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14.1 Key points/learning outcomes |
Policy and Strategy Issues
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Understand the need for
an IT policy.
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Understand the strategic
implications of software, hardware and configuration choices for an
organisation.
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Appreciate the range of
needs of different users.
Methods of enhancing existing
capabilities/
future proofing
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Discuss the reasons why organisations may wish to upgrade
hardware/software provision. Factors could include
hardware/software development, organisation ethos, task driven
change, software change.
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Understand that hardware and software exists which allow packages
to run on different platforms, and the advantages and disadvantages
of these approaches.
Backup strategies
See the
books page for more
details about the titles listed below
McWeeney - A205 Pages 1 - 7
Mott & Leeming - Chapters 14/15
Doyle - Chapter 16
Heathcote - Chapters 52/53
AQA past papers
Past papers. Not as useful as the Psionica database AQA shamefully closed
but...
Practice questions
Past paper practice questions for 14.1 (.rtf file - opens in Word/Writer)
suitable for revision/homework etc. etc.
Past paper answers
Answers to the questions above. Password protected .doc file. Sorry but
the password is only available to teachers.
Older Exam Papers
Past papers (pre 2000) not included on the official AQA site from
Colchester VI Form College. These still contain some relevant questions
for this topic. Look for IT04/ICT4 papers.
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Links to general online
resources for 14.1. I'd recommend right clicking links/icons and "Save
Target As..." for anything other than web pages (see key below)
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Managing Hardware and
Software Assets |
Chapter something or other from a very cool
online book about Management Information Systems is useful for 14.1. The
rest of the book (mainly good for ICT4 stuff) is online
here
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Need for an IT Policy |
Sample introduction from a commercial IT
policy gives you some idea of the reasons for and the type of stuff
covered by a corporate IT policy.
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14.1 Policy
Questions |
Handout containing a set of questions from
Gerald Horsley at B & P College. Useful end of unit exercise for
revision.
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Policy and Strategy
Issues |
Short PowerPoint presentation based on
chapter 52 of the Heathcote A level textbook. This version contains
supplementary notes from Mortimer Wilson.
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Security Survey |
Results of a survey into organisations'
security policies. Covers part of "...need for an information technology
policy"
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Set of rather good online revision notes
(and questions) for this topic from the rather good Antonine Education.
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Policy, Strategy and Backup |
The above notes available for offline
viewing. Doesn't contain the answers to the questions or the very useful
end-of-unit quiz :-( Visit the
site
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Introduction to Policy and Strategy |
Massive PowerPoint presentation from Rob
Cawley at Kesgrave covers just about everything. Recommended by
FatMax
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14.1 Policy and
Strategy Issues |
Summary notes and questions for this topic from North Chadderton High School.
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Future Proofing/Emulation |
Handout on future proofing and emulation
based (well OK, copied verbatim) on notes from Colchester VI Form
College.
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Security and Backup
Policies |
Short PowerPoint presentation based on
chapter 53 of the Heathcote A level textbook. This version contains
supplementary notes from Mortimer Wilson.
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Backup Methods and Rotation
Schemes |
Common backup methods (full, differential &
incremental) and schemes (grandfather-father-son) explained briefly.
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Backup Strategies |
This article, on a commercial website,
provides an excellent set of very readable notes about backup
strategies.
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Policy and
Strategy Issues |
Cool PowerPoint from
ICT-Teacher
It's a *bit* orange (and you might need sunglasses) but don't let that
put you off the very good content.
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Revision Questions |
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Handout containing a couple of older past
paper questions.
Suitable for homework, revision, blah de blah de blah. |
Key to resources:
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