Human Factor in Network Designing and Analysis

Running head: ADVANCED NETWORK DESIGN
Human Factor in Network Designing and Analysis
Name of the Student
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Introduction
There is a requirement in Excelfior Ltd. To rebuild their current network framework as there
are different security issues and outdated hardware devices used. The company is a digital
communication company and works in Melbourne for designing managing and hosting the website
of the company. The number of departments in the organization should be identified and the
developed working in the organization are identified for the management of the different operation.
The security issues in the current network solution should be identified for the development of the
network framework eliminating the current vulnerability of the network. The current network
technologies that are needed for the development of the network solution should be identified for
the analysis of the networking protocols that are needed for the configuration of the hardware
devices. The report describes the methodology used for gathering the requirement and from the
different level of user and the management staffs for improvement of their work efficiency. The
accuracy of the analysis of the requirement helps in aligning the network according to the
organization and reduce the error in the final solution developed.
Task 1:
Requirement gathering
For gathering the requirement the different methodology are used and an analysis is made
on the current faults of the network and revise the current network solution to meet the aims and
objectives of the organization. A set of questionnaires is distributed with the user and the
management staffs quickly gather requirement. An interview is arranged with the stakeholders and
brainstorming session is arranged for understanding the current problems faced by the user and
prepare the network solution. The questions that can be shared with the users are created and listed
below for the different users to identify the requirement quickly.
Users
 What are the benefits that the user needs to get with the re configuration of the network?
 What types of services are necessary for the management of the daily operations and
improve the efficiency of the current workplace?
 Is there any requirement for wireless network for connecting the wireless devices?
Staffs
 How many number of users are there in each of the departments?

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 What type of network devices are used for the management of the network
communication?
 What is the budget allocated for the project and the expected growthy in the number of
users in the coming years?
The arrangement of interviews with the stakeholders associated with the development of the
project helps in clarifying the requirement and reduce the risk of change in the requirement during
the progress of the project. The following flow chart is created for categorizing the requirement and
development of the network assessment plan for the company.
The categories and requirements of the device needed for the preparation of the network solution
are given below:
Device Name Device Type Requirement
Router Cisco 2811 series router It is used for ensuring
successful delivery of the data
packets to the destination
address of the network.
Switch Cisco 2960 series switch It is used connecting the
network with redundant links
and ensure that if one of the
link is failed the data packet