Assignment (10 Marks) + Viva (5 Marks)

Course Title: WORKING AT A SMALL-TO-MEDIUM BUSINESS OR ISPs

Course Code: CSIT 212

The presentation will be taken according to group no. starting from 1st April 2024 till 5th April 2024

Last date of Submission: 5th April 2024

Introduction

Rural areas and smaller cities encounter limited telecommunications infrastructure, especially
those which are geographically remote and isolated telecommunications infrastructure. In this
assessment, we take Bario community telecentre and a Bario clinic which is located in small
and remote village Bario near KL, Malaysia which lacks telecommunication infrastructure.

Scenario:

The Bario community telecentre houses 30 personal computers (PCs) intended for use by the
community to access the Internet as well as to use software such as word processors and
spreadsheet. It is located in a corner unit in a single-storey building and is connected to the
Internet via a VSAT satellite link. The Bario clinic is situated on a hill about 100m away from
the telecentre. At the clinic, a stand-alone PC is placed in a room with a window facing the
telecentre. The clinic needs to be connected to the telecentre and the Internet as well.

Assuming your team has been appointed as the network consultant specialists to deploy a
wireless LAN to an existing wired LAN and vice versa, prepare a detailed technical report to
be presented to the management of Bario Society which covers the following criteria for both
Bario community telecentre and a Bario clinic:

a) Site survey and other related considerations for deploying Wireless solutions.
b) Hardware and Software requirements, considerations, and justifications
c) Security implementation requirements,
d) Monitoring and Maintenance considerations,

Diagrams and figures are highly encouraged to substantiate and complement the facts
included.
Marking Grid

INDIVIDUAL COMPONENT (70%) GROUP

COMPONENT
(30%)

Analytical and Critical Thinking

Diagrams and/or Figures (20)

Individual Total (70)

Workload Matrix (5)

Documentation (10)
Progress Report (5)
Report content (10)

Grand Total (100)

Presentation (10)

Group Total (30)

Referencing (15)
Assumptions (5)
(20)

Name 1:

Name 2:

Name 3:

Name 4:

Explanatory notes
Presentation: Each member is required to give a presentation on the work produced and
knowledge gained. The student will be assessed based on: clarity of presentation, quality of
presentation, and ability to handle questions posed. (10%)

Report content: This includes the relevance, sufficient coverage, up-to-date, and coherence,
of the facts presented. (10 %)

Diagrams and Figures: This includes any diagrammatic and pictorial representation of facts.
(20%)

Analytical and critical thinking: This includes analysis and evaluation of facts followed by
results of evaluation. (20%)

Progress report: A bi-weekly progress report indicating the work-in-progress or completed

tasks (i.e. using GANTT chart). This is to evaluate the time management and discipline of
student in completing the assigned tasks. (5%)
Workload matrix: A list or table showing the tasks being assigned to every member of the
team. Each member is required to sign-off to acknowledge their responsibilities and to fulfil
them. (5%)

Assumptions: This includes the scope and limitations set forth for the entire report. (5%)

Documentation: This includes the cover page, contents page, page numbering, headings,
and proper sequencing and flow. (10%)

Referencing: This includes the quality of references used: research papers, articles, books,
journals, trade press, etc. and the adoption of Harvard Referencing system for all facts and
diagrams used. (15%)

ASSIGNMENT REQUIREMENTS

1. You are required to work within a group of not more than 4 members.
2. Attach the marking scheme provided in the previous page as the cover page and enter each
member’s name accordingly.
3. As part of project management, you are required to develop a Gantt chart (project plan) that
indicates clearly the activities required in order for the project to be a success.
4. The report has to be well presented and should be typed. Submission of reports that are
unprofessional in its outlook (dirty, disorganised, inconsistent look, varying coloured paper
and size) will not fare well when marks are allocated.
5. Ensure that the report is printed on standard A4 (210 X 297 mm) sized paper.
6. The report should have a one (1”) margin all around the page as illustrated below:
1 inch 1 inch
1 inch

1 inch

The Typed Text

1 inch

1 inch

1 inch 1 inch

7. Every report must have a front cover. A transparent plastic sheet can be placed in front of
the report to protect the front cover. The front cover should have the following details: -
a) Name of group members.
b) Enrollment number.
c) Subject.
d) Project Title.
e) Date Assigned (the date the report was handed out).
f) Date Completed (the date the report is due to be handed in).
8. Plagiarism is a serious offence and will automatically be awarded zero (0) marks if two
groups present the same facts.
9. All information, figures and diagrams obtained from external sources must be referenced
using the IEEE referencing system accordingly.