ICT101 Introduction to Information Technology

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Assessment 2

Case Study, Semester 1, 2022

Unit

code/name

ICT101 Introduction to Information Technology

Due date Report: Week 10, Friday

Time: 5pm

(Report document (Word Version) and Power Point Slide submission due on Friday,

Week 10 via unit Turnitin Moodle Page)

Presentation: Week 11

Time: Class time

Total marks Report 100 marks

Presentation 100 marks

Weighting: 30% (Report & Presentation)

General

Instruction

for students

See instructions below for each part. This assessment has two components: a report and a presentation.

This assessment task will be done in groups of 2-3 students.

This assessment is aimed at meeting Unit Learning Outcomes 2-5.

The report and presentation marks combined will be worth 30% of your overall

mark.

The marking rubric contains information about how each part will be assessed.

Scenario

Infuse Technology is a small, but growing, consulting firm who has outgrown their previous office space

and has secured new premises. This move coincides with a scheduled equipment update and you have

been asked to “imagine we’re starting from nothing” and provision all the devices required for their staff

and for the office.

The company currently has a CEO (Chief Executive Officer), a CTO (Chief Technology Officer), and a CMO

(Chief Marketing Officer). They are typically in their own on-premises offices. There are 6 people in sales

who are in the office most of the time, except when they are visiting clients. They share a corner of the

open plan part of the office space. There are 2 people in marketing apart from the CMO, both of whom

are graphic designers (and are always in the office). There is also a project manager, who is always in the

office, and 15 consultants who are rarely in the office (only between consulting engagements, the rest of

the time is spent with clients).

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The office space consists of 3 offices for the “chiefs”, an open plan area for the staff, a board room, and

two small conference rooms where people can do voice and video calls. The office will be connected to

the NBN and is not wired for ethernet, so the CTO only wants wireless devices.

Every consultant needs a reasonably high-powered laptop, but nothing ridiculously overpowered. They

do not need to play games or run virtual machines, but they do need to be able to quickly manipulate

documents and large spreadsheets. There are 6 “hot-seats” available in the office for consultants, when

they need them, and these positions will require a monitor, a laptop dock, mouse, keyboard etc. to make

things easier for them when they are in the office.

The sales team can use desktops, but they will require two monitors each.

The project manager requires a powerful desktop computer and three monitors for her work.

The “chiefs” can have the same hardware configuration as the consultants.

The graphic designers in marketing will need high end Macs with two large screens for their work.

The two small conference rooms need a reasonably sized wall mounted screen, camera, and audio

solution for video conferencing (for up to three people in the room). The board room seats 12 and needs

a large screen on the wall for video conferencing, as well as a camera and audio that will allow the whole

room to be seen and heard (and they, of course, need to be able to hear the people on the video calls).

All the computers will run windows, except the graphic designer’s computers. The CTO wants an Office

365 tenancy to handle email (outlook), conferencing/chat (teams), office applications (Word, PowerPoint,

Excel etc.), and storage (one drive).

Deliverables

Report Due: Week 10, Friday

Time: 5pm

Your group must write a report to management that will outline the software and hardware equipment

you recommend and provide a costing for all they need. You must choose appropriate suppliers and

costing can be done using their standard retail prices. You can ignore labour, delivery, and similar costs

for this report. Similarly, you can ignore furniture costs except where it is directly related to the

equipment choices you are making. For example, you typically will not have to list and cost desks and

chairs, but you may have to list and cost monitor arms if you feel that they are required.

Your report should contain a justification for the software package and equipment and supplier choices

you make. You should also state any assumptions you make with your plans. You should aim to be cost

effective.

Presentation Date: Week 11 in class

Time: Class time

Your report has been read by the management and they want to ask you a few questions. You will need

to prepare a short presentation and no longer than 15 minutes in length. The management will have a

copy of your written report with them, so you do not have to repeat that information on your slides.

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You will be asked a series of questions about your choices, and you should be able to justify all the

decisions you have made. This questioning will last around 5-10 minutes.

Marking Rubric Case Study

Table 1 - Report Rubric

Item Good (9-10) Satisfactory (6-8) Unsatisfactory (3-5) Poor (0-2)

Introduction

(5%)

Clear problem

statements, project

objects, project

scope.

Reasonable problem statements, project objects, project scope.

