Network Infrastructure Upgrade Essay For An Organization In Australia. (60 Characters)

Objectives of the project

The paper mainly focuses on the Network Infrastructure upgrade for an organization in Australia. It is identified that the present network infrastructure of the company is incapable of managing the entire business processes due to expansion and therefore the organization is facing number of issues and challenges. It is found that in order to resolve the challenges, the higher authority of the organization generally wants to upgrade the network infrastructure of the organization. It is identified that upgradation of network infrastructure generally assists in managing the entire business process of the company effectively. The upgradation of the network infrastructure will be completed within the timeframe of 12 months by assuming that the project will be initiated on 8^th June 2018. It is identified that the entire project will be completed by 31st September 2019. The objectives of the project are listed below:

• To upgrade the network infrastructure for an organization
• To manage all the business functions as well as operations
• To access the data from different branches of the organization at a single time

The requirements of the project are mainly categorized into functional as well as non-functional requirements of the project.

Functional requirements:  The functional requirements that are required for upgrading the network infrastructure of the company are generally elaborated below:

Authentication: It is very much necessary to have proper authentication within the network infrastructure so that the users who are not authorized cannot be able to enter within the network.

Data access: The data access facility must not be provided to the unauthorized users and the facility must only be provided to the users who are authorized with the network system.

Security: It is quite necessary to secure the network infrastructure from various types of security issues by protecting the external interface of the network with the help of firewall.

Non-functional requirements: The non-functional requirements that are associated with the upgradation of the network infrastructure are elaborated below:

Speed: The network infrastructure must be capable of providing proper speed for data and information management by the workers of the organization.

Reliability: The network infrastructure must be reliable and thus can be capable of managing the information and data quite effectively.

Maintainability: Proper facility of maintenance must be provided to the network infrastructure so that the entire system can be effectively maintained.

 The project team members who are associated with the project are listed in the table below:

Title	Expertise
Project manager	The project manager is the person who generally takes the entire responsibility for designing, planning as well as monitoring the entire project of network upgradation successfully.
Project planner	The project planner generally co-ordinates as well as monitors the activities that are generally assigned within the project for developing and implementing procedures, systems as well as processes.
Network engineer	They are responsible for maximizing the network performance by monitoring the entire performance of the network.
Network consultant	The network consultant is generally responsible for administering work within the team environment for managing the technical issues hat are related with the customers.
Network analyst	They are responsible for maintenance, installation as well as creating the entire layout for the network components.
Network designer	They generally involve themselves in establishing networking environment by properly designing, configuring as well as directing the system installation.
System engineer	The system engineers manage as well as monitors the entire system that is installed within the infrastructure.
Tester	The software tester is mainly capable of testing the network infrastructure that is developed for the organization for checking its functions.
Financial manager	They are responsible for managing the financial health of the entire organization by producing financial reports and involves in developing strategies as well as plans for the financial goal of the organization.
Hr. manager	The Hr. manager is responsible of hiring the members who are generally involved within the project.
Project sponsor	Project sponsor is considered as a role who generally assists in providing fund for the project.

 The project scope is provided below:

• Upgradation of the network infrastructure for the organization
• Designing of both logical as well as network system for the organization
• Identification of network device as well as cables for the upgradation of the network infrastructure
• Conducting proper subnetting as well as analysis of IP address.

The upgradation of the network infrastructure for the organization can be completed within the timeframe of around 365 days. The time that is required for executing each of the activities of the project is provided in the table below:

Functional requirements

  The resources that are needed for the upgradation of network infrastructure are provided below:

Financial resources: The financial resources that is required for the project will be around $162,840

Hardware and software resources: The software and hardware resources needed for upgradation of the project include:

• Router
• Switch
• Cable
• Server
• Computer

  Human resources: The human resources that are required for the project work include:

