COIT 20246 ASSIGNMENT SUBMISSION

Due date: Thursday Week 11 (2PM AEST)

Part: Written Assessment
Weighting: 30% of total assessment.
Submission: Electronic (see course website for details)

Instructions
It will be necessary to use literature/online resources to complete this
assignment, please ensure you cite and reference any such materials using
the Harvard format.
DO NOT copy content directly from either the text or Internet resources: this
assignment is to be in your own words. You will lose marks if you do not
use your own words!
Please complete your assignment using this submission template file,
inserting your responses where indicated.
DO NOT delete the marking criteria page – changes are permitted to the
formatting of other pages including the headers and footers.

Please fill in the following details:

Student Name

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Tasks
There are ten (10) tasks, one for each week: the tasks are detailed below. There
is a table to complete for each task. Please fill in the information required. An
example of a completed task is below. Note the first response is good – so aim
for something like this. The second response is not acceptable, so if you submit
anything like it, you won’t pass the assignment! The reasons? Poor resource
selection (Wikipedia), no Harvard reference and a block cut and paste from the
site (no citation, no original content).

Example
Task Find two resources that explain aspects of IT Service
Management.
(Good Title and Reference:
Response)
COBIT versus ITIL

Ibaraki, S 2014, online,  COBIT versus ITIL, viewed

29/01/2015,
<http://blogs.technet.com/b/cdnitmanagers/archive/2014
/04/06/cobit-versus-itil.aspx>.

Summary:

This resource is a blog entry discussing the differences between

CoBIT and ITIL. I chose this resource as there is a lot of confusion
about the way in which ITSM is applied and the distinction between
the CoBIT and ITIL implementations is frequently unclear. Ibaraki
explains that CoBIT provides the governance and metric structures
while ITIL delivers on the actual mechanics and “how-to” processes.
The author makes an interesting observation that it is wrong to
simplify COBIT as providing the ‘why’ and ITIL providing the ‘how’
because both ITSM mechanisms have considerable overlap and both
need to be used at the same time. I found this article very useful in
explaining the differences and similarities between these two aspects
of ITSM.
(Bad Title and Reference:
Response)
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/IT_service_management

Summary:

This pages talks about ITSM. It says that IT service

management (ITSM) refers to the entirety of activities – directed
by policies, organized and structured in processes and
supporting procedures – that are performed by an organization or
part of an organization to plan, deliver, operate and control IT
services offered to customers. It is thus concerned with the
implementation of quality IT services that meet the needs of
customers, and is performed by the IT service provider through an
appropriate mix of people, process and information technology.
Note: Each resource summary should be a maximum of 300 words.

Week 1
Task There have been huge advances in the development of
storage technologies since the early days of computing.
Explain the benefits of two mass storage technologies
namely: storage area network and network-attached storage.
Summary Title and Reference:

<Provide the Title of the resource and full Harvard reference here.
This should include the URL of the resource>
Summary:

Week 2
Task Real-time operating systems are used to serve real-time
applications which process data as it comes in, without
buffering delays. Provide specific examples on the use of
specific real-time operating systems that are not mentioned
in the textbook.
Summary Title and Reference:

<Provide the Title of the resource and full Harvard reference here.
This should include the URL of the resource>
Summary:

Week 3
Task Cloud computing has gained a wide acceptance for
organisations as well as individuals by introducing
computation, storage and software based services. Explain
the security and privacy issues in relation to the use of the
cloud computing in the health sector.
Summary Title and Reference:

<Provide the Title of the resource and full Harvard reference here.
This should include the URL of the resource>
Summary:
 Week 4
Task In TCP/IP, the application layer contains the set of protocols
used in the process-to-process communications across a
computer network. Discuss the common standards at the
application layer.
Summary Title and Reference:

<Provide the Title of the resource and full Harvard reference here.
This should include the URL of the resource>
Summary:

Week 5
Task Adware is one of the top malicious threats today and has
become from being merely an annoyance to a major security
threat for organisations. This malware program is designed
to render advertisements on end user systems. Provide
specific examples of adware attacks and their implications.
Summary Title and Reference:

<Provide the Title of the resource and full Harvard reference here.
This should include the URL of the resource>
Summary:

Week 6
Task Internet of Things (IoT) is a paradigm that is rapidly gaining
ground in the scenario of modern wireless
telecommunications. IoT is used to connect networked
information systems and business processes. "Availability"
and "Reliability requirements" are some of the key quality of
service (QoS) metrics. Explain the impacts of Availability and
Reliability requirements on IoT performance.
Summary Title and Reference:

<Provide the Title of the resource and full Harvard reference here.
This should include the URL of the resource>
Summary:
 Week 7
Task A mobile crowdsourcing system is a new form of commercial
crowdsourcing system. Provide specific examples of
organisations which use mobile crowdsourcing system to
successfully improve their business operation.
Summary Title and Reference:

<Provide the Title of the resource and full Harvard reference here.
This should include the URL of the resource>
Summary:

Week 8
Task The adoption of big data technology by organisations has led
to better value creation at the customer and enterprise ends.
Provide specific examples on the use of big data for value
creation in sustainable organisations.
Summary Title and Reference:

<Provide the Title of the resource and full Harvard reference here.
This should include the URL of the resource>
Summary:

Week 9
Task Software development activities such as requirement
analysis, design, implementation, testing, and maintenance
are carried out within a software development life cycle in an
organisation. Discuss the main benefits of using agile
process over incremental process.
Summary Title and Reference:

<Provide the Title of the resource and full Harvard reference here.
This should include the URL of the resource>
Summary:
 Week 10
Task Information technology is perceived as a potential solution
for healthcare organisations to improve their services in the
face of increased demand. Discuss organisational issues,
with examples, in the adoption and implementation of
information technology.
Summary Title and Reference:

<Provide the Title of the resource and full Harvard reference here.
This should include the URL of the resource>
Summary:
 MARKING SHEET - DO NOT DELETE
(Up to 3 marks per weekly task)
0 No Response

<=1.0 Poor resource selection; resource is too broad or lacks relevance to the
task; summary fails to explain what the resource was about; the
relevance of the resource has not been explained.

<=2.0 Good resource selection; resource is relevant to the task; summary is

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adequate but may require either more detail or is too long; the relevance
ia

of the resource as been explained to some extent, but needs additional

information.

<=3.0 Excellent resource selection; resource is highly relevant to the task (the
resource is probably highly specialised); summary is detailed yet
concise; the relevance of the resource selection has been clearly
explained.

-1.0 Resource not referenced correctly/not in Harvard format

Deductions
Key

-3.0 Resource not referenced/Resource cannot be traced with details

provided.

Week Marks Awarded Comments

10

TOTAL