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General Information

Course ID (CB01A and CB01B)
CISD095F
Course Title (CB02)
Managing Cloud Projects
Course Credit Status
Credit - Degree Applicable
Effective Term
Fall 2023
Course 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.
Faculty Requirements
Course Family
Not Applicable

Course Justification

This course is required for earning a Project Management Practitioner Certificate of Achievement and is in a CTE program that was developed based on labor market data. This course provides tools for risk assessment, mitigation, and an action plan to combat risks in projects, across all phases of a project from initiation, planning, execution, and closing. This course is CSU transferable.

Foothill Equivalency

Does the course have a Foothill equivalent?
No
Foothill Course ID

Course Philosophy

Formerly Statement

Course Development Options

Basic Skill Status (CB08)
Course is not a basic skills course.
Grade Options
  • Letter Grade
  • Pass/No Pass
Repeat Limit
0

Transferability & Gen. Ed. Options

Transferability
Transferable to CSU only

Units and Hours

Summary

Minimum Credit Units
4.0
Maximum Credit Units
4.0

Weekly Student Hours

TypeIn ClassOut of Class
Lecture Hours4.08.0
Laboratory Hours0.00.0

Course Student Hours

Course Duration (Weeks)
12.0
Hours per unit divisor
36.0
Course In-Class (Contact) Hours
Lecture
48.0
Laboratory
0.0
Total
48.0
Course Out-of-Class Hours
Lecture
96.0
Laboratory
0.0
NA
0.0
Total
96.0

Prerequisite(s)

Corequisite(s)

Advisory(ies)

ESL D272. and ESL D273., or ESL D472. and ESL D473., or eligibility for EWRT D001A or EWRT D01AH or ESL D005.

Limitation(s) on Enrollment

Entrance Skill(s)

General Course Statement(s)

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

Assignments

  1. Develop a strategy for implementing a project in Cloud.
  2. Implement the developed strategy using a Cloud infrastructure like Amazon, Google etc.
  3. Create a business model to help decide migration of a project into the cloud.

Methods of Evaluation

  1. 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.
  2. 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.
  3. 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.

Essential Student Materials/Essential College Facilities

Essential Student Materials: 
  • None.
Essential College Facilities:
  • None.

Examples of Primary Texts and References

AuthorTitlePublisherDate/EditionISBN
A Guide to Managing Cloud Projects, Sukhjit Singh, MS - Management of Software System Development, Carnegie Mellon University, 2018

Examples of Supporting Texts and References

AuthorTitlePublisher
"Cloud Computing: From Beginning to End", by Ray J Rafaels, April 1st 2015, 1st Edition, CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform (ISBN-10: 1511404582)

Learning Outcomes and Objectives

Course Objectives

  • Recognize the fundamentals of Cloud computing.
  • Distinguish how the management and administration of the Cloud is different from traditional computing systems.
  • Describe how to establish Cloud strategy for a business context.
  • Apply the technical concepts of Cloud implementation.
  • Evaluate how Cloud computing will change everything that connects to it.

CSLOs

  • Create cloud strategy within a business context being mindful of governance issues and business processes.

Outline

  1. 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.
  2. 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
  3. 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.
  4. 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.
  5. 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.
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