Technology Analysis Template

LTDE 5350 | Emerging Technology

This form is designed to provide the governance committees with basic information about your
proposed project. Please consult with appropriate administrators, staff and/or ITS staff for
assistance with completing this project proposal. For the purpose of this assignment you are the
Evaluator. You should feel free to reach out to any professionals or product representatives who
can help provide important information.

Project Title: Adopting Amplifire Adaptive Learning Software for Corporate Training

1. Project Type
Select a category that best describes the proposed project type.
Project Type - select one.
☐ New-record or application currently does not exist.
☐ Enhancement-adding functionality to an existing report or application.
☐ Replacement-replace an existing application or report.
☐ Fix-report or application does not work as expected.
☐ Upgrade-mandatory upgrade for vendor providing software.
☐ Other:

2. Project Description
Adaptive learning software for employee training: As your company expands its training
opportunities for employees, it is important to ensure that they are engaged in the training that
will fill the gaps in their knowledge and not require training for skills they already possess.

I chose Amplifire as the adaptive learning software to fill knowledge gaps in an

engaging and personalized way.
What is Amplifire?
Amplifire is an adaptive learning software that is based on cognitive science,
learning behavior, and AI to provide a personalized learning experience.
Why Amplifire?

A project is defined as a temporary group activity designed to produce a unique product or result. A project team
often includes people who don’t usually work together – sometimes from different organizational units within the
university.
  Can pinpoint strengths and weaknesses
 Built on cognitive science to foster rapid learning
 Detects confidently held misinformation
 Option to create the course yourself, have consultants, or outsource the
creation of the course to the Amplifire team
 Team based authoring – so you can collaborate in the creation of the
course
 Can incorporate gamification throughout courses

3. Project Timeline
The timeline for this project is 8 months. With the first month for set up and
implementation, 6 months trial period for employees, and the final month used
for analyzing data. Goal: at the end of the 8 month period, the software will be
used company wide.
December 2021  Project lead and L&D team will
set up a consultation with
Amplifire to set up a free demo
January-June 2022  For the trial, the L&D team will
randomly select employees to
pilot the new program
 Employees who were not
selected will complete the
trainings on the existing
software
 At the end of both programs
there will be a similar
assessment for each
July 2022  At the end of the trial period,
the L&D team will analyze the
data reports on Amplifire as well
as data reports for the existing
software.

A project is defined as a temporary group activity designed to produce a unique product or result. A project team
often includes people who don’t usually work together – sometimes from different organizational units within the
university.
  L&D team will also analyze
results of the final assessments
to help determine which
software was most effective

4. Project Benefits
Having an adaptive learning program optimizes employee learning time. Amplifire allows
employers to monitor competency and keeps employees engaged through gamification and
targeting what the employee needs in order to fill knowledge gaps.
Select the categories that best describe the benefits realized and what groups would be
impacted through this proposed project.
Project benefits-select all that apply.
☐ Automate repetitive or complex Manual tasks ☐ Manage data import, export, etc.
☐ Enhance or simplify the user interface ☐ Provide better access to data
☐ Prevent unwanted actions or enforce standards ☐ Required reporting need
☐ Streamline complex processes ☐ Required system upgrade
☐ Other: Fill knowledge gaps

What groups would be impacted?-Select one

☐ The HBU community and beyond ☐ The HBU community
☐ Faculty and administrative staff ☐Students
☐ Subset of student or staff ☐ Single department
☐ Other: Recently Graduated Students

5. Project Alternatives
 Certificates, Badges, and Gamification
o Incorporate certificates, badges, or gamification into existing
software
o Find a different software that company can outsource to create a
gamified training
 Alternative Adaptive Software
o Appian
o Smart Sparrow
o Cerego
o Other adaptive software

A project is defined as a temporary group activity designed to produce a unique product or result. A project team
often includes people who don’t usually work together – sometimes from different organizational units within the
university.
6. Project Costs
Costs of project vary from project to project. In order to get a specific quote, a
consultation would need to take place first.

Project Proposal Ratings

The committee will review your request and assign a rating to your proposal. This rating will
help the committee to evaluate the proposal for endorsement. The committee asks that the
Requestor and Sponsor also provide a proposal rating analysis for the committee’s
consideration. Rank the proposal based on benefit, cost, visibility/impact and risk using the
following guidelines.
Benefit Cost Visibility/Impact Risk Total
Evaluator Rating 4 5 1 10
Final Review/Rating

Category Rating Guidelines

Benefit 5 High Benefit – this request will deliver any or all of the following: significant university
savings, significant productivity/business process improvement, significant
business/infrastructure opportunity
4
3 Moderate benefit – this request will deliver any or all of the following: university
savings, moderate productivity/business process improvement, moderate
business/infrastructure opportunity
2
1 Low benefit – this request will deliver NONE of the following: university savings,
productivity/business process improvement, business/infrastructure opportunity

Cost 5 Total project cost > $50,000

(dollars & people) 4 Total project cost > $25,000 and <= $50,000
3 Total project cost > $15,000 and <= $25,000
2 Total project cost > $5,000 and <= $15,000
1 Total project cost <= $5,000

Visibility/Impact 5 High Visibility – this project will be responsive to the Board of Trustees / Senior
(campus wide) Administrators / Regulatory Agencies
4
3 High Impact – this project will impact all users and constituencies
2
1 Low impact – this project will impact some users AND/OR constituencies

Risk 5 This project presents a high risk of disrupting university operations AND/OR no risk if
not implemented
4
3 This project presents a moderate risk of disrupting university operations AND/OR
some risk if not implemented
2

A project is defined as a temporary group activity designed to produce a unique product or result. A project team
often includes people who don’t usually work together – sometimes from different organizational units within the
university.
 1 This project presents a minimal risk of disrupting university operations AND/OR a high
risk if NOT implemented

Project Proposal Request

Requestor Signature:______Michelle Nguyen________________ Date: ______10/18/2021___________

A project is defined as a temporary group activity designed to produce a unique product or result. A project team
often includes people who don’t usually work together – sometimes from different organizational units within the
university.