Assignment Preparation: Activities include completing independent student reading and research.

Assignment:

Write a 700- to 1,050-word paper in which you recommend various components that may be used to measure the value of an IS and IT department to a company. Include the following:

• Methods used to measure the economic value of an IT department to a company
• Models for assessing the IS value put in place by the IT department
• Whether or not traditional financial ratios and measurements must be applied to determining the value of IT