The Computer Misuse Act (1990) recognized the following new offence:
1. Unauthorised access to computer material.
2. Unautherised access with intent to commit or facilitate a crime.
3. Unauthorised modification of computer material.
4. Making, supplying or obtaiing anything which can be used in computer misuse offences.
Offence 1
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Unauthorised access to computer material, it involves you logging on into someones computer without their consent, lowest offence, the offence carries the risk of up to 6 months in prison/ a hefty fine.
Offence 2
Nota:
Unauthorised access with intent to commit or facilitate a crime, involves guessing or stealing their password in order to get into someones bank account etc, maximum is 5 years in prison/ hefty fine.
Offence 3
Nota:
Unauthorised modification of computer material, it involves you deleting other peoples folders or files from the system or making changes or transmitting a virus to others, the offence carries a penalty of up to 5 years in prison/ or a fine
Offence 3a
Nota:
Making, supplying or obtaining materials that could be used in computer misuse offence.
1. Making: Includes writing or the creation of computer viruses, worms, Trojans, malware, malicious scripts, etc
2. Supplying: Covers the distribution of any of the above material whether you have created it yourself or obtained it from elsewhere.
3. Obtaining: If you purposely obtain malicious files such as computer viruses or scripts that you know could be used to damage computer systems then you have committed an offence under the Computer Misuse Act.
Project Planning
Project life cycle
Initiating Phase
Nota:
It consists of starting up a
new project. You can start a
new project by defining its
objectives, scope, purpose
and deliverables to be
produced.
User Requirements- input
Nota:
The user requirements form part of the input to the initiation phase. The user requirements define what the client wants the product to achieve.
keeping records about suppliers,
producing reports about the most
popular products, the website
must have ten linked webpages.
User constraints- input
Nota:
These are given to the project manager by the client and form part of the input to the initiation phase. The constraints are restrictions which the project manager must stick to during the project life cycle.
Timescale
The start and end date for the project. The end date
is when the deliverable product is released to the
client.
Budget
The amount of money that can be spent during
the project. If the project is planned in enough
detail then the budget should not be exceeded.
There are, however, always exceptions to this.
Hardware
The hardware that the client wants the deliverable
product to be installed or run on. The hardware to
be used during the creation of the product may
also be defined by the client.
Software
The software that the client wants the deliverable
product to use to run on. The software to be used
during the creation of the product may also be
defined by the client.
Feasibility report – Output
Nota:
The feasibility report includes the answers to all the questions that are asked during the initiation phase. The report can also include different solutions for the client. The client can then select the solution they would like to be created. The feasibility study will also consider the constraints and requirements which have been provided by the client. These need to be realistic if the project is to go ahead. If any of the requirements or constraints are not realistic, then the project manager can liaise with the client to create new requirements and constraints. The final part of the feasibility study is the answer to the question – ‘should the project go ahead?’
Legislation implications – Output
If a website is to be created, then the project manager may need to
consider the Copyright, Designs and Patents Act, if any images or
photographs created by other people are to be used.
If a database is to be created which holds people’s personal contact
details, then the Data Protection Act (DPA) will need to be considered by
the project manager.
Planning Phase
Nota:
It involves creating of a set of plans to
help guide your team through the
execution and closure phases of the
project.
User Requirements- input
User Requirements-
input
Executing Phase
Nota:
t's third phase in the project life cycle. In this
phase, you will build the physical project
deliverables and present them to your customer
for sign-off. The Project Execution Phase is usually
the longest phase in the project life cycle and it
typically consumes the most energy and the most
resources.
Closure Phase
Nota:
It's the fourth and last phase in the project life cycle. In this phase, you will close your project and then report its overall level of success to your sponsor.
SMART goals
Specific
When?
How?
Why?
With
whom?
Why do I want to achieve this goal?
What are the conditions and limitations?
What exactly do I want to achieve?
Measurable
Create criteria that you can use to measure the
success of a goal.
When you measure your progress, you stay on track, reach
your target dates, and experience the exhilaration of
achievement that spurs you on to continued effort required
to reach your goal.
Timely
How much time do I have?
How long do I have to do this?
Create a timeframe to achieve the goal.
A goal should be grounded within a time frame. With no time
frame tied to it there is no sense of urgency.
Achievable
Identify the most important goals and
what it will take to achieve them.
When you identify goals that are most important to you, you would
develop the attitudes, abilities, skills, and financial capacity to reach
them. You begin seeing previously overlooked opportunities to bring
yourself closer to the achievement of your goals.
Realistic
You should be willing and able to work
toward a particular goal.
To be realistic, a goal must represent an objective toward which you are
able to work to. A goal can be both high and realistic; you are the only
one who can decide just how high your goal should be. But be sure that
every goal represents substantial progress.
Charts
Gantt Chart
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A Gantt chart is a type of bar chart that illustrates a project schedule. Gantt charts illustrate the start and finish dates of the terminal elements and summary elements of a project. Terminal elements and summary elements constitute the work breakdown structure of the project.
A visual timeline that you can use to plan out
tasks and visualize your project timeline.
Pert Chart
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A PERT chart is a project management tool used to schedule, organize, and coordinate tasks within a project. PERT stands for Program Evaluation Review Technique, a methodology developed by the U.S. Navy in the 1950s to manage the Polaris submarine missile program.
When creating a PERT chart tasks, or activities, are
represented as arrows on the diagram. The dates of
project milestones are represented as circles.
A PERT event is a point that marks the start of
completion of one or more activities.
There are also predecessor events, which occur
immediately before some successor event, which
naturally occurs afterwards.
The Structure: Task label at the top left, Earliest start top middle,
Earliest finish top right, Task time bottom left, latest start bottom
middle, latest finish bottom right, The task in the middle