...Green Computing Research Project By James C. Frazier Part1 The purpose of this Green Computing Research Project is to research possible applications of green computing for We Are Big Incorporated. First, I want to define what is Green Computing: Environmental responsibility and sustainability in computing and/or IT systems, including overall energy efficiencies, responsible disposal of electronic waste and recycling programs, telecommuting, virtualization of server resources, thin client solutions, using open source software, and the development of new software to address green computing. In an article Harnessing Green IT: Principles and Practices, by San Murugesan defines the field of green computing as "the study and practice of designing, manufacturing, using, and disposing of computers, servers, and associated subsystems such as monitors, printers, storage devices, and networking and communications systems efficiently and effectively with minimal or no impact on the environment.” The applications being closely researched are as follows: • Data center and overall energy efficiency: Is a basic Energy Star program for organizations and using technology or data centers for multi-user/departmental uses. Cities teaming up with businesses to use tools like smart meters, data visualizations and even mobile technology to promote energy efficiency and urban sustainability. Quoting a report State of the World Report, by Diana Lind, April...
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...1 EBM680 Q1-2016 Green Computing Research Project Introduction: The purpose of this research project (50% of final grade) is to use a structured approach to project management by practicing and executing a series of project related activities throughout the course. You will execute a series of project tasks that fall within the five major phases of a project. These are individual assignments, be sure to show all work and document references. Instructions and grading parameters are detailed below and under each task. You must follow instructions and formatting requirements as listed below and under task assignment Submit using MS Office Products (Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Project) as instructed Include a cover page (where indicated) containing the title of the assignment, the student’s name, the professor’s name, the course title, and the date. Be typed, double spaced, using Times New Roman font (size 12), with one-inch margins on all sides; properly document any references used All Assignments are Uploaded via Moodle Site to correct assignment folder Must submit each case study by the assignment due date – or points will be deducted Must be of high quality These are individual assignments – do your own work The specific course learning outcomes associated with these case studies are: Apply the concepts, knowledge and process areas of project management in accordance to the Project Management Institute Project Management Body of Knowledge ...
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...Case Study 2: Green Computing Research Project – Part 2 CIS 517 Week 6 As previously stated, the main purpose of the Green Computing Research Project is to research possible applications of green computing for greater efficiency. Furthermore, in our second case study we will focus on documenting the requirements of this project. As well as developing the scope statement for this project. By document the requirements based on the information provided and assumptions that we have made, including a requirements traceability matrix. Secondly, we will a list of questions to ask the company’s CIO, Ben, who is the project sponsor. Lastly, we will describe the potential deliverables and product characteristics through research. Requirements Project requirements provide an obvious tool for evaluating the quality of a project, because a final review should examine whether each requirement has been met. The requirements of this project were discussed by the CIO Ben. These requirements include: * High visibility project team * Outside consultants and other resources * A series of research reports; one for each green computing objectives listed in Part 1 * Final report including all data * Formal project proposals for technological implementations * 20 project ideas; recommend top four * Charts and detailed References. List of Questions * What are the energy efficiency levels of the company’s current data centers? * Are measures currently...
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...head: PROJECT CHARTER Project Charter Name University Professor April 22, 2012 Project Title: Green Computing Research Project – Part 1: Project Integration Management Date of Authorization: April 23, 2012 Project Start Date: April 23, 2012 Project Finish Date: October 22, 2012 Project Manager: Name, (XXX) xxx-xxxx, email Summary Schedule: * Research possible applications of green computing to be delivered as follows: * Data center and overall energy efficiency (deliver on 1st month) * The disposal of electronic waste and recycling (deliver on 2nd month) * Telecommuting (deliver on 3rd month) * Virtualization of server resources (deliver on 4th month) * Thin client solutions (deliver on 5th month) * Use of open sources (deliver on 5th month) * Development of new software to address green computing for internal use and potential sale to other organizations (deliver on 6th month) Project Budget Summary: The firm has been given $500,000 for this project. More funds are available to pay expert consultants for advice, and purchase books and related articles as needed. Project Objectives: The project plan developed as a result of this charter will provide an extensive report, including detailed financial analysis and recommendations on what green computing technologies to implement. Official project request forms for recommended solutions would also be created as part of the project. This...
