project 1 cmit 326 – executive summary

For this assignment, you are asked to provide your supervisor with a summary of cloud computing and the potential benefits and risks of migrating to the cloud. By summarizing your findings in a brief executive summary, you are showing how you use your technical knowledge to convey your ideas to others in a professional setting. Your ability to express your findings using the right mix of technical detail in a business context is an important workplace skill.

The following evaluation criteria aligned to the competencies will be used to grade your assignment:

• 1.1.1: Articulate the main idea and purpose of a communication.
• 1.1.2: Support the main idea and purpose of a communication.
• 1.1.3: Present ideas in a clear, logical order appropriate to the task.
• 1.2.1: Identify the target audience, the context, and the goal of the communication.
• 1.2.2: Employ a format, style, and tone appropriate to the audience, context, and goal.
• 1.3.1: Identify potential sources of information that can be used to develop and support ideas.
• 1.4.1: Produce grammatically correct material in standard academic English that supports the communication.
• 1.4.2: Use vocabulary appropriate for the discipline, genre, and intended audience.
• 10.1.1: Identify the problem to be solved.
• 10.1.2: Gather project requirements to meet stakeholder needs.