NT2799 Graded Assignments

ITT TECHNICAL INSTITUTE
NT2799
Network Systems Administration
Capstone Project
Onsite Course
GRADED ASSIGNMENTS
Network Systems Administration Capstone Project
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Graded Assignments
Unit 1 Assignment 1: Journal Part 1: Individual Progress Report
Course Objectives and Learning Outcomes
Integrate and apply the knowledge acquired in the program to provide effective technological
solutions for given problems.
Examine and identify existing processes, and determine key elements for initiating a project.
Identify the best techniques for communication plans, meetings, managing project deliverables,
and status reporting.
Assignment Requirements
You are to keep a weekly journal to document your activities during the week. Journal entries should
include records of the following:
Planned activities
Executed activities
Problems encountered
Solutions to problems encountered
Meetings and conversations with other team members
Required Resources
Computer with Microsoft Office installed
PMBOK
o
1.2: What is a Project?
1.3: What Is Project Management?
1.6: Role of a Project Manager
2.1: The Project Life CycleOverview
2.3: Stakeholders
3.3.1: Develop Project Charter
Appendix A, Table A2: Elements of the Charter and Scope Statement (p. 351)
Submission Requirements
Your instructor will collect your journal entries each week for review by your instructor and teammates. At
the end of the course, your instructor will collect the journals of the entire team as part of the final
Capstone Project. This journal entry is due before Unit 2.
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Apply important concepts of project management to the actual Capstone Project proposed for this
course.
Use Microsoft Office Project to help plan and manage the actual Capstone Project.
Analyze the requirements for the Capstone Project.
Work in teams on a large-scope project.
Document solutions to a problem in detail by applying critical thinking and problem-solving skills.
Develop a project management plan, design a project charter, and identify the scope of a project.
Demonstrate a high level of knowledge of key concepts in network systems administration.
Create the Work Breakdown Structure (WBS) to detail the steps of a project, and create a WBS
dictionary to determine resources, time, materials, etc.
Define the tasks and subtasks, and identify and describe new system boundaries and processes.
Identify essential components for successfully managing stakeholders expectations.
Keep your weekly journal through Unit 2. Journal entries should include records of the following:
Planned activities
Executed activities
Solutions
Required Resources
Computer with Microsoft Excel installed
PMBOK sections
o
5.3: Create WBS
6.5.3: Develop Schedule: Outputs
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course.
Summarize and record planned activities, and document executed activities, problems
encountered, and solutions.
Assign resources and milestones in Microsoft Project.
Explain the use of Gantt charts to view a project schedule and how to demonstrate the progress
of a project.
Research and design a network infrastructure with hardware, software, technology, services, and
implementation strategies.
Planned activities
Executed activities
Solutions
Required Resources
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course.
Research and develop a testing plan specific to the project.
Research and develop a Change Management Plan.
Determine the equipment, software, and labor hours necessary for the project, and create a bill of
materials within the project budget.
Determine performance, standards, and metrics necessary for achieving quality deliverables.
Review networking concepts in preparation for individual comprehensive skills exam.
Determine the progress of a project by comparing the project timeline to resource assignment.
Planned activities
Executed activities
Solutions
Required Resources
PMBOK sections
o
4.3.1.2: Approved Change Requests
4.5: Perform Integrated Change Control (introduction)
8.1.3: Plan Quality: Outputs
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course.
Explain networking systems administration topics and techniques as part of the individual skills
exam.
Explain and identify the essential steps and tools for effective risk management mitigation.
Summarize and record planned activities and document executed activities, problems
Design a network with all hardware, software, technology, services, implementation, and
management details using the case study approach.
Planned activities
Executed activities
Solutions
Required Resources
PMBOK Sections
o
Chapter 11: Project Risk Management (Overview)
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course.
Demonstrate competency in completing and communicating the planning portion of a project.
Demonstrate the ability to implement a planned project according to the project schedule.
Demonstrate the best practices of project communication.
Planned activities
Executed activities
Solutions
Required Resources
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Unit 6 Assignment 2: 50% Completion Presentation
course.
Present and defend a proposal or implementation in spoken, written, and panel formats in a
professional manner.
Present your work as a team to the class at this 50% milestone. After your presentation, ask other teams
for their questions and their remarks. Ask your instructor any questions you might have. Submit your
documentation to your instructor to review at the end of your presentation.
Required Resources
Your instructor will grade the presentation your team delivers during Unit 6 according to the rubric
(NT2799.U5.HO2). You also should print out any documentation you may have for your instructors
review.
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course.
Describe the Monitor and Control phase of the project life cycle.
Explain the use of Gantt charts to view a project schedule and demonstrate the progress of a
project.
Planned activities
Executed activities
Solutions
Required Resources
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course.
project.
Planned activities
Executed activities
Solutions
Required Resources
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course.
Utilize Gantt charts to compare work progress against the project schedule.
Planned activities
Executed activities
Solutions
Required Resources
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Unit 9 Assignment 2: Lessons Learned
course.
You should compose a 1-2 page double spaced reflection on the lessons you have learned as you
worked with your team and completed your projects for this capstone. Be sure to consider any mistakes
or setbacks as opportunities to learn as well as to record their successes. Your instructor may invite you
to share some of your experiences with your class next week.
Required Resources
Print out your reflections on Lessons Learned in 10-point Arial font and submit to your instructor in Unit
11.
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Unit 11 Assignment 1: Individual Peer Reviews

