Design and Configure a Network Support for Cyber Infrastructure Inc

The project plan is based on design and configures a Network Support for Cyber Infrastructure Inc so that they can make improvement in their company business environment. The project is summarized requirements of functional as well as non-functional so that the network is improved with implementation of secured network.

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Design and Configure a Network Support for Cyber Infrastructure Inc
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Executive Summary
The project plan is based on design and configures a Network Support for Cyber Infrastructure Inc so
that they can make improvement in their company business environment. The project is summarized
requirements of functional as well as non-functional so that the network is improved with
implementation of secured network. The project plan has goal and objectives to improve network
capability, improve the network infrastructure and hardware and software installation work. The
network infrastructure is improved for designing into growth expansion of their IT business solutions.
Quality plan is provided to check the quality of hardware and software products, stakeholder is required
to identify the project team members and their interests, risks are identify to analyze project issues.
Communication plan is provided to interact with the project team members and post review plan is
provided to review the project phases.

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Table of Contents
1. Outline of the project/Introduction.........................................................................................................3
2. Project requirements...............................................................................................................................3
2.1 Functional requirements...................................................................................................................3
2.2 Non-functional requirements............................................................................................................3
3. Project team members............................................................................................................................4
4. Develop project plan...............................................................................................................................5
4.1 Determine project scope...................................................................................................................5
4.1.1 Work breakdown structure (WBS)..............................................................................................5
4.2 Estimate time of the project..............................................................................................................6
4.3 Resource needs for the project.........................................................................................................6
4.4 Gantt chart and network diagram.....................................................................................................7
4.5 Estimate cost of the project...............................................................................................................8
4.6 Plan quality for the project................................................................................................................8
4.7 Stakeholder analysis..........................................................................................................................9
4.8 Plan communication for the project................................................................................................10
4.9 Plan project risk management.........................................................................................................11
4.10 Plan project deployment...............................................................................................................12
5. Project sign off.......................................................................................................................................12
6. Post project review................................................................................................................................13
7. Conclusion.............................................................................................................................................13
8. Recommendations.................................................................................................................................13
References.................................................................................................................................................14
Bibliography...............................................................................................................................................15

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1. Outline of the project/Introduction
The project is based on “Design and Configure a Network Support for Cyber Infrastructure Inc”.
Cyber Infrastructure is a leading IT solution provider. They are providing business IT solutions to other
companies. The company is decided to design as well as configure with network support into their
business operations so that they can provide client satisfaction. They ensure to provide their clients with
optimized technical solutions while can enhance quality of life for their workforces as well as
communities.
The project is based on summarizing the project requirements including functional as well as
non-functional requirements behind design and configures the network support for the Cyber
Infrastructure Inc. The project scope is also mentioned in the plan and the work breakdown structure is
provided based on scheduled project plan. The key aspects related to project management are provided
in the report such as quality, stakeholder, risk, communication and project deployment.
2. Project requirements
2.1 Functional requirements
i. Implementation of functional servers that can host the business software which can track the
project clients and host the business management applications for the company
ii. Network devices for the LAN, router, firewall and switches
iii. Implementation of the workstations for the company to configure network support
2.2 Non-functional requirements
i. Access to the company’s employees and personnel to the network services
ii. There is proper maintenance of the proposed network infrastructure so that they can provide
higher level of IT solutions services.
iii. There is higher company performance due to configuration of network support.

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3. Project team members
Role of the
project team
members
Responsibilities
Steering
Committee
 Strategic decisions regarding the project plan
 Resolving the project issues which provide impact on current
network infrastructure of company
 Assist the communicational objectives of the project
IT Project
Manager
 Plan the technical project based on project requirements
 Review the project status as well as progress
 Issues resolution related to the technical issues
Functional Lead  Execute and manage the project plan based on project
methodologies
 Holding the status meetings with the project manager
 Approved the project and budget plan
Technical Lead  Serve as coordination among the technical resources
 Planning the technical activities required to design and
configure network support
 Execute the plan for technical project aspects
Technical
Coordinator
 Review programming as well as testing of the project activities
 Ensure about the quality of the technical related products
 Become familiar with the software products required
Training
Manager
 Determine the training needs of the company
 Design and implement of training strategies
 Monitoring effectiveness of training program
Business Analyst  Maintain as well as analyze the schedule
 Issues tracking and monitoring the business issues
 Preparing the operating budget

