Competency
In this project, you will demonstrate your mastery of the following competencies:
- Explain the concepts of virtualization
- Explain the concepts of cloud-based architecture
Scenario
The company you work for, Packages Plus Delivery (PPD), currently houses its physical computing environments on site. Packages Plus Delivery is growing, including the number of packages delivered and the number of employees hired each quarter. As a result of this growth and to better meet the needs of the clients, organizational leadership recently made the decision to virtualize all computing environments.
Leadership is deciding between internal virtualization and the use of an external vendor. They are also considering a move to cloud-based architecture but want to know more about the risks and cost benefits of moving to a cloud environment.
As a virtual solutions analyst at Packages Plus Delivery, you serve on a Virtualization Transition Committee. This group has been asked to create a presentation that emphasizes how the decision to move to virtualization will improve business strategy, and what the options are if the company considers moving the infrastructure to a cloud environment. Your presentation will ensure that leadership makes an informed decision.
Directions
You have been asked to create a presentation that supports the company’s decision to move to virtualization. Within the presentation, you will need to address each of the following topics in order to inform leadership:
- Describe how the company’s decision to move to a virtual computing environment will impact its business strategy. If you use sources, be sure to provide a citation. You must include:
- The benefits of your company’s decision to move to a virtual computing environment
- The constraints of the decision to move to a virtual computing environment
- An explanation of how moving to virtualization will impact the scalability of the business
- The costs of moving to virtualization
- The hardware and software, and other technologies involved
- In order to provide the most detailed information, you need to compare the implications of the organization moving to a virtual environment using its hardware servers in-house with the implications of using a third-party vendor to virtualize. You may create a visual (such as a Venn Diagram) or write a passage to explain these concepts. You will need to compare the following factors and describe the advantages, disadvantages, and risks associated with each:
- Cost: equipment such as hardware and software, maintenance (i.e., upgrades and backups), licensing, security (i.e., shared responsibility, on premises)
- Capacity
- Agility
- Service availability
- As the company moves toward virtualization, you want to inform leadership of cloud-based architecture by describing the cloud service models that are available. You must describe:
- IaaS
- PaaS
- SaaS
- For each cloud service model, you must:
- Explain how it supports virtualization
- Advantages for organizations
- Disadvantages for organizations
- Describe different types of cloud deployment models that the company can deploy. You must include:
- The benefits of each cloud deployment model
- The constraints of each cloud deployment model
- An explanation of how each cloud environment impacts the scalability of the business
- The costs of moving to that type of deployment model
- The training involved in moving to that type of deployment model
What to Submit
To complete this project, you must submit the following:
Presentation
Your presentation should be submitted on a file that your instructor can easily access (.ppt, PDF, .doc).
Your presentation must include:
- The evidence that supports your company’s decision to move to virtualization
- A comparison of creating a virtual environment in-house compared to using an external vendor
- Information on the various cloud service models
- Description of cloud deployment model options
Project Guidelines and Rubric1.html
Competency
In this project, you will demonstrate your mastery of the following competencies:
- Explain the concepts of virtualization
- Explain the concepts of cloud-based architecture
Scenario
The company you work for, Packages Plus Delivery (PPD), currently houses its physical computing environments on site. Packages Plus Delivery is growing, including the number of packages delivered and the number of employees hired each quarter. As a result of this growth and to better meet the needs of the clients, organizational leadership recently made the decision to virtualize all computing environments.
Leadership is deciding between internal virtualization and the use of an external vendor. They are also considering a move to cloud-based architecture but want to know more about the risks and cost benefits of moving to a cloud environment.
As a virtual solutions analyst at Packages Plus Delivery, you serve on a Virtualization Transition Committee. This group has been asked to create a presentation that emphasizes how the decision to move to virtualization will improve business strategy, and what the options are if the company considers moving the infrastructure to a cloud environment. Your presentation will ensure that leadership makes an informed decision.
Directions
You have been asked to create a presentation that supports the company’s decision to move to virtualization. Within the presentation, you will need to address each of the following topics in order to inform leadership:
- Describe how the company’s decision to move to a virtual computing environment will impact its business strategy. If you use sources, be sure to provide a citation.