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...Case Study 2: Green Computing Research Project- Part 2 Requirements Traceability Matrix Project Name: Green Computing Research Project Project Manager: Requirement No. | Name | Category | Source | Status | 1 | Data Center | Building | | | 2 | PC computers and laptops | Hardware | | | 3 | Recycling | Building | | | 4 | Virtualization and Cloud Computing | Hardware | | | 5 | Solar Computing | Energy Source | | | 6 | Electricity output | Energy Source | | | 7 | Office material and resources | Operation | | | 8 | Power management | Energy Source | | | 9 | Work from home | Operation | | | 10 | Days and hours of work | Operation | | | 11 | Environmentally friendly market | Operation | | | 12 | Government benefits | Operation | | | 13 | Open Source Software | Software | | | 14 | User support and training | Operation | | | Questions to the Sponsor(s) About the Scope What would the sponsor(s) like to come out of this research project? What are the desired timeframes for the project? What resources are going to be available or brought in to assist with the project? What green technologies and areas are the sponsor(s) looking to implement and change? How has the organization handled changes and upgrades in the past? How much support and training will there be for the users for new hardware and software? What will be the estimated budget and end date? Scope Statement The scope statement is an agreement among...
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...Jan Doe Case Study 1: Green Computing Research Project – Part 1 CIS 517 Professor John Doe April 28, 2013 Project Charter Project Title: Green Computing Research Project Project Date of Authorization: April 28, 2013 Project Start Date: April 28, 2013 Projected Finish Date: October 28, 2013 Budget Information: The firm has allocated US $500,000 for this project. Project Manager: Jan Doe | 555.555.5555 | JDoe@wearebig.com Project Objectives: The objective is to research possible applications of green computing for the following are: * Data center overall energy efficiency * Disposal of electronic waste and recycling * Telecommunicating * Virtualization of server resources * Thin client solutions * Use of open source software * Development of new software to address green computing for internal use and potential sale to other organizations Main Project Success Criteria: Provide an extensive report, including detailed financial analysis and recommendations on what green computing technologies to implement in six-months with US $500,000 budget. Approach: * Select five resources including the Project Manager to work the project full-time for six-months as quickly as possible. Additional resources from other areas will be utilized as-needed to support project as well. * Priority will be given to internal resources and external resources will be considered as long as they can start working quickly. * Allow people...
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...Case Study 1: Green Computing Research Project – Part 1 CIS 517 - IT Project Management Student: Robert Lawson Instructor: Dr. Stephen Huber Project Title: Green Computing Research Project Date of Authorization: October 1 Project Start Date: October 1 Projected End Date: April 1 Project Manager: Ito, 999-9999, ito@wearebig.com ------------------------------------------------- Budget Summary: The firm has allocated $500,000 for this project. It will be used in efforts to assist in achieving the goals that have been set forth in the project objectives. This includes purchasing systems and software to support recommended changes, development life cycle of software, and funding changes related to power optimization within the datacenter (i.e., managed PDUs, etc.). Furthermore, funds will also be used to assist and support telecommuting team members to access resources involved in the project. ------------------------------------------------- Project Objectives: The project objectives are as follows: * Assist in following the company goal of helping improve the environment while increasing revenues and reducing costs. * Research possible applications of green computing. * Provide an extensive report, including financial analysis and recommendations on what green computing technologies to implement. * Discover ways to save power and compute resources. * Minimize the company’s overall carbon footprint, while cleaning, maintaining, and...