Resource Name	Type	Material Label	Initials	Group	Max. Units	Std. Rate	Ovt. Rate	Cost/Use	Accrue At	Base Calendar
Project manager	Work		P		100%	$ 40.00/hr	$ 0.00/hr	$ 0.00	Prorated	Standard
Project planner	Work		P		100%	$ 35.00/hr	$ 0.00/hr	$ 0.00	Prorated	Standard
Network engineer	Work		N		100%	$ 35.00/hr	$ 0.00/hr	$ 0.00	Prorated	Standard
Network consultant	Work		N		100%	$ 30.00/hr	$ 0.00/hr	$ 0.00	Prorated	Standard
Network analyst	Work		N		200%	$ 35.00/hr	$ 0.00/hr	$ 0.00	Prorated	Standard
Network designer	Work		N		200%	$ 30.00/hr	$ 0.00/hr	$ 0.00	Prorated	Standard
System engineer	Work		S		200%	$ 30.00/hr	$ 0.00/hr	$ 0.00	Prorated	Standard
Tester	Work		T		100%	$ 30.00/hr	$ 0.00/hr	$ 0.00	Prorated	Standard
Financial manager	Work		F		200%	$ 35.00/hr	$ 0.00/hr	$ 0.00	Prorated	Standard
Hr manager	Work		H		100%	$ 30.00/hr	$ 0.00/hr	$ 0.00	Prorated	Standard
Project sponsor	Work		P		200%	$ 0.00/hr	$ 0.00/hr	$ 0.00	Prorated	Standard  Gantt chart

In order to upgrade the network infrastructure of the organization, the organization generally required budget of around $162,840. The budget that is associated with each of the activities of the project are listed below:

Steps taken	Status
Metrics associated with project quality is followed?	Yes
Does all the stakeholders of the project get appropriate access of the quality plan?	Yes
Does appropriate quality plan is created?	Yes
Does the quality of the materials are checked?	Yes

Stakeholder	Power	Interest
Project manager	High	High
Project planner	High	High
Network engineer	High	High
Network consultant	Low	High
Network analyst	Low	High
Network designer	Low	High
System engineer	High	High
Tester	Low	High
Financial manager	Low	Low
Hr. manager	Low	Low
Sponsor	High	High

Type	Objective	Medium	Frequency	Audience	Owner
Kick off meeting	Details about project scope and objective are discussed with the project team members.	Face to face	Once	Project team members	Project manager
Project team meeting	Team meeting is arranged for discussing about the project related challenges.	Face to face, conference	Whenever required	Tester	Project manager
Project status report	Discusses about the status of the project	Face to face, conference	Weekly	Project team leader	Project planner

Risk	Description	Impact	Probability	Mitigation
Inappropriate estimation of time	Due to inappropriate estimation of time, delay can occur within the project.	High	High	It is quite necessary to estimate the time of the project effectively.
Budget shortage	Due to shortage of budget financial issues can occur within the project.	High	High	Proper earned value analysis must be conducted.
Improper connection	Due to inappropriate connection number of technical issue can occur.	High	Medium	Proper connection must be done within the project.
Inexperienced project managers	If the managers of the project are not skilled or experienced they faces problems in finishing the project.	Medium	Medium	It is necessary to hire experienced project managers.

While undertaking the project, the project manager analyzes number of ethical issues that are mainly associated with the project. The ethical issues that are associated with the upgradation of the network infrastructure are as follows:

Losing information of the client: If any type of technical related issues occurs, then the information as well as data that are associated with the network can get lost.

Misuse of data by third party: If the proper authentication facility is not provided then unauthorized users can enter within the network and can cause misuse of data.

The activities that are utilized for deploying the project are listed below:

Task Name

Designing phase

Designing the logical network for the project

Designing the physical network for the project

Milestone 4: Completion of designing phase of the project

Implementation phase of the project

Placing the hardware

IP allocation

Cabling

Connecting the device

Deploying server

Milestone 5: Completion of project implementation phase

Project testing phase

Testing the network speed

Testing congestion

Testing performance

It is found that before crashing the project, the duration that is required for the project will be 365 days but after crashing the project by 2 weeks, the duration of the project get reduced by 2 weeks and thus the time duration of the project became 355 days.

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 It is analyzed that the upgradation of the network infrastructure of the organization will be executed successfully within 355 days after crashing. It is found that the activities that are associated with the project will be successfully executed. Moreover, it is identified that the project manager faces number of security issues and challenges that will be mitigated by following steps that include:

Authentication: Proper authentication facility must be given so that only authorized users can be able to access data and information.

Proper maintenance: The network infrastructure should be effectively managed for keeping the data and information secured.

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