IT infrastructure assignment

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SBM4104 IT Infrastructure

Assignment 3: Poster

Date due:

Type:

Week 12

Individual assignment

Weighting: 20%

Rationale The purpose of a poster is to provide a visual summary of student’s ideas that outlines key

message or argument as well as the key points or proposal. A poster uses very few words

with appropriate visuals and graphics.

In this assessment, the students have to prepare a poster to present his/her message in a recent

topic in IT Infrastructure. The poster should have clear structure and layout to support that

message.

Task Specifications The student has to analyse the IT infrastructure of an organization, preferably an organisation where

you work or have worked recently. Your analysis has to consider IT infrastructure main topics such

as:

• Layered systems architectures.

• IT infrastructure components.

• Dynamic scaling of applications using Cloud Service

• Virtualization

• Risk and security

• IT Infrastructure emerging technologies such as (Bring your own device, Grid computing,

Green computing, Service-oriented architecture, RFID technology, Sensor Networks, Zigbee

network).

Prepare a poster to demonstrate your analysis or ideas in range of visual techniques such as

illustrations, schematic diagrams, arrows or flow charts and cues such as bullet points, colour

and design.

Poster Development and Submission

• Use any application software you are familiar with in the development of your poster,

such as Microsoft Word, Microsoft Power Point, Microsoft Publisher, Adobe

Photoshop, or any other software.

• Set your poster page size to A3 and develop your poster.

• Submit the PDF format file version of your poster.

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SBM4104 IT Infrastructure

Semester 2, 2017

Worth 20%

Marking Guide

Student Name: ___________________ Student ID: ___________________

Assessment Criteria HD

Excellent

D

Very

Good

C

Good

P

Satisfactory

F

Poor

Marks

Obtained

Content/ Information (30%)

- Clear and cover all the points

- Information is easy to

understand

Clarity of design and creativity

(30%) - The poster design is unique,

interesting and original

- The layout provides eye

catching, clear and succinct.

Logical structure (20%)

- The poster includes: title, introduction, aim, methods,

findings, conclusion,

literature.

Writing style/grammar and

Referencing (20%)

- no spelling or typing errors

- in-text citations and direct

quotes follow referencing guide

rules (correct and complete)

- reference list appropriately

compiled

TOTAL MARKS: 100 Total Marks Obtained:

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