How better tech could protect us from distraction

TOPICS
Module 4 covers the following topics:

• Invention and innovation
• Successful technology deployments
• Failed technology deployments
• Strategic planning process
• Technology roadmap
• Historical applications
• Previous trends
• Alternative and replacement applications
• Technology leveraging
• Technology gaps

OBJECTIVES
After successfully completing Module 4, you should be able to:

1. Differentiate between invention and innovation as it applies to science and technology. (CO4)
2. Apply key learnings from past successful and failed technology deployments to the strategic planning process for technology introductions. (CO3)
3. Define a long-term roadmap for technology based on historical applications and previous trends. (CO1, CO2, CO3, CO7)
4. Evaluate alternative or replacement applications for existing technologies. (CO2, CO5, CO7)
5. Identify the ability to leverage existing technologies and applications in order to drive towards or create new markets. (CO2, CO5, CO7)
6. Assess technological applications and how they have improved the quality of life. (CO3, CO8)
7. Identify how to augment gaps in existing applications by combining the synergies of various technologies. (CO7)

STUDY MATERIALS
REQUIRED STUDY MATERIALS
• How better tech could protect us from distraction
• Avon’s failed SAP implementation a perfect example of the enterprise IT revolution
• Five super successful tech pivots
• The top technology failures of 2014

ADDITIONAL STUDY MATERIALS
• The use of high-speed imaging systems for applications in precision agriculture
• An overview on infrastructure of digital prescription and a proposed strategic plan
• Smart homes as service platforms for new healthcare and energy services
• The next manufacturing revolution is here
Written Assignment 4
The focus on the fourth part of this project is to write a 4-5 page (about 300 words per page) paper in APA format describing the types of trends that have occurred or are occurring with the technology you selected by addressing two of the four specific topics below. You should also include as part of this paper any acknowledgements and resources used (e.g., websites, textbooks, articles). Each written assignment should include four or more references.

1. Historical or previous trends
2. Future direction and roadmap of technology
3. Current PoC (Proof of Concepts) for alternative application of the technology
4. Gaps in the current application of the technology, or opportunities to drive towards new market