You must include:
- The benefits of your company’s decision to move to a virtual computing environment
- The constraints of the decision to move to a virtual computing environment
- An explanation of how moving to virtualization will impact the scalability of the business
- The costs of moving to virtualization
- The hardware and software, and other technologies involved
- In order to provide the most detailed information, you need to compare the implications of the organization moving to a virtual environment using its hardware servers in-house with the implications of using a third-party vendor to virtualize. You may create a visual (such as a Venn Diagram) or write a passage to explain these concepts. You will need to compare the following factors and describe the advantages, disadvantages, and risks associated with each:
- Cost: equipment such as hardware and software, maintenance (i.e., upgrades and backups), licensing, security (i.e., shared responsibility, on premises)
- Capacity
- Agility
- Service availability
- As the company moves toward virtualization, you want to inform leadership of cloud-based architecture by describing the cloud service models that are available.
You must describe:
- IaaS
- PaaS
- SaaS
For each cloud service model, you must:
- Explain how it supports virtualization
- Advantages for organizations
- Disadvantages for organizations
- Describe different types of cloud deployment models that the company can deploy.
You must include:
- The benefits of each cloud deployment model
- The constraints of each cloud deployment model
- An explanation of how each cloud environment impacts the scalability of the business
- The costs of moving to that type of deployment model
- The training involved in moving to that type of deployment model
What to Submit
To complete this project, you must submit the following:
Presentation Your presentation should be submitted on a file that your instructor can easily access (.ppt, PDF, .doc).
Your presentation must include:
- The evidence that supports your company’s decision to move to virtualization
- A comparison of creating a virtual environment in-house compared to using an external vendor
- Information on the various cloud service models
- Description of cloud deployment model options
Supporting Materials
The following resource(s) may help support your work on the project:
How to Design and Deliver an Effective Presentation This document shows you how to design an effective presentation in Microsoft PowerPoint, Google Slides, Screencastify, and Apple Keynote.
Packages Plus Delivery Images Word Document You are welcome to use these images of the company’s logo to enhance your presentation.
Project One Rubric
| Criteria | Exemplary (100%) | Proficient (85%) | Needs Improvement (55%) | Not Evident (0%) | Value |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Benefits and Constraints of Virtualization | Exceeds proficiency in an exceptionally clear, insightful, sophisticated, or creative manner | Describes the benefits and constraints of moving to a virtual computing environment | Shows progress toward proficiency, but with errors or omissions; areas for improvement may include describing various benefits and constraints of moving to virtualization | Does not attempt criterion | 15 |
| Scalability of Virtualization | Exceeds proficiency in an exceptionally clear, insightful, sophisticated, or creative manner | Explains how scalability of moving to a virtual computing environment will impact the business | Shows progress toward proficiency, but with errors or omissions; areas for improvement may include explaining the costs, and hardware and software involved | Does not attempt criterion | 10 |
| In-House Vs. Third-Party Vendor | Exceeds proficiency in an exceptionally clear, insightful, sophisticated, or creative manner | Compares in-house virtualization to using an external vendor | Shows progress toward proficiency, but with errors or omissions; areas for improvement may include comparing costs, capacity, agility, and availability of internal and hosted virtualization | Does not attempt criterion | 20 |
| Cloud Service Models | Exceeds proficiency in an exceptionally clear, insightful, sophisticated, or creative manner | Describes the available cloud service models | Shows progress toward proficiency, but with errors or omissions; areas for improvement may include describing multiple cloud environments | Does not attempt criterion | 20 |
| Cloud Deployment Models | Exceeds proficiency in an exceptionally clear, insightful, sophisticated, or creative manner | Describes the benefits and constraints of different cloud deployment models | Shows progress toward proficiency, but with errors or omissions; areas for improvement may include describing various benefits and constraints of each type of cloud deployment model | Does not attempt criterion | 15 |
| Scalability of Cloud Environments | Exceeds proficiency in an exceptionally clear, insightful, sophisticated, or creative manner | Explains how a cloud environment impacts the scalability of a business | Shows progress toward proficiency, but with errors or omissions; areas for improvement may include explaining the costs and training of deploying a cloud environment | Does not attempt criterion | 10 |
| Articulation of Response | Exceeds proficiency in an exceptionally clear, insightful, sophisticated, or creative manner | Clearly conveys meaning with correct grammar, sentence structure, and spelling, demonstrating an understanding of audience and purpose | Shows progress toward proficiency, but with errors in grammar, sentence structure, and spelling, negatively impacting readability | Submission has critical errors in grammar, sentence structure, and spelling, preventing understanding of ideas | 5 |
| Citations and Attributions | Attributes sources where applicable using citation methods with very few minor errors | Attributes sources where applicable, but with consistent minor errors | Attributes sources where applicable, but with major errors | Does not attribute sources where applicable | 5 |
| Total: | 100% |
course_documents/IT 272 Packages Plus Delivery Logo.jpg
course_documents/How to Design and Deliver an Effective Presentation.pdf
How to Design and Deliver an Effective Presentation
This document presents a variety of resources and tools available for designing and delivering an effective presentation.
