For this assignment, you must conduct a business needs assessment and requirements determination for your chosen organization and verbally present your findings in a video.
- Conduct a business needs assessment by developing an application and data inventory repository matrix or table, similar to the ones shown below. You may use network inventory tools like Open-AudIT (open source), Manage Engine System Inventory Tool, SolarWinds, Belarc Advisor, or any other open-source tool for network and application inventory.
Server Name |
Operating System/version/patches |
Role |
CPU Speed |
RAM |
|
1 |
h1srv.edpncu.edu |
Microsoft Windows Server 2012 R2, Service Pack 1 |
Domain Controller |
(16) 2.66 GHz Intel Xeon |
128 |
2 |
h2srv.edpncu.edu |
Microsoft Windows Server 2012 R2, Service Pack 1 |
Point of Sale ERP |
(16) 2.66 GHz Intel Xeon |
128 |
3 |
h4srv.ncu.edu |
Microsoft Windows Server 2012 R2, Service Pack 1 |
Microsoft Hyper-V Virtual Server |
(16) 2.66 GHz Intel Xeon |
128 |
Table 1. Sample Server Inventory Diagram
Application |
Type (In-house dev., Licensed, COTS) |
#Licenses |
Windows 10 |
License |
100 |
MS Office |
COTS |
100 |
MS-Project |
COTS |
20 |
MS-Visio |
COTS |
5 |
Microsoft Dynamics – ERP |
COTS – Point of Sale Terminal |
100 |
ORACLE-DBMS |
License |
20 |
Time & Billing |
In-house Development |
Table 2. Sample Application Inventory Diagram
- Indicate the critical parameters and configuration settings that must be described in policies, standards, and procedures.
- Use the Kaltura video capturing tool to present the results of your business needs assessment (matrix or tool report), and its impact on policy development, configuration, and management. (A Kaltura Capture tutorial is provided in the weekly resources.) Your 3 to 5-minute video presentation should contain the following:
- Description and purpose of the assessment process as part of the IT Policy strategy planning
- Explanation of the importance of the current platform, device, and software assets
- Explanation of the impact of developing or updating policies, standards, and procedures
- Explanation of the processing controls critical enough to be specified in the policies
- Recommendation of specific standard controls for network parameter settings, such as group policies, password policies, database standard validation rules, input, processing and output rules for application design and development, and standard data center controls
- Reference to at least 3 academic sources.
- Create a summary of your presentation in a separate document. Include full citations for each reference.