NTC/320: Network Design Associate - West Consulting Customer Design Summary

 

Assignment Content

1. You work as a network consultant for West Consulting, a graphic design and printing company. West Consulting is growing in customer and sales volume and, therefore, is expanding its local campus in Houston, Texas, and adding a test location in China.
   
   
   You are tasked with designing a network to support their growth and expansion plan and drafting a proposal. You will work on this project over the next five weeks. The first task is to confirm your understanding of the project and outline your high-level plan to approach the design.
   
   
   Refer to the West Consulting Network Design Summary document, which lists the network requirements and configuration details.
   
   
   Create a Customer Design Summary that includes the following: 
   
   • Project Summary
   • A description of the organization, the business environment, and the project purpose
   • Design Requirements
   • Desired functional network requirements, any technical constraints, and network performance or design goals
   • Existing High-Level Network Infrastructure Survey
   • Include logical topology diagrams (layer 3) and physical network diagrams of current infrastructure and routing.
   • Implementation Plan
   • Description of a high-level network upgrade plan based on Cisco's network design lifecycle principles and an explanation of how your plan addresses West Consulting's goals and strategies
   • Diagram your current network survey in Microsoft® Visio®.
     
     
     Document the remainder of your Customer Design Summary as either a:
     
   • 2- to 3-page Microsoft® Word document
   • 10-slide Microsoft® PowerPoint® presentation with detailed speaker notes
   • Note: You will complete assignments related to this project throughout this course. The assignments build on one another. Therefore, it is recommended that you select the delivery method of a Microsoft® PowerPoint® presentation or a Microsoft® Word document to use throughout these assignments. Also, you will use this completed assignment as you work on next week's assignment.
     
     Submit your assignment.