4) Change management

5) Obtaining requirements

6) Others

The assignment should cite the sources of information used and be no longer than 2500 words.