The selected organization should be large enough to allow reasonable exercise of the networking principles in the course assignments.

The first step will be to select a scenario organization as the target for your network implementation plan. This scenario organization will be used as the basis for each of the assignments throughout the course, and should conform to the following guidelines:

• Nontrivial: The selected organization should be large enough to allow reasonable exercise of the networking principles in the course assignments.
• Domain knowledge: You should be familiar enough with the organization to allow focus on the assignment tasks without significant time required for domain education.
• Accessibility: You should have good access to the people and other information related to the organization because this will be an important part of the process.

Select a scenario organization that fits these requirements, and submit your proposal to your instructor before proceeding further with the assignments in the course. Approval should be sought within the first several days of the course. Your instructor will tell you how to submit this proposal and what notification will be given for approval.

Assignment Guidelines:

For the assignments in this course, you will be developing a comprehensive Network Implementation Plan document. Your first task in this process will be to select an organization to use as the basis of your plan. You will also create the shell document for the final project deliverable that you will be working on during each unit. As you proceed through each project week, you will add content to each section of the final document to gradually complete the final project delivery. Appropriate research should be conducted to support your work, and assumptions may be made when necessary.

The following are the project deliverables:

• Submit your target organization selection to the instructor for approval.
• Network Implementation Plan document shell
  • Use MS Word
  • Title page
    • Course number and name
    • Project name
    • Student name
    • Date
  • Table of contents
    • Use autogenerated TOC
    • Separate page
    • Maximum of 3 levels deep
    • Update fields of TOC so it is up-to-date before submitting project
  • Section headings (create each heading on a new page with TBD as content, except for sections listed under “New content” below)
    • Target Organization
    • Proposed Network Solution
    • Network Design
    • Installation and Configuration
    • Maintenance and Troubleshooting
    • Remote Access
    • Network Pro Prep Toolkit
• Add the following new content:
  • Target Organization
    • Give a brief description of the organization.
    • Include the organization’s size, number of locations, and other information that is necessary to describe its networking needs as they relate to this project.
    • Material can be taken from the approved proposal that you submitted to the instructor.
    • Be sure that this organization is approved by the instructor.
  • Proposed Network Solution
    • Describe the network configuration that will address the needs of the organization.
    • Topic coverage should include DNS, DHCP, network protocols, WINS, IP Routing, and Certificate Services.
    • Include justification of the selected configuration and why it suits this organization well.
  • Network Pro Prep Toolkit
    • Take or review the following Network Pro lab lessons:
      • 0.1 Course Introduction
      • 0.2 Using the Simulator
      • 1.1 Networking Overview
      • 1.2 Network Topologies