ICT Assignment: Software Design, Green ICT, and Project Analysis

This document presents a solution to an Information and Communication Technology (ICT) assignment. The assignment addresses several key areas, including software design considerations for users with visual impairments and those with limited hand coordination, proposing solutions such as enlarged text, high contrast, keyboard shortcuts, and vibrant colors. It also explores the application of ICT to reduce carbon footprint and promote Green ICT, recommending strategies such as maximizing existing IT hardware, virtualization, and responsible e-waste disposal. Finally, the assignment distinguishes between projects and processes by analyzing scenarios such as building a computer or a house and upgrading a computer's operating system. The solution provides detailed explanations and references to support the arguments.

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Question-1
Discuss ways in which you can design your software and applications for 2 of the
following:
Blind or visually impaired clients
Making the software or the application readable and perfectly visible to the people
who are having a problem with vision, the following methods shall be taken as a measure of
provisioning such people to almost be able to look through (Caspo, Wersényi and Jeon,
2016). These are,
 Making special allowances for having Enlarged text within the application- only
making the existing text a bit larger, shall allow such users to be able almost to read or
see what is present within the interface of the application.
 Contrast is a key feature- diseases such as the likes of Retinitis Pigmentosa,
Retinopathy, Glaucoma and cataract makes the vision of the respective individual
much low in contrast. Hence, the variation of the application shall be much more in
amount.
 Usage of vibrant colours for the buttons or the features that shall lead to any action or
might as well lead to other pages connected with hyperlinks.
 Usage of keyboard shortcuts allows the user with easy navigation.
Clients with limited or poor hand coordination
.Having lower coordination of hand, keyboard shortcuts shall be present for the ease of
usage by such users that have been mentioned within this subject (Melzer et al., 2017). In

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addition to this, there shall be other limited features that can be implemented for the
betterment of such existing individuals.
In addition to this, the software shall be designed in a way that users will not have to
make use of the mouse, on the other hand, can make utilization of the keyboard shortcuts and
navigate through the interface of the application.
Question-2
Discuss three ways in which you (or your organization), can use ICT to reduce your
carbon footprint, and contribute to Green ICT.
Below are the methods that can be undertaken to utilize the ICT to have a reduction
among the carbon footprint and to make it a specific contribution to the Green ICT
(Klimova et al., 2016). These methods are,
 Maximizing the particular usage of the currently existing IT-related hardware assets
so that it leads to a minimum of wastage along with the consolidation of the servers as
well as the data centres to bring a reduction within the consumption of power and the
space overheads (Radu, 2016). This is considered to be the primary method for this
particular cause.
 Dematerialization or might as well be the virtualization, that specifically puts forward
the procedures of converting the physically existing servers to that of the virtual ones,
leads to the particular environment having an impact upon the elimination of the
needs meant for buying the chunk of hardware as well as the energy required for the
specific support.
 Responsibility of proper e-waste disposal, as well as the electronic recycling, forms a
vital part within the green ICT.

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Question-3
Which of the following are projects, and which are processes? Explain your answer.
Building a computer, on a production line of identical machines.
The building of a computer is referred to a particular project because the entire process for
the structure of a network involves the assembling of all hardware components, installation of
the software components as well as the proper maintenance of the computer systems (Dean,
2016). This project also has the inclusion of the primary sub – processes such as acquiring
knowledge about all the latest technologies and then incorporating them into the computer
system.
Building a house, as one of a series of identical houses all over Australia
The building of a house in varied regions of Australia, regarding an identical house, refers
to a specific project because, the structure of the house involves assigning of a builder, plan
to make, gathering of all the materials required for construction as well as constructing the
house in specific. This project also has the inclusion of a number of primary processes such
as the likes of gathering all the required materials to construct the building.
Upgrading a computer from Windows 7 to Windows 10
Reforming a specific computer system from the version of Windows 7 to that of
Windows 10 refers to a particular process since, the process involves no such planning
beforehand (Hintea, Bird and Green, 2017).
Upgrading all 120 computers from Windows 7 to Windows 10
Reforming a series of 120 systems is considered to be a process since this particular
process on being carried out need no planning beforehand till the execution procedure is

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carried out. This process only has the inclusion of gathering the required materials and then
installing them on the computers for the upgrade.

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Dean, J., 2016. Large-scale deep learning for building intelligent computer systems.
Hintea, D., Bird, RED. and Green, M., 2017. An investigation into the forensic implications
of the Windows 10 operating system: recoverable artefacts and significant changes from
Windows 8.1. IGESDF, 9(4), pp.326-345
Klimova, A., Rondeau, E., Andersson, K., Porras, J., Rybin, A. and Zaslavsky, A., 2016. An
international Master's program in green ICT as a contribution to sustainable
development. Journal of Cleaner Production, 135, pp.223-239.
Melzer, A.C., Ghassemieh, B.J., Gillespie, S.E., Lindenauer, P.K., McBurnie, M.A.,
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Radu, L.D., 2016. Determinants of green ICT adoption in organizations: a theoretical
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