Problem statements,

project objects,

project scope not

clearly stated.

Problem

statements,

project objects,

project scope

not given or

unacceptable.

Assumptions

(5%) Project

assumptions clearly

stated.

Project

assumptions

adequately stated.

Project assumptions

not clearly stated. Project

assumptions not

made or

unacceptable.

Technical

Specifications (25%)

Technical

specifications

adequately

identified and

stated.

Technical

specifications

identified and

stated, but not

complete or

inadequate.

Technical

specifications not

clearly identified and

stated.

Technical

specifications

not stated or

unacceptable.

Price list

(25%)

Price list is

complete,

contemporary, and

competitive.

Suitable suppliers

identified.

Price list is mostly

complete,

contemporary, and

competitive.

Suppliers identified,

but not the most

suitable.

Some prices included,

or prices are out of

date or obviously too

expensive. Few

suppliers identified.

Price list

mostly/wholly

incomplete. No

appropriate

suppliers

identified.

Solution

(10%)

Solution adequately

addresses all

business needs.

Solution adequately

addresses most

business needs.

Solution adequately

addresses some

business needs.

Solution

addresses very

few business

needs or

addresses none.

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Creativity

(10%) Useful additional

ideas are included

appropriately in the

project.

Additional ideas are included appropriately in the project, but not very significant.

Additional ideas are

included in the

project, but offer no

significant

improvement to the

project.

No additional

features are

included in the

project.

Report Structure

(10%)

Well presented

report for business

audience with

appropriate

formatting,

language, spelling

etc.

Reasonably

presented report

for business

audience with

appropriate

formatting,

language, spelling

etc.

Poorly presented

report for business

audience with

appropriate

formatting, language,

spelling etc.

Report not

presented or

unacceptable.

Language (10%) Uses a wide range of vocabulary and grammatical structures with full flexibility and accuracy

Rare minor errors

occur only as ‘slips’

Uses a wide range of vocabulary and grammatical structures to convey precise meanings

The majority of

sentences are error-

free

Uses an adequate range of vocabulary and a mix of simple and complex sentence forms for the task

Makes some errors in

spelling, word

formation, grammar

and punctuation but

they do not impede

communication

Uses a limited range of vocabulary and grammatical structures which are minimally adequate for the task

May make noticeable errors in spelling, word formation, grammar and punctuation that may cause some difficulty for the

reader

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Table 2 - Presentation Rubric

Item Good (9-10) Satisfactory (6-8) Unsatisfactory (3-5) Poor (0-2)

Presentation

(10%)

Individual

Engaging speaking style Good use of voice

and slides

Speaks clearly and loudly enough; easy to understand Uses slides well

Presents poorly, difficult to understand. Uses slides poorly.

Doesn’t speak or

speech is

unacceptable.

Participation in

Group

Presentation (10%)

Presents for an

appropriate

amount of time in a

useful way.

Presents for too

short or too long a

time.

Presents useless

information. Only

presenting to meet

requirements,

presentation could

have proceeded

without this speaker.

No participation

or unacceptable

participation.

Presentation Aids (10%)

Group

Correct number of slides Useful slides with

well presented

information.

Correct number of slides Adequate slides or

useful, but poorly

presented

Incorrect number of slides. Poorly presented

slides.

No slides or

unacceptable

slides.

Response to Group responds Group responds Group responds Group fails to

Questions

(50%)

Group

well to difficult

questions from the

marker

demonstrating a

thorough

knowledge of the

material in their

report.

adequately to most

questions from the

marker

demonstrating a

reasonable

knowledge of the

material in their

report.

poorly to some

questions from the

marker demonstrating

an inadequate

knowledge of the

material in their

report.

respond to

questions or

responds

unacceptably.

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Language (20%) Uses a wide range of vocabulary and grammatical structures with full flexibility and accuracy

Produces rare

minor errors only as ‘slips’

Pronunciation is

effortless to

understand

Uses a wide range of vocabulary and grammatical structures flexibly to convey precise meanings

Mostly produces error-free sentences

Pronunciation is

easy to understand

throughout

Can generally be

understood

throughout, though

mispronunciation

reduces clarity at

times

Uses a limited range of vocabulary and grammatical structures which are minimally adequate for the task

May make noticeable errors which cause some comprehension problems

Frequently

mispronounces

words or sounds

which causes

difficulty for the

audience