Course Title: Cloud Design Best Practices
Part A: Course Overview
Course Title: Cloud Design Best Practices
Credit Points: 12.00
Course Coordinator: Dr Samar Fatima
Course Coordinator Phone: +61 3 9925 0249
Course Coordinator Email: samar.fatima@rmit.edu.au
Course Coordinator Location: Building 80, City campus
Course Coordinator Availability: Appointment via email
Pre-requisite Courses and Assumed Knowledge and Capabilities
Assumed knowledge: BUSM2722 Business Transformation Planning and Management.
Course Description
This course considers the integration of business context, customer expectations, and business models. You will learn approaches to problem discovery and staging a project. It introduces the mapping of technical components to business processes, workflows, and user requirements.
The course describes different approaches to project governance used in implementation projects and provide you with opportunities to experience different approaches using real-world examples. It provides an understanding of the risks associated with cloud implementation projects, and strategies for risk management, and the rationale behind each design choice in technology implementation.
You will be introduced to good practice in cloud integration, including the communication skills required to facilitate the development and implementation of appropriate solutions in business.
Objectives/Learning Outcomes/Capability Development
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You will achieve the following course learning outcomes (CLOs) upon successful completion of this course:
CLO 1: Synthesise and integrate cloud-based solutions, business context, customer expectations, and business models.
CLO 2: Adapt and map technological components in the Cloud to business processes, workflows, and user requirements.
CLO 3: Analyse different approaches to project governance, problem discovery and approaches to staging a project.
CLO 4: Evaluate the risks associated with cloud implementation projects, and strategies for risk management.
CLO 5: Illustrate the communication skills and teamwork required to facilitate the development and implementation of appropriate solutions in business.
Overview of Learning Activities
This course uses highly structured learning activities to guide your learning process and prepare you for the assessments. The activities are a combination of individual, peer-supported and facilitator-guided activities, and where possible project-led, with opportunities for feedback throughout.
The learning activities have been designed to assist you in the development of a number of important graduate capabilities. Authentic and industry-relevant learning is central to this course, and you will be encouraged to critically compare and contrast important considerations in the implementation of cloud technologies for business, informed by your personal insights.
You are expected to consistently apply yourself to the course throughout the semester. Social learning is another important component, and you are expected to participate in class and group activities, share drafts of work and resources and give and receive peer feedback. You will be expected to work efficiently and effectively with others to achieve outcomes greater than those that you might have achieved alone.
Seminars/workshops are designed to supplement the material provided on the RMIT Canvas site and the recommended readings. Discussions in seminars are specifically designed using group work and problem-solving activities so that you may critical analyse topics covered throughout the semester. The seminar setting also provides the opportunity for you to critically evaluate problems and develop confidence in your ability to apply theoretical issues to practical situations.
Overview of Learning Resources
A range of recordings, texts and articles will be referred to in class. You will be given a list of suggested readings and audio- visual recordings, but you are required to undertake further research throughout the duration of the course. Feedback will be provided throughout the semester in class and/or in online discussion forums through individual and group feedback on practical exercises and individual consultation.
RMIT Library provides extensive resources, services and study spaces. All RMIT students have access to scholarly resources including course related material, books, e-books, journals and databases.
Computers and printers are available at every Library. You can access the Internet and Library e-resources. You can also access the RMIT University wireless network in the Library.
Contact: Ask the Library for assistance and information on Library resources and services: http://www.rmit.edu.au/library. Study support is available for assistance with assignment preparation, academic writing, information literacy, referencing, maths and study skills. Additional resources and/or sources to assist your learning will be identified by your course coordinator and will be made available to you as required during the teaching period.
Overview of Assessment
The assessment alignment list below shows the assessment tasks against the learning outcomes (CLOs).
Assessment Task 1: 25%
Linked CLOs 1, 3, 4, 5
Assessment Task 2: 35%
Linked to CLOs 1, 2, 4, 5
Assessment Task 3: 40%
Linked to CLOs 1, 3, 4, 5