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| Credit - Degree Applicable | | Effective Quarter: Fall 2020 | I. Catalog Information
| CIS 95F | Managing Cloud Projects | 4 Unit(s) |
| | Requisites: Advisory: EWRT 211 and READ 211, or ESL 272 and 273. Hours: Lec Hrs: 48.00
Out of Class Hrs: 96.00
Total Student Learning Hrs: 144.00 Description: Establish the Cloud strategy within a business context and focus on governance issues and business processes; the administration of Cloud services; support, monitoring, and billing; documenting a Cloud strategy, which optimizes expense structure, improves security, and supports conformance; standards and protocols for the Cloud; and management of devices that connect to the Cloud. |
| Student Learning Outcome Statements (SLO)
| | | • Student Learning Outcome: Create cloud strategy within a business context being mindful of governance issues and business processes. |
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II. Course Objectives | A. | Recognize the fundamentals of Cloud computing. |
| B. | Distinguish how the management and administration of the Cloud is different from traditional computing systems. |
| C. | Describe how to establish Cloud strategy for a business context. |
| D. | Apply the technical concepts of Cloud implementation. |
| E. | Evaluate how Cloud computing will change everything that connects to it. |
III. Essential Student Materials IV. Essential College Facilities V. Expanded Description: Content and Form | A. | Recognize the fundamentals of Cloud computing. |
| 1. | Introduction to the business definition of the Cloud in context of user experience. |
| 2. | Outline technical definition of the Cloud. |
| 3. | Lists Everything-as-a-Service business models and their benefits. |
| B. | Distinguish how the management and administration of the Cloud is different from traditional computing systems. |
| 1. | Interprets factors involved in managing the Cloud. |
| 2. | Explains variation in required skills for administering the Cloud Platform in contrast to the traditional platforms |
| C. | Describe how to establish Cloud strategy for a business context. |
| 1. | Describe the business context that is required considering governance structures and business processes. |
| 2. | Create an administration model in which Service Level Agreements, Support, Monitoring and Billing help with administration of the Cloud services. |
| 3. | Document a Cloud Strategy that untangles the computing environment, optimizes expense structure, improves security and supports conformance. |
| D. | Apply the technical concepts of Cloud implementation. |
| 1. | Cluster as a single computer. |
| 2. | Workload strategy alignment to the horse power in data center |
| 3. | Application and Data Management of Clustered environments. |
| 4. | Private versus Public Clouds and conformance to Security Standards. |
| 5. | Explore the creation of massively parallel scaled application system using As-A-Service concept. |
| E. | Evaluate how Cloud computing will change everything that connects to it. |
| 1. | Understand Security risks associated with Cloud Computing and ways to mitigate it. |
| 2. | Create a governance structure and setting the IT structure for success. |
| 3. | Virtualization Layers and Cloud Computing. |
| 4. | Management of Devices that connect to the Cloud. |
| 5. | Standards and Protocols for Cloud. |
| 6. | Embarking on your journey for enabling Cloud Computing in your organization. |
VI. Assignments | A. | Develop a strategy for implementing a project in Cloud. |
| B. | Implement the developed strategy using a Cloud infrastructure like Amazon, Google etc. |
| C. | Create a business model to help decide migration of a project into the cloud. |
VII. Methods of Instruction | | Lecture and visual aids
Discussion of assigned reading
Discussion and problem solving performed in class
Collaborative learning and small group exercises
Collaborative projects
Guest speakers
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VIII. Methods of Evaluating Objectives | A. | Evaluation of oral and written assignments demonstrating progressive proficiency in cloud computing concepts from both technical and business perspective, half completed in the class, half completed as homework. |
| B. | A final exam or project in which students demonstrate the ability to integrate and critically analyze concepts examined throughout the course, half completed in the class, half completed as homework. |
| C. | In-class lab problems, group collaborative problems, exam questions and/or online assignments or tutorials demonstrating the ability to review business models, to be evaluated using a rubric. |
IX. Texts and Supporting References | A. | Examples of Primary Texts and References |
| 1. | A Guide to Managing Cloud Projects, Sukhjit Singh, MS - Management of Software System Development, Carnegie Mellon University, 2018 |
| B. | Examples of Supporting Texts and References |
| 1. | "Cloud Computing: From Beginning to End", by Ray J Rafaels, April 1st 2015, 1st Edition, CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform (ISBN-10: 1511404582) |
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