Assignment 9

Outcomes addressed in this activity:

? Discuss the systems operation, support, and security phase

? Describe the different system maintenance types and their
importance

? Critique different backup and disaster recovery options

? Identify factors that signal the end of the useful life of
an information system

? Discuss future challenges for IT professionals as
technology reshapes the

workplace

Assignment Instructions:

IT460:1-Compare various types of information systems.

Please complete the following assignments using MS Word.
Save the assignment as Unit

9 Assignment.doc and place it into the Unit 9 Assignment
Drop Box. Click here to access

the “SCR-TIMS Work Session Link”.

Jesse wants a recommendation about an SCR help desk. She
said that I can get more

information on the Internet. She wants any input by early
next week. She said there’s

lots of information out there on this topic. She wants me
suggest a plan for creating an

SCR help desk (SCR –TIMS Worksession, Session 12, To Do
List, #1).

Assignment requirements:

? Plan submitted that discusses what a helpdesk offers

? Discusses internal support options

? Discusses external support options and shows sample
vendors and their options

? Makes recommendation that details which option is being
recommended and

why

40 point assignment grading rubric

Assignment Requirements Maximum

points

Points

earned

1. Detailed Plan submitted that

discusses what a helpdesk offers

0-10

2. Discusses internal support 0-10 Ass