Module2/Session 3 - Jacksonville Jaguars Case

SESSION GOAL: After completing this unit, you should be able to identify both benefits and risks to a business as a result of implementing a new information technology. You should also be able to identify types of assurance services that would be beneficial in reducing the risks.

Read Buckless, Beasley, Glover and Prawitt, "Jacksonville Jaguars: Evaluating IT Benefits and Risks and Identifying Assurance Services Opportunities".
Here are some additional articles that will give you some background on smart cards and their use in business.
- Wolpoff, Cashing Out: Ravens Might Use Smart Cards, Baltimore Business Journal, June 6, 1997
- Smart Cards: A Primer
- O'Sullivan, Smart cards pose tax problem for merchants, ABA Banking Journal, December 1996

Prepare Part A, questions 2, 3, 4, & 5, for class discussion.
Take the Smart Card Survey in Blackboard.
After class, complete Part B of the case with your group. Your solution is due at the beginning of class on July 11. You will need to locate an example of a company that is implementing a new technology. Here are some URLs to get you started on your search.