Case Study 1

Scenario 1: The Small Business

You are a computer consultant who specializes in developing productivity solutions for small to medium sized businesses. You have just recently been hired by the Blue Eden Inc., a small size company to assist them with technological uplift. Blue Eden Inc. is a small fifteen-person Engineering and rchitect !rafting office serving the local area. "heir networ# consists of a mi$ of %indows & and %indows '( wor#stations connected on a %or#group based networ#. %ireless networ# access is also provided to employees with laptops. )ost staff wor# on a project basis and there is a need to trac# use by project code and sub-project. *ome staff wor# on a freelance basis and management would li#e to trac# and charge for color printer use on a monthly basis. Requirements of business: Task: -. /. 0. 2. %hat type of, and how many, computers should be purchased for the office. %hat applications should be included for general office use. %hat additional peripheral e1uipment would you recommend be purchased. "he owners have also re1uested that you present a brief plan to them as to how any newly ac1uired computer e1uipment will be safely installed and maintained in the future. 3. s most employees have long computer contact hours, suggest egronomic funiture for office use. 4. "his should include a plan to ensure that the all potential computing and communications e1uipment is #ept up to date and secure against physical and virtual threats. "he system must be easy to set up and maintain as there is no full-time I" staff. "he system must wor# in a %indows wor#group environment. *taff are to have unlimited access +i.e. no budgets,. *taff need to allocate their printing to projects and cost centers so printing and drafting costs can be passed bac# onto the clients +chargebac#,. )anagers need access to view real-time reports. !ata should be able to be e$ported to E$cel on a monthly basis for billing.

Scenario 2: Personal Use

You have presented your plan for e1uipment purchase, and one of the employee from the Blue Eden

Inc., impressed with your obvious personal and technical s#ills, has now approached you to as# a favour to help her with setting up her home computer. 5er son is currently ta#ing a mathematics, (hysics and English 6iterature class in 5igh *chool and has great interest in digital gaming technology. "he agent +mother, #nows just enough to realise that this has 7something to do with computers8 and 7digital technology8. Task: -. %hat type of computers should be purchased for home use. /. %hat applications should be included for general use, #eepning in mind user9s gaming and homewor# need. 0. %hat additional peripheral e1uipment would you recommend be purchased. 2. s user have long computer contact hours, suggest egronomic funiture for use. &. lso suggest some ways to secure against physical and virtual threats.