Case Study

IFSM 370 Project 3: Case Study InstructionsIntroduction
This is an individual project. The target audience will be the organization’s senior
leadership, the founders. The Case Study deliverable is an MS Word document. The
completed Case Study deliverable is due by 11:59 PM Eastern Time on the due date
shown in the Course Schedule. See the Additional Information section of the syllabus for
the penalty for late or missed assignments and projects.
The Case Study is valued at 16% of the course grade.
Case Study
Company Overview
FractalApps is a online software development start-up whose product is resume
development service. It was founded by three friends who went to undergrad school
together at the University of Maryland. They founded the startup recently and set up their
headquarters at the condo of the two founders in Washington, DC. They plan to grow their
operations over time to support populations in a variety of cities around the US however
their first 2 markets are Virgina and Mayland.
They have recently received a cash infusion from an angel investor in Silicon Valley and are
ready to build out their business. Their plan is to have three locations:
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A headquarters office in DC where the founders and senior staff reside
Two sales offices sales office based in VA and MD
A development house in San Francisco where product developers live and work.
They are looking for you to develop a network design for their business. They are seeking
a standardized LAN design (using consistent and cost-effective hardware/software) for the
three offices, and a cost-effective WAN design that allows all of their staff to communicate
and collaborate quickly, efficiently, without a lot of network delay. The network should
support both their voice and data needs.
Many of the sales staff are in the field, and many of the development staff want to be able to
work practically anywhere so they require secure access to the network as if they were in
the office. A VPN solution is what they are seeking but need guidance.
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IFSM 370 Project 3: Case Study Instructions
The Deliverable
Using this case study, you are to:
1.
Identify five specific business requirements that relate to the design and
implementation of the network.
2.
Define the most appropriate cabling for the local area network(s); define
the network components in the local area network and explain your reasoning
for selecting each of these.
3.
Define the wide area network infrastructure (technology); define the
network components in the wide area network and explain your reasoning for
selecting each of these.
4.
Define the VPN components (hardware/software) for the organization.
Explain what components go where, and what is required on mobile devices.
Remember, your plan and network diagram include all three locations and how they
interconnect. In both your plan and diagram, you don’t need to specify the number of
workers or workstations in each location, but you need to address the different
requirements at each site.
DO NOT INCORPORATE CLOUD BASED SEVICES A design submitted that simply
depicts a connection to and from a cloud-based service providers will be graded as
zero.
Please provide descriptive headings for each of the following four deliverables listed above.
Designs should be constructed using the fundamental network devices covered in this
course (devices, switches, routers, cables, servers, etc.) at each location.
Your deliverable will be a 3 – 5-page Microsoft Word document. The page count
includes the diagram(s) but does not count the cover page and references page.
NOTE: External sources must be ACADEMIC RESOURCES. Product marketing or
vendor sales material are not acceptable. Citations and references must be in APA
format.
Your paper will be scored according to the Scoring Rubric below. Be sure you have
incorporated all required aspects of the assignment.
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IFSM 370 Project 3: Case Study Instructions
Scoring Rubric
Attribute
Full points
Partial points
No points
Possible
Points
Business
Requirements
Analysis
Analysis covers five
requirements, defining them
and providing explanations
of each; and demonstrates
understanding of course
concepts, analysis, and
critical thinking.
Analysis covers one to four
requirements, and/or lacks
definitions and/or
explanations for each; and
may be
lacking in demonstration of
understanding of course
concepts, analysis, and/or
critical thinking.
Analysis is not
included or
does not
identify any
requirements.
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LAN
Technology
solution
An appropriate technology
solution is provided,
including cabling and all
network components in the
local area network(s).
Thorough explanation of the
reasoning for selecting each
of the LAN components and
all identified requirements
are addressed.
A technology solution is
partially provided for the
local area network(s). An
explanation of the reasoning
for selecting each of the
LAN components and
all identified
requirements may be
included.
No technology
solution is
provided.
4
WAN
Technology
solution
An appropriate technology
solution is provided,
including infrastructure and
all network components in
the wide area network(s).
Thorough explanation of the
reasoning for
selecting each of the WAN
components and all identified
requirements are addressed.
A technology solution is
No technology
partially provided for the
solution is
wide area network(s). An
provided.
explanation of the reasoning
for
selecting each of the WAN
components
and all identified
requirements may be
included.
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IFSM 370 Project 3: Case Study Instructions
VPN
An appropriate technology
Technology solution, including VPN
components
(hardware/software) is provided
and thoroughly
explained/justified. It addresses
all identified requirements.
A technology solution is
partially appropriate and/or
partially explained. It may
only partially address the
requirements.
No
technology
solution is
provided.
3
External
research
More than two sources other
than assigned course readings
or materials are incorporated and
used effectively.
One or two sources other
than the assigned readings
and course materials may be
used but are not properly
incorporated or used and/or
are not effective or
appropriate.
No external
research is
incorporated.
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Document
format
The document
reflects effective organization
and correct sentence structure,
grammar, and spelling; it is
presented in a professional
format; it
incorporates illustrations or
diagrams; and references are
appropriately incorporated and
cited, using APA style.
At least one network diagram is
incorporated to illustrate the
proposed solution.
The document is not wellorganized, and/or contains
grammar and/or
spelling errors; it does not
contain appropriate
illustrations or diagrams;
and/or it does not follow
APA style for references
and citations. At least one
network diagram may be
incorporated to illustrate the
proposed solution.
The
document is
extremely
poorly
written and
does not
convey the
information.
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Total
Points:
No network
diagram is
incorporated
to illustrate
the proposed
solution.
16
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