Prompt

Complete a Site Survey: A site survey compares the three different operating systems that the company is planning to implement. To complete this task, use the Project One Site Survey Template linked in the Supporting Materials area. Specifically, you must address the following rubric criteria:

• Operating Systems: Acknowledge what OSes are already used in your site survey. The type of OS already used and how many employees are using it can influence your decision making.
• Server: Determine whether the desktops are on a hardware or cloud-based server.
  • Although not required in this portion of the project, you may want to think about whether or not the server should be changed. This change could be recommended in your proposal.
• Standard Hardware for Operating System Types: Determine the minimum required hardware. This could include desktop and server.
• Network Connection: Determine whether the network is wired or wireless.
  • Although not required in this portion of the project, you may want to think about whether or not the network connection should be changed. This change could be recommended in your proposal.
• Applications: Identify what software applications need to be supported by the OS. Your survey of what applications desktop users use most frequently will influence your decision making, as some applications are not supported by certain OSes.

Site Survey Template

Complete this template by replacing the bracketed text with the relevant information.

Stakeholder Info

This section lists the project stakeholders:

Chief Information Officer

Systems Security Officer

Assistant Vice President of Finance

IT Project Manager

Systems Architect (You)

Operating Systems

Provide approximate number of users who currently use each OS:

Windows [Insert number of users]

macOS [Insert number of users]

Linux [Insert number of users]

*If there is additional information required, such as details of the OS version or different OSes being used, include here: [Insert text here]

Server

Determine whether the desktops are on a hardware or cloud-based server. Also specify the version of the OS server.

Physical [Insert X and specify version if server is physical.]

Cloud-based [Insert X and specify version if server is cloud-based.]

Standard Hardware for Operating System Types

Determine the hardware requirements:

[Insert hardware requirements here.]

Network Connection

Determine whether the network is wired or wireless. Select one of the following:

Wired [Insert X if network is wired.]

Wireless [Insert X if network is wireless.]

Applications

Determine what applications are already on-site and/or which applications employees want to use, as well as which OS supports that application. Indicate by selecting below:

MS Office [Insert X to choose this application, then indicate which OS supports it.]

Adobe Desktop Publishing Software [Insert X to choose this application, then indicate which OS supports it.]

Corel Desktop Publishing Software [Insert X to choose this application, then indicate which OS supports it.]

Oracle or SAP [Insert X to choose this application, then indicate which OS supports it.]

Virus Protection [Insert X to choose this application, then indicate which OS supports it.]

PeopleSoft HR [Insert X to choose this application, then indicate which OS supports it.]

Systems Architect

Name: [Insert your name]            Date: [Insert date]