Cloud Portfolio Report
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Cloud Portfolio Report
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Graphic novel setting of BallotOnline office, Sophia stands in the doorway. Sophia says “I’ve got that presentation on the cloud at the executive meeting coming up soon.” Student replies “OK, I’ll have the portfolio report ready by then.” Sophia says “Great. Can you also send me one or two slides about the TCO and ROI? I really want to highlight that all our investment in the cloud has been worth it.” The final frame has a closeup of invitation on computer: Join us for: Cloud Computing Team Reception: To celebrate all our hard work bringing BallotOnline into the cloud. Chotchkie Grill. Yes is highlighted.
You have implemented or migrated IT infrastructures in the cloud for BallotOnline. Now, in this project, you will report to the executive team, highlighting what you have done and demonstrating the financial benefits of the cloud deployment with advanced cost analyses in the cloud.
In your report, you will focus on the following infrastructure use cases to highlight some of the key investments in the cloud and their associated financial benefits for BallotOnline:
BallotOnline website
Messaging
Disaster recovery and backup
IT self-service portal
Web application (all on-demand)
The Cloud Portfolio Report will help BallotOnline’s leadership to assess important financial components and gain a high-level overview of the overall cloud infrastructure. The executive board will evaluate your Cloud Portfolio Report for the effectiveness of the total cost of ownership (TCO), return on investment (ROI), and capabilities in the cloud infrastructure for each use case.
There are eight steps to complete this project, which will take about four weeks to complete.
First, you will provide high-level information for each of the use cases (Step 1).
You’ll use that information to calculate the (Steps 2, 3, and 4).
You’ll apply the TCO to the calculation of the ROI (Steps 5 and 6).
These figures will be used to create a presentation and report to justify the investments in the cloud (Steps 7 and 8).
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Take Note
This project has a hands-on lab that you need to complete. Instructions for the lab are included in the steps of this project. If you have technical difficulties in completing the lab, we have technology support assistants available to help you. See Lab Support for Students.pdf for more information.
Competencies
Your work will be evaluated using the competencies listed below.
1.1: Organize document or presentation clearly in a manner that promotes understanding and meets the requirements of the assignment.
1.5: Use sentence structure appropriate to the task, message and audience.
1.6: Follow conventions of Standard Written English.
1.7: Create neat and professional looking documents appropriate for the project or presentation.
2.5: Develop well-reasoned ideas, conclusions or decisions, checking them against relevant criteria and benchmarks.
3.1: Identify numerical or mathematical information that is relevant in a problem or situation.
3.2: Employ mathematical or statistical operations and data analysis techniques to arrive at a correct or optimal solution.
3.3: Analyze mathematical or statistical information, or the results of quantitative inquiry and manipulation of data.
5.1: Evaluate the business IT needs of an organization.
5.2: Propose strategies the organization can employ using cloud solutions to enhance organizational effectiveness.
5.3: Evaluate cloud adoption as a viable solution based on cost benefits and desired outcomes.
9.5: Design virtualized network infrastructure to meet business needs.
9.6: Design cloud storage infrastructure to meet business needs.
10.1: Develop and implement cloud metering system.
10.3: Configure cloud management tools and software.
10.4: Configure cloud orchestration and automation software.
10.5: Configure service catalog software to support various user’s needs.
10.6: Configure a private cloud infrastructure using industry leading software.
10.7: Configure a public cloud infrastructure using industry leading provider(s).
10.8: Configure a hybrid clocgoud infrastructure using industry best-practices.
