developing a conceptual project designed to provide innovative capabilities to a fictitious organization, so it remains viable for the next 20 years.

AUTO -AI Overv iew -ISM4314 Overview: The final group project is worth 20% of your grade. To that end, you will apply the concepts learned in the course toward developing a conceptual project designed to provide innovative capabilities to a fictitious organization , so it remains viable for the next 20 years. About : The CEO of AUTO -AI is a growing and privately held company with 1500 employees that are seeking to expan d its footprint into the autonomous vehicle driving space. AU TO-AI has been the dominant domestic player for over 25 years of manufacturing automat ed -widgets to the auto industry. The AUTO - AI headquarter s is l oc ated in Lake Mary, Florida and has 13 US regional offices along with overse as operations in Germany, Brazil, a nd Singapore. With a nnual revenues of $700 million with 10% , pre -tax margins , the CEO and her team are concerned by the massive technology disruption undergoing in the industry. Today, t here are three worldwide competitors with a collective revenue of $ 4 billion and average margins of 12% . More r ecently, the CE O and h er ex ec utive team read a recent Deloitte Insi ghts Tech Trends 2020 publication and b ecame especially alarmed . https://www2.deloitte.com/content/dam/insights/us/articles/tech -trends - 2020/DI_TechTrends2020.pdf After reading this re search , they determined that your project team should con vene and help identify and recommend a stra tegic posture and develop a project plan among one of the following trends . 1. Macro Technology forces 2. Ethical Technology and Trust 3. Finance and the Future of IT 4. Digital Twins: Bridging the physical and digital 5. Human Experience platforms 6. Architecture awakens Deliverable Your global project team has been assigned to develop a 12-month exploratory study where you will select one of the tech trends (Macro Technology forces , Ethical Technology and Trust , Finance and the Future of IT, Digital Twins: Bridging the physical and digital , Human Experience platforms , or, Architecture awakens ) and develop a project plan to address autonomous driving opportunities for AUTO -AI. As part of this project , the CE O, CIO and the PMO office would also like you to create a web -based collaboration system (such as SharePoint) to act as a repos itory of the information . Project Reso urces This assignment require s that you create fictitious resources . For example , groups co uld include: Lega l Team Testing T eams Customer Service Outsourced Providers Sales People Web Development Executive Of fers ( VP, C -Level) Technology Inf rastructure PMO Human Resou rces Finance and Budget Project Manager Project Deliverables for A UTO-AI (due We ek 7) Team charter Micros oft Word - Due We ek 7 – 15 points (rubric w ill be p os ted in Canvas ) Team Name Team Members Skills and Know ledge Invent ory Roles and Responsibilit ies Agreed upon Meeting Times Agreed upon Meeting Location Team Communication Team Rules and Expectations Proje ct B usiness Ca se Micros oft Word - Due Week 7 – 25 points (rubric w ill be p os ted in Canvas ) Executive Summary Project Name Project Team Pro ject Description Measur able Organizational Val ue Comparison of Alter natives Recom mendation Final Delive rable : Due We ek 15 - 150 points (rubric s will be pos ted in Canvas ) Project Plan - Use the template provided by : https://www.projectmanagementdocs.com/#axzz6ByW0W3E9 ) Submit as a Micro soft Word document 100 points Micr osoft Project Plan – to include WBS, work packages/ tasks, mile stones & project reso urces 30 points PowerPoint Prese ntation - Executiv e Sum mary (10 slide s maximum ) 10 points ** Peer Grades 20 po ints ** Peer grades will be adjusted acco rdingly and /or up -to zero assignment points for minimal con tribution or no group participation . Please note: • BE CREATIVE! Try to have some f un with this too! • Plan and work as a t eam - conquer and divide. • I have created a discussion section in Canvas devoted to your team. • Consider me as the CEO /PMO/CIO f or any questions . • Feel free to email m e or invite me to a team conference call for clarity or questions .