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...Green Computing Research Project – Part 1 CIS 517 – IT Project Management Green Computing Research Project Computer science educators are uniquely positioned to promote greater awareness of Green Computing, using the academic setting to encourage environmentally conscious use of technology. This paper reports on practical techniques that can engage faculty and students, enabling Green Computing to be integrated into the classroom and research laboratory. Analysis and empirical evaluation of each reported technique is given, comparing the efficacy of each in terms of energy, environmental and financial cost savings. These results are provided as technological and economic evidence for the benefits of “Going Green,” and to promote education in Green Computing in the classroom, department and research lab (Shen, W, 2005). We Are Big, Inc. is an international firm with over 100,000 employees in different countries. The goal of the project is to find environment friendly energy resources to reduce cost and increase energy efficiency. Green Computing Research Project has been authorized on January 24, 2013 as the date of authorization. Project Name: Green Computing Research Project Date of Authorization: January 24, 2013 Project Manager: Hatem Numan 1-320-761-8787 Hatem@wearebig.com Project Start date: January 24, 2013 Project End: July 24, 2013 Project budget: $500,000 Project Objectives: The objectiveof the project is to preparea detailed...
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...STUDY 1: GREEN COMPUTING RESEARCH PROJECT IT PROJECT MANAGEMENT Strayer University Green Computing Research Project Charter |Project Title: Green Computing Research Project | |Date of Authorization: July 20, 2012 | |Project Start Date: September 1, 2012 Projected Finish Date: August 30, 2013 | |Budget Information: The company has a projected budget of $500,000 and a goal to provide an extensive report, including detailed financial | |analysis and recommendations on what green computing technologies to implement. There will be five dedicated full-time people to work on this | |project for a six-month period and others on an as-needed basis to call upon (Schwalbe, 2011). | |Project Manager: TBD | |Project Objectives: The Environmental Technologies Program was started to improve the environment as well to increase revenues and reduce | |costs at We Are Big, Inc., an international firm with over 100,000 employees located in several countries. The Green Computing Research...
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...Week 3 Case Study 1: Green Computing Research Project – Part 1 James Johnson IT Project Management – CIS 517 Dr. Howell July 31, 2012 As technology increases through massive changes it becomes apparent that the individual user must also make changes that are environmentally safe. Green IT, also known as Green Computing, is the movement towards a more environmentally friendly and cost-effective use of power and production in technology. The crux of Green IT is to double or triple the bottom line investment costs by converting existing structures and systems to this more conservative mode of operation in green computing (eweek.com, 2012). The greening of information technology (IT) offers numerous ways for companies to significantly improve the bottom line, whether through energy efficiency of computers and printers via power management, smart e-waste or asset management, or greening data centers with virtualization or cloud computing (greenbiz.com, 2012). Maintaining efficiency throughout daily operations is high on the priority list in an effort for business to not only cut costs but manage their services in a much more streamlined fashion. The transformation to become green friendly is one that requires the coordination of many areas. To ensure that working groups are formed, timelines are established, and end results are defined based off of the recommendations and requirements of the stakeholders the formation of a project management team is required. At...
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...Green Computing Research Project By Greg Smith CIS 517 Professor Elkhatib 10/18/2011 Project Title: Green Computing Research Project Project Start Date: October 18, 2011 Projected Finish Date: April 20, 2012 Budget Information: The firm has allocated $500,000 for this project. The majority of costs for this project will be both internal resources and external resources (if needed) providing the skill sets needed to provide expertise in green computing solutions. Project Manager: Greg Smith (757) 713-4425, gregosmith@myemail.com Project Objectives: Develop an effective solution in providing more cost effective, energy efficient means of producing computer products and meeting the energy needs of the data center in an effort to reduce the energy cost. Find ways to reduce data storage issues by considering cloud computing to reduce costs in additional storage hardware and labor hours required to maintain physical data storage usage. External consultants will be utilized as subject matter experts in green computing contributing ideas in the initial planning and development stage in assisting in providing technological concepts used to facilitate a green computing environment. The company will also consult with members of the Green Grid in providing green technology solutions to datacenters.” As business demands increase, so does the number of data center facilities which house a rising amount of powerful IT equipment. Data center managers...
