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Lab 2.0.1 Establishing Technical Requirements Objective Identify and document the technical requirements. Expected Results and Success Criteria Before starting this lab, read through the tasks that you are expected to perform. What do you expect the result of performing these tasks will be? After reading through the tasks, I expect that I can identify the technical requirements of the company, business goals, and consider the possible solutions for technical issues. Moreover, I will be able to prioritize technical requirements in categories. What benefits are gained from identifying the technical requirements of a project before it is started? It allows the network designers to have the ability to identify and understand the risks and stakeholder needs before they start the development. They do this by defining the technical requirements ahead of time. It also could reduce potential issues of the process by identifying them earlier. Why is it important to consider both the technical requirements and the business requirements of a project? It is important to consider both the technical requirements and the business requirements of a project because knowing the technical requirements could help avoid future technical issues and knowing the business requirements define what customers want or need to archive the goals of the project. Background / Preparation FilmCompany is an expanding small advertising company moving into interactive advertising media, including video presentations. This company has just been awarded a large video support contract by the StadiumCompany. With this new contract, FilmCompany expects to see their business grow approximately 70 percent. To facilitate this growth, the FilmCompany has decided to significantly upgrade its data network. You have the role of network design consultant. Your job is to develop network design and project documents for the FilmCompany that will meet the requirements of this upgrade. This lab is one of a series of labs that explore the FilmCompany existing network and its upgrade requirements. A comprehensive network project plan has to include details of technical requirements of the project. In this lab, you will create and prioritize the technical requirements for the network so that it meets the FilmCompany business goals and priorities. Step 1: Determine the technical requirements

a. Use word processing software to create a technical requirements document. b. From the case study document and checklists developed in previous labs, identify and list the technical requirements that will enable the network upgrade to meet the FilmCompany business goals. The technical requirements document provides direction for the network designer in the following decisions: Selecting network equipment Designing the topology Choosing protocols Selecting network services c. Discuss these technical requirements with another student, or in a group. Consider the range of possible technical solutions to meet the business goals of the FilmCompany. Possible technical solutions to meet the business goals of the FilmCompany are making changes in network functionality to improve the scalability, availability, and security by creating a hierarchical network for scalability and reliability, creating redundant paths to ensure availability, adding stateful firewalls and intrusion prevention for security, filtering traffic at appropriate locations, and simplifying management by creating a management network and installing management software. Additionally, network design tradeoffs can be made to reduce costs by consolidating the separate video, voice, and data networks, as well as providing better customer service by improving access to the website. Step 2: Prioritize the technical requirements The network designer works with the customer to create a prioritized list of technical requirements. This list will be used to define the project scope. a. Rank the list of technical requirements in order of priority. Base this ranking on the information in the case study document and discussion with other students. It is useful to categorize the technical requirements into the following areas: Scalability Availability Performance Security Manageability Useability Adaptability Affordability

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