Designing an Effective Presentation
To access the tutorials, log in to Atomic Learning using your SNHU credentials, then click on the links below to view the materials.
These tutorials show you the elements of effective presentation design, which will be helpful in creating an engaging presentation that effectively conveys your message to your audience. Specifically, review the following tutorials:
How Do I Create a Unique Presentation?
Learn It: Being an Engaging Presenter
Engaging the audience
Adding humor
Incorporating stories
Using metaphors
Effective Presentation Design
Presentations: What You Need to Know
What’s the big idea? What the presentation is, and what it’s not The visual presentation of information
Getting Started
Presentation design and process
Outlining and Storyboarding
Make it real
Using text
Making text clear and concise
Communicating
Using images
Using graphics
Telling the Story
Organizing the story
Using animations
Using transitions
Getting Ready for Delivery
Creating presenter’s notes
Additional Resources:
Simple Rules for Better PowerPoint Presentations
This list of suggestions includes tips on how to read your information, preferable color and font usage, and the incorporation of humor and animation into your presentation.
Organization & Preparation Tips
This article focuses on 10 tips for preparing content for your presentation. The topics include suggestions for approaching your topic, questions to consider as you build the content, and ways to organize what you plan to present.
Top Ten Slide Tips
This article focuses on tips for the design of your presentation. Suggestions are given for the appropriate use of bullet points and images, colors and fonts, and video or audio clips.
Delivering an Effective Presentation
Microsoft PowerPoint
Note: If you do not currently have Microsoft Office 365, which includes PowerPoint, you can obtain a free version by clicking on the following link, entering your SNHU email address, and following the installation prompts.
Microsoft 365 for Students
To access the following tutorials, log in to Atomic Learning using your SNHU credentials, then click on the links below to view the materials. These tutorials show you how to use core PowerPoint functionality and features.
PowerPoint 2016 (PC)
PowerPoint 2016 (Mac)
If you use a different version of PowerPoint, access the Atomic Learning website and locate the tutorials that match your version.
Atomic Learning PowerPoint Options
Additional Resources for PowerPoint Presentations:
Record a slide show with narrations and slide timings
This tutorial contains step-by-step directions for using the tools available for recording and timing a presentation.
Recording a PowerPoint Presentation with Voice-Over Narration and Saving it as a Movie File
This is a more detailed presentation of how to record and save a PowerPoint presentation.
Google Slides
For an introduction and access to a free version of Google slides, click on the following link:
https://www.google.com/slides/about/
To access the following tutorial, log in to Atomic Learning using your SNHU credentials, then click on the link below to view the materials.
This tutorial shows you how to use Google Slides functionality and features:
Google Slides Training
Additional Resource for Google Slides:
Present Slides
This document contains written directions for viewing and presenting Google Slides with some of the options available.
Screencastify
To access the homepage for Sceencastify and download a free version, click on the following link.
Screencastify
To review step-by-step instructions for downloading and using Screencastify to record presentations, clink on the following link.
How to Use Screencastify
Apple Keynote
Click on the following link to access the homepage for Apple Keynote
https://www.apple.com/keynote/
To access the following tutorial, log in to Atomic Learning using your SNHU credentials, then click on the link below to view the materials.
This tutorial shows you how to use Keynote functionality and features:
Keynote (iWork 2013) – Fundamentals Training
- How to Design and Deliver an Effective Presentation
- Designing an Effective Presentation
- Additional Resources:
- Delivering an Effective Presentation
- Microsoft PowerPoint
- Additional Resources for PowerPoint Presentations:
- Google Slides
- Additional Resource for Google Slides:
- Screencastify
- Apple Keynote
course_documents/IT-272 P+D Logo.docx