IT Proposal
- 1. Proposal For Bluth Web Design Presented By: Nicholas Leyba, Andrew Riley, James Mussman, Curtis Bridges II, Clay Gonzales, Christopher Fulgencio
- 2. What we found " The Bluth Company is having difficulty communicating and collaborating within the company. There is also a need to address technology limitations."
- 3. Why! Contributing Factors • Hardware Technology • Software Technology • Proximity • Collaboration Tools • Training
- 4. Current State • Each Employee Uses a Personal Cell Phone • Each Employee has a Desktop Computer and some use a personal computer at home.
- 5. Hardware Upgrades • Laptop Computers with Docking stations • LCD Monitors • Blackberry Bold Smartphones • Dedicated T1 internet • Projector • Projector Screen
- 7. Old Software Microsoft Office 2003 Notepad
- 8. Upgrades Photoshop Dreamweaver Flash Professional Microsoft Office 2010 Adobe Creative Suite 5
- 9. Proximity: Where you are at now • The company is finding it difficult to communicate • Project Teams are geographically dispersed
- 10. Proximity: Solutions • Travel Kit o 3G HotSpot USB o Portable Projector o USB Thumb Drive
- 11. Oovoo Biz • easy and affordable solution for video conferencing • 6-way Video Conferencing • No installation needed • record and send video messages to others
- 12. Collaboration Tools CampFire BaseCamp
- 13. Campfire
- 14. BaseCamp
- 15. Current State • No Formal Training • Accompany Hardware / Software Upgrades
- 16. Training American Management Association • Interpersonal Skills • Presentation Skills • Business Writing In-House Training • Software • Hardware
- 17. *Costs
- 18. Summary • Effective Communication o AMA Training • Technology Limitations o Hardware o Software • Team Collaboration & Team Communication o BaseCamp o CampFire
- 19. Questions?
Editor's Notes
- #2: Good Morning Ladies and Gentleman. My name Nicholas Leyba, I am part of Team Gandhi, who you requested to analyze your companies situation. Team Gandhi consists of myself and my five colleagues next to me. Mr. Riley, Mr. Mussman, Mr. Bridges, Mr. Gonzales, and Mr. Fulgencio. We are here today to present our findings with your company and provide you some recommendations on how to better equip your company for success.
- #3: We found that "Bluth" is having a little difficulty with communicating and collaborating as a whole. Also, Bluth is falling behind in the advances of Technology as a whole. Although your company is putting out quality products right now, in the near future you lack of Technology may hinder your success.
- #4: These are the five key factors that we continuously stumbled upon when analyzing the data and make-up of your company.
- #6: Phase out desktop computers and replace with laptops and docking stations Laptop Computers with Docking stations Significant increase in mobility and productivity LCD Monitors Help with production Will be an eye saver for employees by reducing eye strain that may occur from working on a laptop Blackberry Bold Smartphones Will help with communication while employees are mobile. Will increase productivity Will make more employees available at critical times Dedicated T1 internet Will help speed of design and production Projector Projector Screen
- #8: Right now employees are using Office 2003 Notepad. Serve basic purpose of Create & Edit Docs Coding Pages Our purposed upgrades Boost productivity Allow for colloboration
- #9: First upgrade to Office 2010 Easy document sharing Collaborate in real-time While open-source on the rise.. Most of the biz world still uses office suites Has robust documentation Employees familiar with it We suggest cs5 to replace NP Tools include PS, DW, FL Speeds development and increases quality for clients Designers & coders on similar development environment Work integrates easier May motivate employees to become more well-rounded I will now pass it to Mr.Mussman
- #12: More talking points for Oovoo biz at http://www.oovoo.com/Business.aspx?pname=Features
- #13: CampFire can be used as a tech support chat line
- #19: To summarize what we have talked about today. We know that communication is the key to success in any organization. So we have recommended American Management Association to assist the leaders in your company to hone in on their supervisory skills when leading a team. We talked about your lack of Technical updates withing your company. We advised to address these ASAP to continuously grow as a company and further put out quality products. Lastly, we talked about your problems in Collaboration and Communication due to proximity issues. We found that BaseCamp and CampFire are quality substitues to assist you.