A written assignment undertaken in groups of three or four students acting as consultants to an enterprise considering implementing a cloud solution in a global environment. Reflecting the nature of the IT industry, students will be placed into multicultural teams
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Assessment Brief ABN 49 003 577 302 CRICOS Code: 00161E RTO Code: 90458 Version 2: 11th October, 2019 Page 1 of 4 TEQSA Provider Number: PRV12051 ASSESSMENT BRIEF COURSE: Bachelor of Information Technology Unit Code: Cloud and Beyond Unit Title: CLBE 304 Type of Assessment: Assessment 2 (Group Assignment) Length/Duration: N/A Unit Learning Outcomes addressed: a) Understand the common terms and definitions of cloud computing models, architectures and technologies b) Critically analyse the technical capabilities and business benefits of virtualisation and cloud computing c) Evaluate various service delivery models of cloud computing architecture, and the ways in which clouds can be deployed as public, private, hybrid, and community clouds d) Discuss the governance and security challenges that cloud deployments experience, and how these are addressed e) Evaluate a set of business requirements to determine suitability for a cloud computing model Submission Date: Week 11 Assessment Task: A written assignment undertaken in groups of three or four students acting as consultants to an enterprise considering implementing a cloud solution in a global environment. Reflecting the nature of the IT industry, students will be placed into multicultural teams. Total Mark: 50 Marks Weighting: 50% of the unit total marks Kent Institute Australia Pty. Ltd. Assessment Brief ABN 49 003 577 302 CRICOS Code: 00161E RTO Code: 90458 Version 2: 11th October, 2019 Page 2 of 4 TEQSA Provider Number: PRV12051 Students are advised that submission of an Assessment Task past the due date without a formally signed approved Assignment Extension Form (Kent Website MyKent Student Link> FORM – Assignment Extension Application Form – Student Login Required) or previously approved application for other extenuating circumstances impacting course of study, incurs a 5% penalty per calendar day, calculated by deduction from the total mark. For example. An Assessment Task marked out of 40 will incur a 2 mark penalty for each calendar day. More information, please refer to (Kent Website MyKent Student Link> POLICY – Assessment Policy & Procedures – Student Login Required) ASSESSMENT DESCRIPTION: Students are required to write a report of 5000 words on implementing a cloud solution to an enterprise in a global environment. Students can choose an organization from any industry (For example, baking, retail, health/hospital, etc.). Ensure to familiarize yourself with all of the task requirements. You must address the following in your report: 1. Explain current business process of the selected organizations that can be migrated to cloud. Issues/drawbacks related to the selected processes. What benefits can be achieved by transforming to cloud? 2. Discuss various requirements related to cloud deployment in the selected organization. For example, you can explain cloud deployment models and service models with respect to the selected scenario and organization. 3. Explain proposed cloud solution and justify the solution, highlighting how it will help organization to overcome the issues/drawbacks or improve the current business processes. 4. Discuss Ethical, Governance, Maintenance and Security issues related to the organization and proposed solution 5. Explain the implementation of the proposed solution including factors that you will consider while implementing the solution. For example, storage, speed, security, access, etc. The structure of the submitted report would be: • Title Page • Executive Summary • Table of Contents/List of Figures • Introduction • Business Process Explanation/Application • Cloud Deployment Requirement • Cloud Computing Solutions and Justifications • Cloud Computing Solution Issues o Ethical o Governance o Maintenance o Security • Implementation of the Proposed Cloud Computing Solution • Conclusion • Reference The word count should exclude any Appendix. Your report must include: • At least five references, out of which, three references must be from academic resources. • Harvard Australian referencing for any sources you use. https://kentinstituteaustralia.sharepoint.com/sites/Policies%26Forms/SitePages/Home.aspx?RootFolder=%2Fsites%2FPolicies%26Forms%2FPolicies%20and%20Forms%2FStudent&FolderCTID=0x012000E6C01ECDB12ACE448B94EB84A9F93758&View=%7B148054E0%2D0936%2D4517%2D8B3E%2DD0CCDC7CD88F%7D https://kentinstituteaustralia.sharepoint.com/sites/Policies%26Forms/SitePages/Home.aspx?RootFolder=%2Fsites%2FPolicies%26Forms%2FPolicies%20and%20Forms%2FStudent&FolderCTID=0x012000E6C01ECDB12ACE448B94EB84A9F93758&View=%7B148054E0%2D0936%2D4517%2D8B3E%2DD0CCDC7CD88F%7D Kent Institute Australia Pty. Ltd. Assessment Brief ABN 49 003 577 302 CRICOS Code: 00161E RTO Code: 90458 Version 2: 11th October, 2019 Page 3 of 4 TEQSA Provider Number: PRV12051 • Refer to the Academic Learning Skills student guide on Referencing. ASSESSMENT SUBMISSION: This assignment should be submitted online in Moodle through Turnitin. The assignment MUST be submitted electronically in Microsoft Word format. Other formats may not be readable by markers. Hardcopy or email submission will not be accepted. MARKING GUIDE (RUBRIC): Marking Criteria Marks Executive Summary, Table of Contents, Introduction 5 Marks Business Process /Application 5 Marks