course.
Design presentation material to demonstrate knowledge of subject matter and present solutions.
Demonstrate business and professional presentation skills.
Submit detailed documentation to support a teams design vision and final proposed solution.
Required Setup and Resources
Individual Peer Reviews form (NT2799.U1.HO3)
Recommended Procedures
Fill out the Individual Peer Review form to evaluate how your team worked together this quarter. Print it
out for your instructors review.
Deliverables
Print out copies of your Individual Peer Review and submit it to your instructor for review before the end of
class.
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Project
Unit 6 Project: Project Drafts
course.
Required Resources
Computer with Microsoft Office and Microsoft Project installed
Project Logistics
With your team, work on the drafts of your Active Directory Schema, Network Schematic, Server
Configuration, and Network Infrastructure Configuration during this period. Take advantage of this time to
ask your instructor questions and, if requested, come together as a class to ask questions of each other.
Deliverables
Print out your teams Active Directory Schema, Network Schematic, Server Configuration, and Network
Infrastructure Configuration and submit them to your instructor for feedback. This is due before Unit 7.
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Unit 7 Project: Client Configuration

course.
project.
Required Resources
Project Logistics
With your team, take notes as your instructor tells you how to install and configure systems to produce a
working prototype to be displayed at the time of the final presentation. Make sure you refer to all your
texts from the previous quarters on Microsoft Office 2007, Windows 7 Server with Active Directory, Linux,
Database, and Cisco.
Document your configuration and print it out for your instructors review prior to Unit 8.
Deliverables
Turn the completed Client Configuration in to your instructor for feedback. This is due before Unit 8.
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Unit 11 Project: Final Project Presentation and Demonstration

course.
Design presentation material to demonstrate knowledge of subject matter and present solutions.
Demonstrate business and professional presentation skills.
Submit detailed documentation to support a teams design vision and final proposed solution.
Final Presentation Rubric (NT2799.U11.HO!)
Implementation Evaluation Rubric (NT2799.U9.HO1)
The goal of the final project presentation and demonstration is to present a polished professional
presentation of your work to a client.
Your presentation should contain an introduction, a body, a summation, and a closer. You will be called on
to defend and support the technological solutions your team implemented and to discuss technical
information.
Make sure you review the presentation rubric, follow up on any criticism you had of the 95% Completion
Presentation in Unit 10 and ask your instructor any questions you might have.
Deliverables
Be prepared to present your teams work in Unit 11. You also will print out copies of your documentation
and submit it to your instructor for review.
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Laboratory Assignments
Unit 1 Lab 1: Project Charter
course.
Describe the phases of a project life cycle, and define the goals of project management.
Identify the key principles that lead to better project team performance.
Determine team members, a company name, and a company logo for a project.
Project Charter form (NT2799.U1.HO4)
PMBOK Sections
o
1.3: What is Project Management?
2.3: Stakeholders
With your team, complete the project charter (NT2799.U1.HO4) with information from the Capstone
Project you have selected.
Deliverables
Turn in the completed form to your instructor for feedback. The lab is due before Unit 2.
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Unit 1 Lab 2: Project Schedule Activity Diagram

