FARB Introduction Memo, CISCO Networking, NET-213 Dirksen 3/11/2017

INTRA-OFFICE MEMO
Congratulations FPM Consultants!

Our firm has been offered the opportunity to provide design proposals to F.A.R.B Software Development LTD.
(FARB) for their move to new corporate facilities in our area. This is an important strategic and operational
project that could provide significant income and profit to our company as well as an important foot hold into
implementations within the IT market that has eluded us so far.

FARB is planning to move into new facilities and, after attempts to develop a plan to move their existing
equipment from their existing location by their Internal Support Team, have decided to outsource the entire
process AND include completely new networking and computer equipment, all necessary business and specialty
software, and supporting hardware for a completely new installation. FARB anticipates significant growth for
the next several years. Network and hardware proposals should be designed for 35% growth over the next 3
years. Application software needs may grow as much as 60%.

To assure us the best chance for success in being awarded a contract, we are establishing three separate and
autonomous teams to develop design and implementation proposals for FARB. FPM Consulting top
management will make the final determination as to which proposal to present to the FARB review team and the
winning team will receive a bonus for the proposal and a further bonus if and when we sign a contract with
FARB for the project.

Of course, all proposals must incorporate accepted project management processes and adhere to FPM
Consultants Implementation Project Guidelines. Each team will be expected to provide the following proposal
elements:

1. Network Requirements
a. All necessary networking equipment
b. All new network cabling
c. Construction required to accommodate wiring closets etc.
d. Network equipment locations
e. Complete wiring plans
i. Horizontal and vertical run layouts
ii. Horizontal and vertical cabling layouts
iii. Cabling plan for server room
iv. MDF and IDF layouts
v. Work area cable outlet identification plan
f. Security and fire prevention design for server room, MDF and IDFs
g. Electrical protection for equipment
h. IP addressing schemes for implementation on all devices on the network
i. A cost projection for the implementation of the network
i. Equipment purchase costs
ii. Cabling and testing costs
iii. Equipment installation costs
iv. Training and support costs
j. Additional logical networking requirements are included in the FARB Software Requirements
document
2. Hardware Requirements
a. FARB has provided FPM Consulting with a complete set of floor, desk, mechanical, and
electrical layouts along with a building legend that give information on where they plan to install
employee computers and printers. Refer to the drawings for quantities and locations
b. FARB ahs provided FPM Consulting with a list of software needs for all employees and specific
and specialty software for their business-critical departments. Refer to the Software
Requirements list to aid in determining what hardware to price and recommend that meets
FARBs needs
c. Software and Marketing departments require 19 monitors for their graphic-intensive work.
Sales, Technical Support, Accounting, and Shipping should have a minimum 15 flat-panel
configuration. Special consideration may be given to executive work stations
d. Processor and RAM requirements are dependent upon software requirements
e. 50% of the sales staff and 25% of the marketing staff require notebook computers for their travel.
Consideration should be given to the availability of wireless connection and VPN technology
when they are away from the office
f. The Marketing and Sales departments each require a color laser and standard laser printer
g. Projection equipment for the auditorium, the training and classrooms, and for the required
conference rooms (reference the FARB Room Assignment Supplement)
h. Separate database servers for software product inventory, equipment, bug tracking, and contact
management
i. The following servers are also required
i. E-mail server
ii. Internal web server
iii. External web server
iv. DNS
v. DHCP
vi. NAT
vii. Print server

3. Software Requirements
a. System software will be acquired from Microsoft Corporation
b. Microsoft Exchange and Outlook are FARBs standards for e-mail and collaboration
c. User application software is identified in FARBs Software Requirements document

4. Project Requirements
a. Each team will use FPM Consulting best project management practices to develop a design
proposal inclusive of all FARB requirements
b. Each proposal must include a separate implementation plan that will be initiated if and when the
proposal is accepted and must include a detailed time, cost, and resource loaded project schedule
c. Each team must adhere to FPM Consultants Implementation Project Guidelines