Students must work with the group they have been assigned to and informed about via the SISTC email to produce a report that analyses IS/IT in the banking industry. The questions to answer are: 1. Describe two IS/IT banking innovations and their impact on effectiveness. 2. Identify and describe a framework that helps analyse and improve alignment between the information technology and the services function. Choose a bank and demonstrate the models applicability to it. 3. Discuss two considerations for the bank when devising an IT strategy and apply an appropriate tool or technique to align business and IT strategy and planning (e.g. you might refer to some models in webinar 3, though undertaking external research is recommended). 4. Draw the banks network by applying the learning from week 6. 5. Discuss what makes systems integration challenging for the bank and how these challenges could influence the coherence of its IT infrastructure. 6. Discuss the importance of architecture when the bank is analysing and designing its information systems for maximum effectiveness.