ICAI4099A Build an intranet- Task 1 notes

Task 1 - Notes on planning an intranet

Overview

WIT-SIT has negotiated a new contract to supply intranet services to a major client. As a result, WIT-SIT needs to upgrade their internal network so they are able to meet the client's needs

There are two documents you need to look at for this task:

  • Draft client requirements - this is part of a larger document - the Intranet Design Report that we will be working on - see below for more detail.
  • Outline of service agreement - This is a letter from our legal firm BABB-Legal setting out what they believe are the conditions that WIT-SIT must meet for this contract.

Intranet Design Report

A draft Intranet Design Report has been produced, and consists of the following sections:

  • Section A: A review of the current structure of the WIT-SIT network.
  • Section B: A summary of the client’s requirements to be met by WIT-SIT. (**this is the section you will work on in this task)
  • Section C: A description of the deficiencies in the WIT-SIT network that would limit their ability to support the new client.
  • Section D: The modifications that are required to rectify the deficiencies.
  • Section E: An Intranet design including a:
  1. Description of how the network will provide for the client’s requirements.
  2. Description of types of communication lines and network hardware that will be required.
  3. Description of the types of network software that would be required for each piece of hardware.
  4. Network topology diagram showing how the network components will be linked
  • Section F: A summary of report recommendations.

Section B of this report presents a problem. Your team leader is not happy with either the format or the content of the current draft, which was written by another team member. It is vitally important that the document accurately describes the client’s requirements.

Download a copy of this section of the document under 'Your tools for this task'. We will be dealing with some other sections of this document in later tasks.

Evaluate draft client requirements

To evaluate the Draft client requirements,you should also download the Outline of service agreement - a reference document from WIT-SIT’s legal firm BABB-Legal, where they have made a summary of the client requirements from the contract.

You can take this Outline of service agreement document as a plain-English, yet authoritative statement of the client’s requirements. (Download this document under 'Your tools for this task')

Your task

Your task will be to compare requirements as stated in the draft to the ‘actual’ requirements as expressed in the 'Outline of service agreement'reference document.

You need to produce a table with two columns:

  • In the left column, detail each requirement mentioned in the 'Outline of service agreement'reference document.
  • In the right column, state whether that requirement has been expressed accurately in the draft client requirements.

Finally you will need to re-draft the 'Outline of service agreement' to reflect the actual client requirements.

icai4099a_task1_notes.doc

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