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...Scope Statement (Version xx) |Project Title: Project Green Computing Research | |Date: Prepared by: | |Project Justification: | |The environment technologies program just started, and the VP of Operations, Nathalie, is the program sponsor. Ito is the program | |manager, and there is a steering committee made up of ten executives, including Nathalie, overseeing the program. There are several| |projects underneath this program, one being the Green computing Research Project. The CIO and the project sponsor, Ben,has given | |this project high priority and plans to hold special interviews to hand-pick the project manger and team. Ben sponsored a project | |a large computer firm to improve data center efficiency. The main purpose of the Green Computing Research Project is to research | |possible applications of green computing including: | |Data center overall energy efficiency | |The disposal of electronic waste and recycling ...
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...| Project Charter – Green Computing Research Project | | Green Computing Research Project | | Project Charter – Green Computing Research Project | | Green Computing Research Project | We Are Big, inc CIS517 Dr. Abdel Ismail, PhD MIS April 22, 2012 Authored by: Bernie J. Thompson We Are Big, inc CIS517 Dr. Abdel Ismail, PhD MIS April 22, 2012 Authored by: Bernie J. Thompson Project Title: Green Computing Research Project – Part 1: Project Integration Management Date of Authorization: April 16, 2012 Project Start Date: April 23, 2012 Project Finish Date: October 22, 2012 Project Budget Summary: The firm has been given $500,000 for this project. More funds are available to pay expert consultants for advice, and purchase books and related articles as needed. Project Manager: Mr. Bernie J. Thompson, (770) 413-8774, Thompson.bernie@hotmail.com Project Objectives: The project plan developed as a result of this charter will provide an extensive report, including detailed financial analysis and recommendations on what green computing technologies to implement. Official project request forms for recommended solutions would also be created as part of the project. This is the first charter for the project, and the objective is complete this project in six months. The project manager will not only manage the project, but will also do some research, writing, editing, and the like required to produce the desired results. Project Success Criteria:...
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...| Green Computing Research Project | | Abstract This paper will provide a project charter for the Green Computing Research Project. It will include the project title and date of authorization and the project manager's name and contact information. A summary schedule, projected budget summary, and brief description of the project's objectives will also be provided. The success criteria of the project along with a summary of planned approaches for managing this project will be included. Lastly, this paper will define the roles and responsibilities of each person involved in the project. Green Computing Research Project We Are Big, Inc. is a international firm with over 100,000 employees in different countries. Their goal is to help the environment while increasing profits and reducing costs. Green Computing Research Project has been created with a date of January 21, 2012 as the date of authorization. The projected completion date is 6 months from the authorization date July 21, 2012. The project manager is Nikita Small. My contact information is 919-247-0427 or email at n_small@hotmail.com. The budget for this project is $500,000. The cost to implement some of the technologies would be $2,000,000 for the first year and $600,000 for years 2 and 3. The goal is to provide extensive reports that include very detailed financial analysis and recommendations on the types of technologies Green Computing should implement. The success criteria...
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...Project Management Hector_Ross IST_289 Final Project Part 1 tasks 1) IBM has announced it is redirecting $1 billion per year across its businesses to increase dramatically the energy efficiency of IT operations. Called Project Big Green, IBM's initiative targets corporate data centers where energy constraints and costs can limit their ability to grow. The initiative includes a new global green team of 850+ energy efficiency architects from across IBM. The company stated that for an average 25,000 square foot data center, the potential energy savings should be upwards of 42% which, based on the energy mix in the U.S., would equate to a 7,439-ton reduction in carbon emissions year. Project Big Green outlines a five-step approach to improving energy efficiency. The five steps are: Diagnose: energy assessment, virtual 3-D power management, and thermal analytics; Build: plan, build, or update to an energy-efficient data center; Virtualize: IT infrastructures and special-purpose processors; Manage: control with power management software; and Cool: exploit liquid cooling solutions inside and out of the data center. Definition: Green computing is the environmentally responsible and eco-friendly use of computers and their resources. In broader terms, it is also defined as the study of designing, manufacturing/engineering, using and disposing of computing devices in a way that reduces their environmental impact. • Green use: Minimizing the electricity consumption...
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