CMPT641 – Individual Assignment #1

University Canada West 2023

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Emerging Technologies
NOTE: THIS IS AN INDIVIDUAL WORK.

Table of content
1- Introduction
2- Part 1 – written
3- Part 2 – presentation
4- Notes/requirements/guidelines
5- Submission timeline
6- Grading schema and rubric

1- Introduction
This is a two-part assignment exploring emerging digital technologies in the field of Information
Technology and Management and their impacts on businesses. Context: Information and
Communication Technologies (ICT) has been a growing, rapid-changing industry in the past couple
of decades. Technologies such as Cloud Computing, social media analytics, and machine learning
not only have exposed opportunities and challenges to businesses/markets, but they have also
created ‘new’ business models to a degree that they have ‘disrupted’ existing markets (For instance,
see Forbes article). The objective of this assignment is to dive deeper on select emerging
technologies and assess their impacts on businesses.

2- Part 1 – written
In this part, you are expected to conduct research on emerging technologies. A good start would be
references provided in below. Note that you are in no way limited to the content in the links.
complete your own research on the matter.

 https://www.forbes.com/sites/forbestechcouncil/2023/02/27/rethink-how-you-do-
business-with-emerging-technologies/
 https://www.forbes.com/sites/forbesbusinessdevelopmentcouncil/2021/09/03/15-
emerging-technologies-sure-to-change-how-the-business-development-industry-operates/
 https://www.forbes.com/sites/rhettpower/2021/12/05/how-to-ensure-emerging-
technology-will-benefit-your-business/
 https://www.weforum.org/reports/top-10-emerging-technologies-of-2023?
gclid=EAIaIQobChMI4dT13bnh_wIVDCWtBh1dKwmCEAAYAyAAEgKazfD_BwE
 https://www.wto.org/english/res_e/booksp_e/wco_wto_introduction.pdf

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Select two emerging technologies (does not have to be ‘disruptive’ in nature).

Your research results should be in form a white paper (not a research paper) consisting of the
following sections with exact titles:
1. Table of Contents (separate page)
2. Top two emerging technologies: in this section, you should briefly introduce the selected
technologies and your rationale behind the selection. If you do not provide the
rationale/justification behind your selections, you will receive 0 marks for this section.
3. [Technology #1]
3.1. Brief introduction/history (brief!)
3.2. Overview of the technology
3.3. How does it impact businesses?
3.3.1. Opportunities and threats
3.3.2. What businesses are the main target in terms industry, size, and business model
3.3.3. Is this a support technology for cost-cutting or companies can apply it to generate
revenue?
3.4. What is the market size and future outlook for the technology? How do ‘you’ see the future
of this technology in the context of business. Provide a thorough analysis.
4. [Technology #2] (same sub sections)
5. References
Repeat steps 3.1 to 3.4 for technologies #2.
For the notes on requirements and guidelines, refer to section 4 of this document.
A video on what a white paper is: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_2EH6F9F6LU

3- Part 2 – Presentation
In this part, you are expected to create a PowerPoint presentation and record a video of yourself
presenting the slides.
Choose one technology from your select tho technologies on which you have focused in part 1 of
this assignment. Now, you will dive deeper on the technology and how it would affect a particular
company, as described in below scenario.
You are part of a consulting team from DelKP, a consulting firm based in San Francisco. Your firm
has recently won a consulting bid to help a newly established healthcare company (ABC) to assess
their technology roadmap for the next five years. Your presentation will hugely impact the client’s
investment in a five-year plan. Locking a longer-term project with the client depends on the quality
of your presentation. In other words, DelKP may or may not get involved later in
development/implementation of the selected technology depending on your quality of deliverance
on the technology roadmap and how well you can engage the client during your presentation.

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The client’s profile

 Name: ABC
 Business model: providing AI/machine learning capabilities to surgical procedures in
hospitals across the West Coast.
 75 employees: working remotely or in the head office.
 The firm has locked Series A fundings (refer to start-up fundings explain)
 You can make other assumptions about the firm, however, you have to be able to justify
your arguments in the presentation based on your assumptions.
USE THE INFORMATION ABOVE. IT’S PROVIDED FOR A REASON.
The client expects you to answer the following questions regarding the selected technology.
Note that this the first/introductory presentation at the client side following signing the contract
and the kick-off meeting. Several high-level decision-makers (including investors) from the
client side will be joining your presentations.

 What is the technology? Does the technology directly impact our products and value
proposition? Or is it a support technology (e.g., R&D/productivity/support)?
 Why is this particular technology a high priority for us? Why is this a ‘good fit’ for us?
 How investing this technology is going to help us grow? How implementing/deploying this
technology will position us better than the competitions in the market?
 What are the next steps, should we see value in this technology? Provide us a technology
roadmap.
 How do you see DelKP helping us choose the right vender for this technology?
The client expects you to go straight to the answers. Since they are already in high-tech, try
to avoid too much introduction to the technology itself, or else, you will lose your audience.
For the notes on requirements and guidelines, refer to section 4 of this document.
4- Notes/requirements/guidelines
Part 1: written
 This is an individual assignment.
 The instructor is looking for your insights and opinions. Make sure have your own voice
reflected in sections 3 to 5. The instructor would like to know your thoughts on the
matter, especially, in the ‘future outlook’ section.
 You are not limited to technologies on the course syllabus. In fact, you are highly
encouraged to research beyond them, as long as they are digital technologies which can
used in the context of business.
 Your submission file (.docx) should be named as:
Assignment1_Written_FirstName_LastName_StudentNumber_SectionXX
o Example: Assigment1_Written_Sana_Mojdeh_Section06_1234567.docx
o Submissions without proper file naming (as above) will not be marked.

