Case Studies Note: If the space provided is not enough, you may write your answer(s) in separate sheet(s) of A4 paper with clear title for the page including your name, student ID and question the answer is for. Note to Student

This unit of competency will require you to respond or perform a task based on the questions posed on short answers in Part 1 of these assessment, and also for you to read and understand the case studies below before you attempt to respond to the question or perform the task.

Case 1 As IT personnel, you were asked by your line manager to contribute to the MGIT Intellectual Property and Copyright Policy Statement. You will find the copy of the statement below this particular statement is incomplete, please think of how the IT department can protect its intellectual property and to meet its copyright legislative obligation.

MGIT INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY and COPYRIGHT Policy Statement_V2.0 Purpose: The purpose of this policy statement is to communicate the MGIT Intellectual Property and Copyright Policy Statement regarding the protection of all training and assessment documentation as well Information Technology programs that MGIT staff and contractors had developed on behalf of MGIT. The policy also clearly instruct all MGIT course developers the rules when using other authors work in the development of their training and assessment resources. This policy also includes and describes how the developed and implemented documentation and program will be managed, maintained, access and stored. Scope: Staff Student Contractors

Protection of MGIT Intellectual Property: All training and assessment documentation commission by MGIT is considered as a property of MGIT. Once the documentation process has commenced, staff involved in the documentation development will do the following; Will carefully save, store and version control the documentation as per MGIT Document Version control Policy and Procedure. Once the documentation is finalized, sign off by the approving departmental manager will be required and the document will be considered final and has the appropriate version control The document will disseminated in a PDF format and ready for use

Note: Staff and contractors Copying and storing of MGIT documentation in personal USB or hard drive is not permitted at all times. Reviewing or updating documentation without the approval of departmental managers is not permitted at all times. Necessary permission must be sought before attempting any change or review

Copyright Commitment: MGIT course or Training and Assessment Developer must adhere to the Copyright Act of 2006, in order to do so the Training and Assessment Developer must do the following; To adhere to the Copyright Act of 2006 provision when providing or attaching copies of textbook, journals, etc. to be provided to students or other clients To provide accurate references by using Harvard Referencing style

Information Technology Programs: Any software programs developed on behalf Of MGIT is considered a property of MGIT. All program specification, scoping and program documentation must be carefully saved and stored. Access to staff to the software programs will be pre-determined by IT and HR Personnel. Task Case Study 1: As an IT personnel please review and investigate the MGIT INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY and COPYRIGHT Policy Statement_V2.0 and CONTRIBUTE BY WRITING YOUR INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY OR COPYRIGHT IDEAS HERE:

Expected Outcome: Newly revised MGIT Intellectual Property and Copyright Policy Statement with corresponding new version control number

Task 2 of Case Study 1 Briefly describe how you will distribute the new or revised policy and procedures to the following stakeholders , you may do this by writing the steps or in bullet points.