course.
Describe the phases of a project life cycle, and define the goals of project management.
Identify the key principles that lead to better project team performance.
Determine team members, a company name, and a company logo for a project.
Student lab computer with Word, Visio, and Project installed
PMBOK Sections
o
1.3: What is Project Management?
2.3: Stakeholders
With your team, create a Project Schedule Activity Diagram. This document will lay out the foundation for
the rest of the Capstone Project. Make sure your diagram includes the specific tasks to implement the
project (i.e., server configuration, network infrastructure configuration), as well as items to discuss with
the instructor during individual consultations in subsequent units.
Look at the following example. Notice that certain tasks must be completed before others. For example,
Active Directory and the domain must be created, and there must be network connectivity, before a client
may join that domain. The goal of this exercise is for you to determine the sequence of tasks and
visualize the dependency of each task with others.
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This document also will provide a basis for creating the Project Schedule, Gantt Chart, WBS, and WBS
Dictionary.
Deliverables
The Project Schedule Activity Diagram, composed as a chart in Microsoft Visio, should contain a detailed
view of the different tasks involved in performing the work of the Capstone Project. The lab is due before
Unit 2.
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Unit 2 Lab 1: WBS and WBS Dictionary

course.
Design a project schedule using the project schedule network diagram milestones in Microsoft
Project, and develop Gantt charts.
PMBOK Sections
o
5.3: Create WBS
Your instructor will elaborate on the following points:
The WBS was initially developed by the U.S. defense establishment, and it is described in Military
Standard (MIL-STD) 881B (25 Mar 93) as follows: A work breakdown structure is a productoriented family tree composed of hardware, software, services, data and facilities .... [it] displays
and defines the product(s) to be developed and/or produced and relates the elements of work to
be accomplished to each other and to the end product(s).
Source: http://www.hyperthot.com/pm_wbs.htm
This is the Word and Pictures game your instructor might use:
http://www.thiagi.com/pfp/IE4H/june2003.html#InteractiveLecture
The decomposition process for a WBS includes the following:

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List the major deliverables.
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Define and implement the correct project approach.
Visualize the entire project from start to finish.
Break the work packages down to their smallest level.
It is important to incorporate the project lifecycle into the discussion.
Work with your team to document network setup procedures and timelines and assign individual roles and
tasks based on the requirements in the WBS. Refer to the Work Breakdown Structure website (listed
below) for examples of WBS, and create your own team WBS.
http://www.hyperthot.com/pm_wbs.htm
Your WBS should include:
All the project milestones
The status of your individual work and the work of the team
A summary of all the data you have gathered
An analysis of your data for the following:
Is there any need for further data gathering? Where would you find that new information?
What preliminary solutions for your project does your data suggest?
What technological problems would you like to consult your instructor about?
How you will implement your network setup plan
Deliverables
Print your teams WBS and turn it in to your instructor for feedback. The lab is due before Unit 3.
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Unit 2 Lab 2: Preliminary Schedule

