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Network Planning

Description

Network Planning by Kenneth Zoline turns networking visions and ideas into meaningful action and results. We transform a client's business communication objectives and connectivity needs into networking requirements, budgets, and project plans - all key ingredients for successful network implementation. This is accomplished by applying the following time-proven methodology:

document a client's business problem and understand what is needed;
formulate and document a conceptual solution to the business problem - something that can be visualized and discussed;
define the conceptual solution in terms of requirements - functional, operational, administrative and performance - that will satisfy the client's needs and the business problem;
research and select suitable product technologies for solution deployment;
create a realistic budget for solution deployment, including one-time and recurring expenses; and
create a project plan for designing and implementing a deployable solution.

The delivered result is a series of inter-related documents that describe the planned network deployment in working terms for:

project sponsors to make approvals;
project managers to organize and manage the deployment project; and
network implementers to design and build the planned solution.

Why Is Network Planning So Important?

A number of recent industry studies have investigated why IT projects succeed and fail. Projects which failed tended to:

lack customer (end-user) involvement in planning
focus on product technology and vendor selection
misunderstand customer (end-user) business requirements
understate project start-up (build) and recurring (run) costs
poorly define the business value of the proposed project
lack the interest and support of executive management

Planning can bring focus. Planning should permits conceptual solutions to be formulated and tested/verified. Planning should foster communication and involvement

The features and benefits of our network planning are explained below.

Features	Benefits
A narrative and a high-level visualization (conceptual design) of the proposed network deployment are created for approval by the planning project sponsors and participants.	Kenneth Zoline's planning methodology provides assurance that key project needs, assumptions, and expectations have been documented, reviewed, and made fulfillable.
The suitability of product technologies and services are assessed in the context of documented needs.	The best alternatives are chosen for the planned network deployment.
The planned network deployment is defined in design terms: network scope and topology, requirements, constraints, and key product technologies.	Network designers are provided with a rock-solid understanding of the planned network. Subsequent network designs have documented requirements, constraints, and budgets which must be satisfied.
The planned network deployment is defined in project management terms: scope, goals, objectives, tasks, milestones, dependencies, budgets, and resources.	Project managers are given a clear understanding of what needs to be done, when it is needed, how much it will cost, and what resources are needed to accomplish the work.
The planned network deployment is defined in business terms: a business problem and solution, costs (one-time and recurring), to be solved, a business solutionsuitability of product technologies and services are assessed in the context of documented needs.	The best alternatives are chosen for the planned network deployment.

Typical Uses Of Network Planning

Requirements definition for new and evolving networks
Budget preparation for network deployment projects
RFP preparation and response evaluation for network product and service procurements

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