SFC Assignment Spring 2024 - Winter 2024 (7040)

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Unit:

Skills for Computing


Assignment title:
Collaborative private cloud business service
Spring 2024 - Winter 2024

Important notes
• Please refer to the Assignment Presentation Requirements for advice on how
to set out your assignment. These can be found on the NCC Education
website. Click on ‘Policies & Advice’ on the main menu and then click on
‘Student Support’.
• You must read the NCC Education documents What is Academic
Misconduct? Guidance for Candidates and Avoiding Plagiarism and
Collusion: Guidance for Candidates and ensure that you acknowledge all the
sources that you use in your work. These documents are available on the
NCC Education website. Click on ‘Policies & Advice’ on the main menu and
then click on ‘Student Support’.
• You must complete the Statement and Confirmation of Own Work. The form
is available on the NCC Education website. Click on ‘Policies & Advice’ on
the main menu and then click on ‘Student Support’.
• Please make a note of the recommended word count as stated in the
brief. The maximum word count limit is the recommended work count
plus 10% leeway. Submissions which exceed the maximum word count
limit will be marked only up to the maximum word count limit. Any text
that exceeds the maximum word count limit will not be marked. You
must follow the note on word count as stated in the Submission
Requirements section of the brief.
• You must submit a paper copy and digital copy (on disk or similarly
acceptable medium). Media containing viruses, or media that cannot be run
directly, will result in a fail grade being awarded for this assessment.
• All electronic media will be checked for plagiarism.
Introduction

This assignment requires you to demonstrate the knowledge and skills you have acquired
throughout the course of this module by producing a fully referenced, academic report that
addresses the task given below. To complete the assignment, you will need to choose an
industry and an appropriate organisation within it to research.

Choosing an appropriate organisation

Step 1: Select an industry in which you are interested. For example, commercial airlines,
commercial banking, retail, beauty, IT, publishing, hospitality, leisure, tourism, automotive,
construction etc. can make use of a cloud service for collaborative working. This should
include the storage of private business data and the use of online software that multiple
staff members can work on simultaneously.

Step 2: Select ONE (1) organisation in your chosen industry to research. You should
investigate the sort of cloud services they use or would benefit from using to solve a
current or future problem.

Please note that this assignment must be your own as it is designed to test your abilities.
Submitted assignments will be checked for plagiarism. For more information, please refer
to NCC Education's Academic Misconduct Policy, which can be found on the website.

Task 1 – 90 Marks
Report content:

Prepare a report on the scenario you have chosen. You will need to investigate the
problem and produce a fully referenced document that includes:

Analysis including:

• Overview of the scenario including context, systems, and structure (15 marks)

• Description of the problem (10 marks)

• Identification of the requirements and success criteria (15 marks)

• Identification of the different solutions (15 marks)

• Identification and justification of the chosen solution (15 marks)

• Plan for the implementation of the chosen solution including critical task
identification and timelines
(20 Marks)

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Task 2 – 10 Marks
Report structure:

The report should include:

• Table of contents (2 marks)

• Introduction (brief overview of the report) (2 marks)

• Main body (Task 1) (2 marks)

• Conclusion (summary of the report) (2 marks)

• List of references (2 marks)

Guidance

You should write your report in your own words, using appropriate language. You can
assume that the reader has studied this module, so you do not need to provide detailed
explanations of technical terms that have been covered. You do need to use technical
terms appropriately in your report.

Any material that you have used to inform your report should be included in the list of
references and cited within the main body of the report. You must not copy and paste any
material from the Internet or other sources.

You must write your report in your own words and support it with diagrams if appropriate.

Submission requirements

A word-processed document. The word count for this document is a maximum of 2500
words.

Word Count

The word count for this assignment is 2,500 words. Pay careful attention to the mark
allocation for each task so you don’t spend too much time on any ONE (1) section.

You MUST state the word count in the header of your assignment and declare the number
of words on your assignment cover sheet. You MUST confirm that you have not exceeded
the stipulated word limit by more than 10%.

Any words written beyond the stipulated limit will not be read by the examiners; no marks
will be awarded, and no feedback provided for any text beyond the prescribed limit.

In accordance with accepted academic practice, the notion of a word count includes the
following without exception:

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• All titles or headings that form part of the actual text. This does not include the fly
(or cover) page or reference list.
• All words that form the actual essay
• All words forming the titles for figures, tables, and boxes. However, this does not
include the text within boxes, tables, or figures themselves.
• All in-text (bracketed) references
• All directly quoted material.

Candidate checklist

Please use the following checklist to ensure that your work is ready for submission.

Have you read the NCC Education documents What is Academic


Misconduct? Guidance for Candidates and Avoiding Plagiarism and
Collusion: Guidance for Candidates and ensured that you have ❑
acknowledged all the sources that you have used in your work?
Have you completed the Statement and Confirmation of Own Work
form and attached it to your assignment? You must do this. ❑
Have you ensured that your work has not gone over or under the
recommended word count by more than 10%? ❑
Have you ensured that your work does not contain viruses and can
be run directly? ❑

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