course.
Design a project schedule using the project schedule network diagram milestones in Microsoft
Project, and develop Gantt charts.
Project Schedule and Gantt Chart Documentation Grading Rubric filled out for Unit 3
(NT2799.U2.HO2)
Team Meeting Agenda (NT2799.U2.HO1)
Project Charter (NT2799.U1.HO4)
PMBOK Sections
o
5.3: Create WBS
Begin your project documentation. It should include the following:
Project Charter. This should be based on the Project Charter **(NT2799.HO4) and completed last
week. Make sure your charter has the following:
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The definition of the problem or need
The definition of the projects goals and objectivesaligning the IT strategy to the
business value
The project plan
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The definition of the resources needed to complete the project
A cost analysis matrix that indicates how much the project will cost
A payment plan that explains how the client will pay for the services
System requirements document
Conceptual design document
You received the Team Meeting Agenda handout last week (NT2799.U2.HO1) from your instructor. Make
sure you fill it out for all members of your team for Unit 3.
Deliverables
Print your Project Charter and the Team Meeting Agenda, and turn them in to your instructor for feedback.
The lab is due before Unit 3.
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Unit 3 Lab 1: Budget/Bill of Materials

course.
Assign resources and milestones in Microsoft Project.
Explain the use of Gantt charts to view a project schedule and how to demonstrate the progress
of a project.
Research and design a network infrastructure with hardware, software, technology, services, and
implementation strategies.
PMBOK Sections
o
Using Excel, create a document that lists equipment, quantity, Web links (if applicable), and pricing
(before tax).
It is helpful to divide the equipment into specific sections (i.e., infrastructure costs, software and licensing
costs, peripheral costs, labor, etc.).
Also, print out the technical specifications for each piece of equipment, software, etc.
Deliverables
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Print your Budget/Bill of Materials, and turn them in to your instructor for feedback. The lab is due before
Unit 4.
Unit 4 Lab 1: Change Management Plan

course.
Research and develop a Change Management Plan.
Determine the equipment, software, and labor hours necessary for the project, and create a bill of
materials within the project budget.
Determine performance, standards, and metrics necessary for achieving quality deliverables.
Review networking concepts in preparation for individual comprehensive skills exam.
Change Management Plan (NT2799.U4.HO1)
PMBOK Sections
o
With your team, complete the Change Management Plan (NT2799.U4.HO1). Your instructor will provide
you with a template..
Deliverables
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Turn in the completed Change Management Plan to your instructor for feedback. The lab is due before
Unit 5.
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Unit 4 Lab 2: Quality Plan

Apply important concepts of project management to the actual Capstone Project
proposed for this course.
Integrate and apply the knowledge acquired in the program to provide effective
technological solutions for given problems.
Document solutions to a problem in detail by applying critical thinking and problem-
solving skills.
Demonstrate a high level of knowledge of key concepts in network systems
administration.
Determine performance, standards, and metrics necessary for achieving quality
deliverables.
Determine the progress of a project by comparing the project timeline to resource
assignment.
Quality Plan Checklist (NT2799.U4.HO2)
PMBOK Sections
With your team, complete the Quality Plan Checklist (NT2799.U4.HO2), which your instructor will
provide.
Deliverables
Turn in the completed Quality Plan Checklist to your instructor for feedback. The lab is due
before Unit 5.
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Unit 5 Lab 1: Risk Management Plan

course.
Explain and identify the essential steps and tools for effective risk management mitigation.
Design a network with all hardware, software, technology, services, implementation, and
management details using the case study approach.
Risk Management Plan Template (NT2799.U5.HO3)
PMBOK Sections
o
Chapter 11: Project Risk Management (Overview)
Project Management Terminology for NSA Capstone: Quick Reference Guide (NT2799.U1.HO2)
With your team, complete the Risk Management Plan Template per the instructions given to you by your
instructor. Your plan may contain a list of general risks, a cyber-security plan, and/or a disaster recovery
plan.
To determine the parts you need for your plan, look at the comments on the Risk Management Plan
Template and in the section on risk in the Quick Reference Guide. Remember that the Risk Management
Plan pertains to the IT portion of the project.
Deliverables
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Turn in the completed Risk Management Plan to your instructor for feedback. The lab is due before Unit
6.
Unit 9 Lab 1: 95% Completion Presentation

