ISQA424 Presentation Information

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ISQA424 PresentationInformation
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Presentation Summary

• Presentations will be 5/23 and 5/30
• Topic is your choice (w/approval)
• Pick something that interests you
• Must be relevant to ISQA424, Network and Client
  Operating Systems
• Should be 7-8 minutes in length
• Must be accompanied by PowerPoint slides
• Figure approx. 2 minutes for a dense slide, more
  or less
• Practice talking about your slides
• There will be a signup sheet for slots later
• Please attend being absent affects your score
• Presentation is 20 of your class grade
• Not as major as exams, but not a small amount

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Presentation Process

• Pick a topic (due 5/2/01)
• Hand in a paragraph or so describing your topic
  and how it relates to ISQA424
• Ill respond with suggestions in E-mail
• Or ask for clarification
• Make an outline of your talk (due 5/9/01)
• Major points you want to cover
• Does not have to be complete, but should give you
  and me confidence in how the talk will turn out
• Ill respond with suggestions in E-mail
• Research and prepare your talk
• Use web, trade journals/magazines, library,
  interviews, etc.
• Mail me your slides (due the day before your
  presentation)
• Ill put them on the SBA340 desk machine before
  class

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Possible Presentation Topics

• Network operating systems
• Compare/contrast two or three
• Go in-depth technically in some relevant area
• Look at trends, upcoming technology
• Server hardware config.
• Competitive analysis
• Details on some platform
• Price/performance tradeoffs
• Networks and internetworking
• Alternative topologies
• Security

• Case studies (how are they set up? Managed?
  What tradeoffs did they face?)
• Businesses (big or small)
• PSU departments
• Non-profit organizations
• Make up your own
• Interview a Systems Admin
• QA about their job, etc.
• Business factors
• Sales strategies, how companies market hw sw
• Analysis of a company over time

This is not a complete list!
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Presentation Hints

• Pick something that interests you
• More fun/less dread, more useful
• But stay relevant to the class ?
• Teach us something
• If you present mainly facts, make them useful
  facts, and be thorough
• If you have opinions, or insight, or real-world
  experience, tell us about it!

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Presentation Hints

• Talk about the tradeoffs
• These are the gray areas that make the job
  interesting
• This is where you can show off your thinking and
  analysis
• Have good presentation materials
• Well-organized
• Proofread
• Consider graphics/charts/illustration if
  applicable

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Presentation Hints

• Be familiar with the material
• Practice presenting with your friend, your cat,
  or even to the mirror
• Avoids stage fright
• How you present is almost as important as what
  you present
• Use the tell em method
• Tell them what youre going to tell them (intro)
• Tell them
• Tell them what you told them (summary)

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Presentation Hints

• Use the PSU Writing Center
• http//www.writingcenter.pdx.edu/
• Cramer Hall 188F
• E-mail writingcenter_at_pdx.edu
• Phone [phone]
• They offer assistance with writing, English
  grammar, capturing ideas, presentation styles,
  etc.

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