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Reproduction, distribution and/or publication of this material or any substantial part of it without the permission from the course instructor is
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oYou can only submit once. In other words, do not rush for submission until
you are sure that your work is done.
 Zipped files are not accepted
 Max file size for submission is 100 MB.

 APA-style citations (7th edition) must be added to your document (both in-text citations and
full-text citations). You may use Grammarly citation-maker and Easybib.
 The document must include a cover page as such:

 Right-aligned ‘header’ (excluding cover page):

o Full name (as registered in the course), student number, Assignment #1 Written
 Right-aligned footer (excluding cover page): page number
 Line spacing: 2.0, paragraphs: left justified
 Fonts: as stated in APA.
o Use headings and sub-headings.
 All margins: 1 inch
 Diagrams, figures, and charts are welcomed.
o Make sure to include a title below the object as such: Fig. 1 – AI hot topic timeline
o If you are borrowing the object, you must include an in-text citation. Example: Fig. 1
– AI hot topics (Insert in-text citation)
o All objects should be referred to in the text. Object without references in the
text are dismissed.
 Submissions:
o Only through the course page according to the deadline mentioned on the course
syllabus. Email submissions will be dismissed.
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CMPT641 – Individual Assignment #1
University Canada West 2023
Reproduction, distribution and/or publication of this material or any substantial part of it without the permission from the course instructor is
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oYou should submit (drop) your file on the course page > Assignments >
Individual Assignment 1
 For penalties regarding late turn-in, refer to the course syllabus.

Part 2: Presentation
 This is an individual assignment.
 PowerPoint file submission:
o Must have a proper
 Title slide: Title, Group #, full names, student numbers
 Agenda slide
 Reference slide
o Must have page numbers and date on the footer
o You may use slide transitions and in-slide animations, but do not overuse them. In
other words, only use them when they add value to your presentation.
o Try avoiding bullet points with ultra-short content
o Your submission file (.pptx) should be named as:
Assignment1_Slides_FirstName_LastName_StudentNumber_SectionXX
 Example: Assigment1_Slides_Sana_Mojdeh_Section06_1234567.pptx
 Submissions without proper file naming (as above) will not be marked.
o You can only submit once. In other words, do not rush for submission until
you are absolutely sure that your work is done.
 Zipped files are not accepted
 Max file size for submission is 100 MB.
o Diagrams, figures, and charts are welcomed.
 Make sure to include a title per each below the object as such: Fig. 1 – AI hot
topic timeline
 If you are borrowing the object, you must include an in-text citation.
Example: Fig. 1 – AI hot topics (Insert in-slide citation)
 All objects should be referred to in the text. Objects without references
in the text are dismissed. Example: As shown in Figure 1, machine
learning diffusion in the United Stated has seen a major growth from
2013 to 2013.
 Recorded presentation video submission:
o Upload your presentation on Youtube (How to upload on Youtube). Provide the
link to the video on the very last slide of your presentation file.
o It is your responsibility to make sure the link works. Resubmissions are not
allowed.
o Min: 15 minutes. Max: 20 minutes. If the video runs longer than 25 minutes, the
video will be stopped and any information after this point will not be watched which
can result in the loss of marks.
o You should record ‘yourself’ presenting the content. In other words, you
should not record your screen while recording your voice only. The instructor
will refer to your PowerPoint deck as they assess your recorded video.
o As you move forward from one slide to another, you should mention the slide
number.
o You can only submit the web link once. In other words, do not rush for
submission until you are absolutely sure that your web link is done.
o Double-check your audio and video quality before sharing.

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5- Submission deadline
Refer to the course syllabus.
6- Grading schema and rubric

Part 1: Written
Max
Topic Mark
Mark
1 Subject (30 marks for each technology)
Comprehensive content, adequate research, and clear understanding:
 How does it impact businesses? (Opportunities and threats,
what businesses are the main target? (Industry, size, business
model, etc) (10 marks)
60
 The rationale behind selection of technologies (4 marks)
 Brief introduction/history (3 marks)
 Overview of the technology (3 marks)
 What is the market size and future outlook for the technology?
(10 marks)
2 Professionalism
 Depth of analysis (8 marks)
20
 Own voice (6 marks)
 Flow of the arguments (6 marks)
3 Formatting/Style
 Grammar and wording (8 marks)
 Referencing (in-text and full citations) (6 marks)
 Formatting requirements according to this document including 20
APA (6 marks)
 More than 10 APA errors in the entire paper will result in
zero  0/20
100
Course Grade % 10
Penalties
Final Course Grade %

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University Canada West 2023
Reproduction, distribution and/or publication of this material or any substantial part of it without the permission from the course instructor is
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Part 2: Presentation

Max
Topic Mark
Mark
1 PowerPoint file
 Presentation structure/flow (10 marks)
 Creative usage of trends/stats/etc. in charts/diagrams (10
marks) 40
 Grammar and wording (10 marks)
 Referencing (in-text and full citations) (5)
 Formatting requirements according to this document (5)
2 Recorded video
 Mannerism/wording/pace/gestures (20 marks)
 Taking advantage of the art of storytelling (20 marks) 60
 Clear video/audio (10 marks)
 Within time limits (10 marks)
100
Course Grade % 10
Penalties
Final Course Grade %

Grading rubric

 Non-existent 0%
 Needs work 30%
 Satisfactory 50%
 Outstanding 80%
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 Exceptional 100%