course.
95% Completion Presentation Rubric (NT2799.U9.HO2)
The goal of the 95% completion presentation is to present a polished dress-rehearsal of a professional
presentation of your work to a client.
Your presentation should contain an introduction, a body, a summation, and a closer. You will be called on
to defend and support the technological solutions your team implemented and to discuss technical
information.
Make sure you review the presentation rubric and ask your instructor any questions you might have.
Deliverables
Be prepared to present your teams work during Unit 10 and again in Unit 11. You also will print out copies
of your documentation and submit it to your instructor for review.
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Unit 9 Lab 2: Implementation Demonstration

course.
Implementation Evaluation Rubric (NT2799.U9.HO1)
Go over the requirements for the Implementation Demonstration next week with your instructor. With your
team, review the rubric (NT2799.U9.HO1). Make sure your implementation demonstration will comply with
the highest level of the rubric.
Practice your demonstration with your team.
Deliverables
Be prepared to present your teams work during Unit 10 and again in Unit 11. You also will print out copies
of your documentation and submit it to your instructor for review.
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ITT TECHNICAL INSTITUTE

Network Systems Administration Capstone Project

Network Systems Administration Capstone Project

Course Objectives and Learning Outcomes

Solutions to problems encountered

Meetings and conversations with other team members

Computer with Microsoft Office installed

1.2: What is a Project?

1.3: What Is Project Management?

1.6: Role of a Project Manager

2.1: The Project Life CycleOverview

3.3.1: Develop Project Charter

Network Systems Administration Capstone Project

Network Systems Administration Capstone Project

Unit 2 Assignment 1: Journal Part 2: Individual Progress Report

Course Objectives and Learning Outcomes

Analyze the requirements for the Capstone Project.

Work in teams on a large-scope project.

Demonstrate a high level of knowledge of key concepts in network systems administration.

Identify essential components for successfully managing stakeholders expectations.

Computer with Microsoft Excel installed

5.3: Create WBS

6.5.3: Develop Schedule: Outputs

Network Systems Administration Capstone Project

Network Systems Administration Capstone Project

Unit 3 Assignment 1: Journal Part 3: Individual Progress Report

Course Objectives and Learning Outcomes

Analyze the requirements for the Capstone Project.

Work in teams on a large-scope project.

Assign resources and milestones in Microsoft Project.

Computer with Microsoft Office installed

Network Systems Administration Capstone Project

Unit 4 Assignment 1: Journal Part 4: Individual Progress Report

Course Objectives and Learning Outcomes

Analyze the requirements for the Capstone Project.

Work in teams on a large-scope project.

Demonstrate a high level of knowledge of key concepts in network systems administration.

Research and develop a testing plan specific to the project.

Research and develop a Change Management Plan.

Review networking concepts in preparation for individual comprehensive skills exam.

Computer with Microsoft Office installed

4.3.1.2: Approved Change Requests

4.5: Perform Integrated Change Control (introduction)

8.1.3: Plan Quality: Outputs

Network Systems Administration Capstone Project

Network Systems Administration Capstone Project

Unit 5 Assignment 1: Journal Part 5: Individual Progress Report

Course Objectives and Learning Outcomes

Analyze the requirements for the Capstone Project.

Work in teams on a large-scope project.

Demonstrate a high level of knowledge of key concepts in network systems administration.

Computer with Microsoft Office installed

Chapter 11: Project Risk Management (Overview)

Network Systems Administration Capstone Project

Network Systems Administration Capstone Project

Unit 6 Assignment 1: Journal Part 6: Individual Progress Report

Course Objectives and Learning Outcomes

Analyze the requirements for the Capstone Project.

Work in teams on a large-scope project.

Demonstrate a high level of knowledge of key concepts in network systems administration.

Demonstrate competency in completing and communicating the planning portion of a project.

Demonstrate the best practices of project communication.

Computer with Microsoft Office installed

Network Systems Administration Capstone Project