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Case Study

FIT4037: Week 8

Case study’s week 8 lecture looked at documentation. This feature has been recognized as a critical factor for IS success and as a major separator between professional and amateur work.

Some key documentation includes:

  • User Manuals (End User, Staff, Administrator)
  • Installation Guide
  • Integration Guide
  • Troubleshooting Procedures
  • Operational Procedures
  • Test Plan + Test Results

For complex Information system completing all of the above documents in full detail would be very costly and time consuming which is a major reason why documentation is rarely complete.

For our Web Application we are required to complete the documents with a lite version test plan.

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Data Communications

FIT9020: Week 7

Another missed lecture and tutorial for Data Communications which I definitely regret as the subject is very interesting.

Week 7 focused on Local Area Networks, the reasons for them, how they work and how to implement them.

Typical Multi-building LAN

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Grid Computing

FIT5164: Week 7

I am still struggling to follow the lecture material in Grid Computing, but none-the-less learning a lot and finding my feet in the more practical tutorials.

Week 7’s lecture discussed:

  • Grid Resources
  • Resource Specification
  • Grid Processing
  • Grid Application Hosting

ALthough I don't have a solid understanding of web service, I can see this architecture makes sense

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Internet Application Development

FIT5032: Week 7

Internet application development continued the style matching lecture material to assignment requirements. This seems like a very effective way to make the knowledge stick.

The topics this week were:

  • Validation Controls
  • Master Pages
  • Themes and Skins
  • Navigation Controls

All of these were required on our assignment which ensured we revised it in detail.

2007 stats, source: http://www.port80software.com/surveys/top1000webservers/

After working with ASP.NET I was really impressed and wondered how many large companies used it. The chart above is the web server market share for Fortune 1000 companies from mid 2007.