WACE Applied IT case studies
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WACE Applied Information Technology is a Western Australian senior secondary course, typically taken in Year 11 and Year 12, that combines practical software work with the study of how information systems are designed, built, secured and used. It suits students who want to work confidently with business software, data, networks and digital projects, and who are interested in how technology affects people and organisations. The WACE Applied IT case studies are 7 cases and about 5,251 words.
1The Sourdough Bakery's Ordering App
A two-person bakery takes custom cake orders through a paper book and a shared spreadsheet. Weekly orders have grown from 15 to 60, and twice last month an order was baked for the wrong date.
838 words, about 4 min2Choosing Hardware for a School Media Lab
A school is refreshing a 20-seat media lab used for video editing, 3D modelling and general office work. The business manager proposes 20 identical mid-range desktops with 8 GB RAM, integrated graphics and 256 GB solid-state drives, plus a three-year warranty.
721 words, about 4 min3The Clinic's Shared Patient Spreadsheet
A small physiotherapy clinic with four practitioners keeps appointment notes in a single spreadsheet on a shared drive. Each practitioner has a folder, but in practice all four open the same file.
739 words, about 4 min4The Community Centre's Network Upgrade
A community centre offers free Wi-Fi to visitors and has a small office network for three staff who handle bookings and donations. The current setup is one consumer router with a single password shared with everyone, including volunteers and visitors.
692 words, about 3 min5The Yearbook Team's File Chaos
A student yearbook team of eight is producing a 64-page book. They share a folder of photographs, page layouts and a master document.
755 words, about 4 min6Automation at the Regional Accounting Firm
A regional accounting firm employs 30 people. Junior staff spend about 40 percent of their week re-keying figures from client PDFs into spreadsheets, then checking totals by hand.
762 words, about 4 min7The Farm's Sensor Network
A family farm growing vegetables across 60 hectares is considering soil-moisture sensors and automated irrigation. The proposal is 40 battery-powered sensors reporting over a long-range low-power wireless network to a gateway at the farmhouse, with software that opens valves when soil moisture falls below a threshold.
744 words, about 4 min