This is ONE of the six cases on assessment practices and the changing nature of work, undertaken by the Centre for Work and Learning (CWL). This case is an analysis of a five-day classroom-based, instructor-led IT network course that has authentic work-based assessment designed into formative and summative assessment. Here, we examine the course outcomes and framework of learning and assessment, and highlight possibilities for the future for this course in relation to assessment for, as and of learning.