Cigna IT Business Environment Proposed Research Project Plan
Do not include a cover page or table of contents Minimun of 10 Pages-double spaced
Researching these individual categories separately will be easier than trying to deal with everything at one time. Note that this is just a starting point for your research. You will add many additional items under each of these major categories.
Operating Systems
Applications
Operating Systems
- Identify the operating systems and hardware platforms found on your company’s servers and user workstations. There could be a diverse range. Why were these server operating systems chosen?
- How many servers of each type are deployed?
- How many workstations of each type are deployed?
- How are security updates handled?
Applications
- Identify mission critical server applications on which your company would depends for business to continue hour by hour. Identify second tier server applications.
- Identify custom desktop user applications developed by your company to assist employees in their everyday tasks. Exclude COTs products like MS Office.
- Enterprise Resource Planning Systems (ERP): Does your company have an ERP system in place and what vendor? Example… SAP
- Customer Relationship Management (CRM) Systems: Does your company have a CRM system in place and what vendor?
- Collaboration Systems: Has your company deployed SharePoint or another collaboration tool for employees?
I have attached the approved research proposal