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4. Develop project plan
4.1 Determine project scope
The scope of this project is to include with designing and configuring a network support to the
company and connectivity is required to be allowed to on-campus as well as remotely hosted services.
There is a configuration as well as implementation of networking infrastructure for the company. There
is a scope to increase the business efficiency as well as effective solutions with improved over the
customer services (AbdelSalam et al., 2017). There is ability to growth and make changes in providing IT
solutions.
4.1.1 Work breakdown structure (WBS)
Figure 1: Work breakdown structure
(Source: Created by author)

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4.2 Estimate time of the project
WBS Task Name Duration Start Finish
0 Design and Configure a Network
Support for Cyber Infrastructure Inc 236 days Tue 5/28/19 Tue 4/21/20
1 Project Initiation Phase 11 days Tue 5/28/19 Tue 6/11/19
2 Project Planning Phase 15 days Wed 6/12/19 Tue 7/2/19
3 Project Installation Phase 129 days Wed 7/3/19 Mon 12/30/19
4 Finalize the project plan 81 days Tue 12/31/19 Tue 4/21/20
4.3 Resource needs for the project
Resource Name Type Max. Units Std. Rate
Steering Committee Work 100% $25.00/hr
IT Project Manager Work 100% $25.00/hr
Functional Lead Work 100% $20.00/hr
Technical Lead Work 100% $15.00/hr
Technical Coordinator Work 100% $15.00/hr
Training Manager Work 100% $15.00/hr
Business Analyst Work 100% $15.00/hr
Computer Material $150.00
Printers Material $100.00

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Phones Material $75.00
LAN Material $70.00
Internet Material $70.00
4.4 Gantt chart and network diagram
Figure 2: Gantt chart

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(Source: Created by author)

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Figure 3: Network Diagram
(Source: Created by author)
4.5 Estimate cost of the project
WBS Task Name Cost
0 Design and Configure a Network Support for Cyber Infrastructure Inc $88,520.00
1 Project Initiation Phase $3,680.00
2 Project Planning Phase $5,080.00
3 Project Installation Phase $48,720.00
4 Finalize the project plan $31,040.00
4.6 Plan quality for the project
Deliverable
requirement
Measurement Performance standard Acceptance
quality level
Results
Implement high
speed internet
Services to be
provided
Monitor the progress
towards the
organizational goals
95% Improved over the
network
capabilities

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Workstations at
each position of
the network
devices (Schram et
al., 2018).
Services to be
provided
Performing technical
review
99% Improve over the
network
infrastructure
Server host
business
management
applications
(Bhardwaj et al.,
2016).
Services to be
provided
Monitoring time for
defects throughout
user acceptance
testing
100% Improved over the
network
capabilities
Server provides
network services
Accuracy Verification of quality
objectives
100% Improved over the
network
capabilities
4.7 Stakeholder analysis
Stakeholder role Interests Impact Influence Stakeholder
strategies
Project Sponsor Achieve the project targets
as well as collect funds for
the project plan
High High Monthly review of the
project plan and
discussion
IT Project Manager Successfully address the
customer requirements and
provide network support
High Medium Monthly review of the
project plan and
discussion
Functional Lead Execute and manage the
project plan based on
project methodologies
High High Quarterly meetings
Technical Lead Serve as coordination
among the technical
resources
High Medium Information, feedback
meetings
Technical Coordinate with the project Low High Monthly review of the

