For the assignments in this course you will be developing a comprehensive Network Implementation Plan document which is the final Key Assignment deliverable.

Throughout this course, you will be working on several aspects of network implementation that will result in a complete Network Implementation Plan document for a scenario organization of your choosing. You will work extensively with the concepts of good network design and implementation practices in this project. Additional information and the deliverables for each Individual Project will be provided in the assignment description for that project.

Target Organization Selection

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.

• • 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