CMPT641 – Digital Transformation Dr.

Said Baadel

Assignment: Digital Transformation Individual Assignments

Due: Week 4 & 5.

A certain company food and beverage company specializing in healthy, organic foods operates with
around 150 employees split between Vancouver and Surrey, BC, and supplies salads, organic meals, and
other healthy options to hospitals, schools, and corporate cafeterias throughout the greater Vancouver
area. Recently, they won a contract to cater for all flights landing at YVR airport – which will instantly
double the demand of their products once the contract kicks in after 6 months. Currently, most
processes in their factory are manual, with packaging moving along various conveyor belts. Fresh fruits
and vegetables are delivered daily, sourced locally from farmers across BC. The company also has a team
of 20 chefs responsible for curating menus and overseeing the preparation and cooking of the meals.

The CEO’s priority is to raise awareness of the transformation throughout the company and create a
sense of urgency to embrace the upcoming changes. As with any capital-intensive IT project, it’s
essential to research and assess how this initiative will impact each department, the overall
organization, customers, and all stakeholders. There needs to be a clear vision and plan for the
transformation, including strategies to manage it, identify potential roadblocks, and develop mitigation
strategies.

Your team has secured the contract to lead the digital transformation and to advise the CEO and other
stakeholders on the steps forward.

Part 1 (10%): Due in Week 4

Your team’s first task is to do a research and write the CEO a proper academic research paper on change
management. Your research for this paper will help you to understand the importance of change
management in the digital transformation process.

Using the links found in Week 3: Agile Project Management, Change Management in Digital
Transformation, read the articles and watch the various videos. Using these as your starting point, your
paper will examine the importance of change management and various change management models.

The paper will:

1. Examine and summarize why employees are fearful of change. Provide at least three (3)
examples of employee fears of change.
2. Examine and explore at least two different change management models. For each model,
summarize each model and include a diagram of each model.
3. From your examination of the fears that employees have for change in point 1, explain how
either of the two change models selected in point 2 will alleviate those fears.
4. Summarize why change management is needed in digital transformation. Justify your reasons.

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Part 2 (15%): Due in Week 5

Before carrying out any transformation, the CEO wants to understand what technology trends exist
today and how they are utilized in various organizations (i.e., business sizes – small, medium, large
enterprises etc.). The food company has its main office building in downtown Vancouver and the factory
in Surrey. The company uses traditional ways to get their products to the customers that involve
intensive manual and unskilled labor.

As a member of the team, you will assess and provide an analysis on current Information and
Communication Technology (ICT) trends that companies use for each type of organization size (Large,
Medium, and Small). Provide a report that summarizes and analyzes possible ICT trends for different
companies dealing with different products and services (not necessarily food and beverage) that can be
suggested to the CEO. You may use the following matrix as your guideline.

Size of Company Select a company ICT Trend 1 for ICT Trend 2 for For each trend,
of each size and the selected the selected provide 3 reasons
an explanation of business business why this business
the type of should adapt it.
business they are -Explain the trend -Explain the trend
in. -Diagram of the -Diagram of the For each trend
technology technology provide 2 risks to
the business if
adopting this
trend?

A Diagram of how
the trend would
be implemented
into the business
Large (250+)
Medium (50-249)
Small (10-49)

This task will be evaluated based on how you define the problem, your discussions, recommendations,
and diagrams provided.

Part 3 (10%): Due in Week 5

In the form of a video presentation, create a single cohesive video that could be used to convince the
CEO and other stakeholders of the value of these emerging technologies. You also need to highlight
which of these technologies would be suitable for the textile company. The video should not exceed 6
mins.

This task will be evaluated based on the subject matter discussion, critical thinking, oral presentation
including body language.

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Requirements for Part 1

• Use APA 7th Edition format for the paper. Title page, Table of Contents, Reference page.
• No Abstract required.
• Part 1 paper must be written as a research paper, while Part 2 is a simple report.
• The paper must follow some logical flow. Use of headers are required.
• The paper will be marked on the rubrics shown below. Ensure your paper follows the rubrics.
• There is no minimum or maximum word count. The key is whether the paper thoroughly
answers the questions above and the ideas flow. Precise and concise writing is recommended.
• Turnitin score of less than 5% is required. Turnitin does not count quoted material, title page, or
reference page. Turnitin score only refers to the body of the assignment. Using ChatGPT and
other AI to write these reports is considered plagiarism in this course. Read the AI Policy in the
announcement section on the acceptable use of AI.
• A minimum of 5 proper academic references (books, peer-reviewed journal and conference
papers) and 2 non-academic references (minimum total 7). Use of other student’s paper from
any other institution as a reference will not be accepted. Links must be provided for all digitally
accessed documents. The links and reference information must access the page being
referenced otherwise it will not count as a site used.
• A well written paper is one where the paper teaches the reader about the topic. Do not assume
that the reader understands your topic or will fill in the blanks of information.

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Topics Comments Max.

Grade
Subject Matter Subject Matter (70%)
(70%)
• Key elements of assignments are covered. 70
• Content is comprehensive, accurate, persuasive.
• Displays an understanding of relevant theories.
• Major points supported by specific references.
• Good flow of ideas.
• Research is adequate/timely and citations are
academically valid.
• Organization (10%) Organization (10%)

• The introduction provides a sufficient background 10

on the topic and previews major points.
• Central theme/purpose is immediately clear.
• Structure is clear, logical, and easy to follow with
proper headings.
• Subsequent sections develop/support the central theme.
• The conclusion follows logically from the body of the
paper.
Style/Mechanics (20%) Style/Mechanics
(20%)
APA 7th (5%) (10+10+10) 5
• Title page is present and properly formatted – separate
page.
• Reference page is present and properly formatted –
separate page.
• Citations/reference page follow APA guidelines
• Properly cites ideas from other sources
Grammar/Punctuation/Spelling (5%) 5
• Grammar
• Spelling
• Punctuation
Readability/Style (10%) 10
• Sentences are complete, clear, and concise.
• Sentences are well-constructed with consistently
strong, varied structure.
• Transitions between
sentences/paragraphs/sections help maintain the
flow of thought.
• Words used are precise and unambiguous.
• The tone is appropriate to the audience,
content, and assignment.

Grade on 100 Subtotal 100