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Coordinator team members to meet with
technical requirements
project plan
Training Manager Provide training to the
employees having lack of
technical skills
Low High Weekly plan for the
training program
Business Analyst Maintain as well as analyze
the schedule
High Medium Monthly review of the
project plan and
discussion
4.8 Plan communication for the project
Communication
Purpose
Frequency Goal Communication
channel
Audiences Owner
Status report of
the project plan
Weekly Review the status of the
technical project plan
and discussion of the
project delays
Face-to-face
meetings and
Email
Project
team
members
Project
Manager
Update each of
the project
phases
On daily
basis
Sharing regular progress
which are made on
project phases (Zakaria
et al., 2017).
Face-to-face
meetings and
Email
Project
team
members
Project
Manager
Review entire
project plan
At
completion
of project
milestones
Review the project
deliverables a discussion
each project phases
(Plokhov et al., 2016).
Presentation Project
team
members
Project
Manager
Stakeholder
meetings
Weekly Allocation of the team
members to the project
phases
Face-to-face
meetings
Project
team
members
Project
Manager
Budget allocation Weekly Allocation of the cost to
each project phases
Presentation
and Email
Project
team
members
Project
Manager
Technical Weekly Discussion of the Face-to-face Project Project

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specifications
discussion
technical requirements,
hardware and software
needs for the designing
network support
meetings and
Email
team
members
Manager
4.9 Plan project risk management
Risk type and causes Likelihood Impact Risk level Mitigation strategies
Schedule risk: Due to delay
in one of the project
activities, the entire project
gets delayed (Gopi & Lalu,
2016).
High Medium High It is required to plan a proper
project schedule based on the
project requirements. In this case
Ms Project file is required to
schedule entire network support
design and configuration plan.
Budget risk: The budget is
increased due to addition of
extra resources and
expenses into the scheduled
plan.
High High High It is required to plan the project
considering all the expenses
involved and all project
investment resources (Shi et al.,
2018).
Resource risk: There are
lacks of project resources in
the project plan so that the
project is not completed in
scheduled time.
Medium Low Medium There is required to hire more
resources for the project so that
the project phases are allocated
with each resource based on their
expertise and technical skills.
Technical risk: The network
can fail due to not
maintaining the company
infrastructure to meet with
the technical needs of the
project.
High Medium High There should require to properly
maintain the network so that the
company can meet with its
project deadlines and all the
design and configuration work is
performed properly.
Training risk: There are
some employees into the
project those have lack of
Medium Low Medium Training program should be
implemented so that the
employees those have lack of

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technical skills as well as
knowledge to handle the
network implementation
work.
technical skills can get training
regarding implementation of
network system.
4.10 Plan project deployment
Solution Responsibility Target Date Resources required
Improvement over the network capability Technical Lead Tue 6/11/19 Network hardware
equipments
Improvement over the network
infrastructure for providing high speed
internet
Technical Lead
Tue 7/2/19
Network hardware
equipments
Backup and recovery plan Technical Lead Mon
12/30/19
Project technical
documents
Implementation of the software to
improve performance and business
productivity
Project Manager
Tue 4/21/20
Project review reports
Design for meeting with customer
expectations
Project Manager Tue 6/11/19 Project review reports
5. Project sign off
Project team member Signature
Project Sponsor
Project Manager
Functional Lead

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6. Post project review
Role Project review aspects
Capital cost  The project was funded with an amount of $78,520.00
 The project installation phase is increased with a budget
of $1800
Schedule  There is a delay of 10 days in the project installation
phase
Safety  The total number of casualties in the project have
increased slightly after implementation work
Resource  There is hiring of extra resources for the project so that
the project can complete on scheduled time
7. Conclusion
It is concluded that design and configure of the network support for the company provides with
technical equipments as well as solution to provide cost effective network infrastructure. The project
manager can meet with scheduled timeline so that the project is completed. It helps to meet with
expectations of the company for further expansion. The network infrastructure is implemented for
hosting of data communication as well as data storage. The project work is conducted to improve
network capacity, improve network infrastructure and implement hardware and software for the
designing the network infrastructure. The network is modified with designing for the growth in
providing IT solutions to other business organization.
8. Recommendations
Following are the recommendations which are suggested to the IT Project Manager to perform a
better design and configuration work for supporting a new network infrastructure:
a. Implementation of secured and disaster recovery plan for the project
b. Providing off-site storage solutions for backup as well as easier data access
c. Training of the current IT staffs to maintain a proper network implementation work

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