Cultivating a Problem Statement for Selected Interest Area Questions – Description
Identify Problems and IT Policy Strategies
Lesson Introduction
Many organizations not only have to create IT policies, but they must create policies for the entire organization. One example is HR employee policies, finance, and accounting management policies and procurement management policies. Organizations should have a framework to ensure that each department will have clear procedures for the creation and submission of policies into a policy repository.
Over time, policies will likely require modifications, or they may become obsolete and need to be marked as such in the repository. In some cases, a policy board may need to approve new policies. In previous lessons, you learned frameworks exist for enterprise policy and standard creation, approvals, and management process. These frameworks are used to update current policies to incorporate any provisions needed to include standards for the development and implementation of Enterprise IT Policies as part of the IT Governance framework.
The most applied and adapted framework for managing IT services throughout the entire service lifecycle is the Information Technology Infrastructure Library (ITIL) framework. According to ITIL (n.d.), “IT Service Management (ITSM) is a concept that enables an organization to maximize business value from the use of information technology.” ITIL contains best practices and guidance for enterprises to manage the five stage IT service lifecycle:
Service Strategy
Service Design
Service Transition
Service Operation
Continual Service Improvement
Reference
ITIL. (n.d.) What is IT Service Management? Axelos. https://www.axelos.com/certifications/itil-service…
Cultivate Problem Statement for Selected Interest Area
Background
The research problem statement needs to be very focused because everything else from the applied doctoral project or dissertation-in-practice logically flows from the problem. If the problem is too big or too vague, it will be difficult to scope out a purpose that is manageable, given the time to execute and finish the project. The problem should be the result of a practical need or an opportunity to further an applicational study or project. The research problem statement should do four things:
Specify and describe the problem (with appropriate citations).
Provide evidence of the problem’s existence.
Explain the consequences of NOT solving the problem.
Identify what is not known about the problem that should be known.
Instructions
For this assignment, review the peer-reviewed and/or case study articles investigated from Lesson 4. Create a problem statement based on your domain identified in Lesson 4. Provide a position statement pertaining to the framework that appropriately addresses your interest area identified in Lesson 3. In a paper, report your answers to the following questions:
What is the research problem? Identify the issue/concern that needs to be investigated from a strategic perspective.
What is the purpose of the study? Pinpoint what the study hopes to accomplish. Provide evidence of the problem’s existence. Explain the consequences of NOT solving the problem. Identify what is not known about the problem that should be known.
What is the research methodology/approach? Identified in Lesson 3. Explain the gap in the research, or the part of the program or procedure that is not efficient.
What are the research questions? The research questions guide how the study will be completed and determine how data collection and analysis will be completed.
References:
https://www.ffiec.gov/cyberassessmenttool.htm
https://projectresources.cdt.ca.gov/
https://aset.az.gov/policies-standards-and-procedu…
https://www.congress.gov/bill/107th-congress/house…
https://nj.gov/it/whatwedo/sar/
https://nj.gov/it/whatwedo/tpu/
https://www.axelos.com/resource-hub/case-study/spo…
https://projectresources.cdt.ca.gov/agile/
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