1. Jesse wants me to recommend a vendor who offers an ERP strategy. I need to review the SAP and
Oracle Web sites, and at least two others that offer ERP solutions, and reply to her with the
results and the reasons for my recommendations.
2. Visit SCR's data library to review SCR's network configuration and then send Jesse a recommendation
for the TIMS system architecture. She wants me to suggest an overall client/server design,
number of tiers, and network topology. She also asked me to comment on these issues: legacy
data, Web-centricity, scalability, security, and batch processing that might be needed. Jesse said
it was OK to make reasonable assumptions in my proposal to her.
3. Perform research on the Internet to learn more about TCO, and develop a TCO checklist that
includes the five most important elements of TCO, because of their magnitude or potential impact
on TIMS.
4. Prepare a system design specification as Jesse requested.