briefly define the industry, describe key issues and current IT trends

You must briefly define the industry, describe key issues and current IT trends. A secondary goal is for you

to learn about and use sources like ONET, IBIS World and Gartner. (Length: 5 minutes).

Content:

• o A small portion on your Career and Industry: For your career– What kind of career are you interested 

in? (Feel free to discuss your entry-level career and your career 10 years down the road!). Use ONET or 

a similar site (and be sure to reference it at the end). As far as your industry, the IBIS source is great to 

use. Include the following:

? Industry NAICS title and code. 

? Industry Size (typically measured in billions of dollars).

? Industry Competitors (two to three sample firms).

o A larger portion on the one (no more than two) strategic IT Trend (from Gartner articles) that

impacts your industry the most: For this portion, use Gartner research available from WCU’s Library. 

Which of Gartner’s top 10 strategic IT trends impacts your industry the most? For your industry, look up 

each strategic IT trend and note which ones produce the most/best results. Another strategy to try is to 

use other sources (Google) to identify trends in your industry and then use Gartner to learn more about

one or two of the trends. Be specific in this area. Use Gartner as a source. Include specific examples of 

that trend affecting specific firms in your industry.