Attached is the Project Overview. I am working on Project D – Star Smoothie in Summerville. You have assisted me

with the WK 4 Needs Analysis description. Could you provide a Design Requirements list for Week 5?

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© 2014 Laureate Education, Inc.Page 1 of 2Final Project OverviewThere are many factors that must be considered when designing a network, includingthe number of users, the location(s), and information security. If the network is beingdesigned as a hotspot for a local coffee shop, the security concerns are not as great asa network created for a bank. Imagine that a business wants to expand from strictlybrick and mortar to add the ability for online customers to place orders. How does thebusiness keep its customer information secure and how does it prevent unauthorizedaccess to its network? As a computing professional, you need to balance networkperformance with network security and ensure that you stay within a budget. Once youhave your network designed, you also have to review your design with your peers andwith project stakeholders.Starting this week and continuing for the next five weeks, you will design a network for asmall business. There are four businesses to choose from:A. Media Magic is a media design firm located in Kansas City, Missouri. Fifteenemployees work in this firm to create advertising graphics, to develop web pagebranding, and to create fliers and other advertising materials. In addition toartists/designer, there are also web developers and a customer relations team.The company is moving to a new office space. You have been asked to design anetwork for the firm’s new office.B. Fixin Folks is a chiropractic, physical therapy, and wellness facility located inSpokane, Washington. The team consists of three doctors, two physicaltherapists, four massage therapists, and four office administrators. Currently,they have three computers all in the front office area. One computer storespatient contact information and supports appointment scheduling. The other two,for general use, are commonly used for insurance filing, financial records, e-mailcommunications, and word processing. Patient medical records are maintained inpaper form. Fixin Folks have asked you to help design a network that will allowthem to move to paperless records with information entered on tablets wheninteracting with patients. They also want the network to allow them to doscheduling, insurance filing, and other tasks from any computer.C. Kids Korner is a preschool in Provo, Utah. The owner wants to provide computeraccessibility and training to every child age 2 and older. She has purchased twocomputers for every classroom as well as a set of 20 tablets, which can becarried between classrooms. In addition, there are two computers in the frontoffice with a student records database and basic office software. The owner hasasked you to design a network that will allow the children to be connectedthrough computers. However, she has shared concerns about protecting theprivate records and controlling the children’s Internet access for safety.D. Star Smoothie in Summerville, South Carolina specializes in smoothies but alsosells light breakfast and lunch items as well as coffee, tea, and soda. The ownernoticed that many customers bring their computers to do work while enjoying a

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© 2014 Laureate Education, Inc.Page 2 of 2smoothie. He wants to support these customers by offering them wirelessInternet access. A recent customer survey also indicated that many customersloved the smoothies but were frustrated by the time to wait in line and to wait forthe smoothie to be made. One of the employees suggests that an order-aheadapplication would allow customers to choose and pay for a smoothie from theirphones and then just stop in at the specified time to pick them up. The ownerwants to integrate support for making and fulfilling such orders. Currently the onlyforms of communication the shop owners have are a telephone and a credit cardmachine for payments. The owner has asked you to design a network that willallow customer Internet access, will support the order-ahead idea, and will allowcustomers to move inventory, finances, and other records to electronic systems.Whether you choose to design a network for Media Magic, Fixin Folks, Kids Korner, orStar Smoothie, your process is the same. During Week 4 and Week 5, you will conducta needs analysis to generate a set of design requirements. During Week 5 and Week 6,you will design the network and create a diagram of it. During Week 7 and Week 8, youwill create a short presentation to explain the design to the business stakeholders.Throughout, you will be sharing your work with colleagues in class and will be providingone another feedback and additional ideas.Each project deliverable is described in the appropriate weekly area. Project deliverabledeadlines are:Week 4, Day 3: Post a needs analysis description to the Discussion forum.Week 4, Day 5: Provide your colleagues feedback on their needs analysis.Week 5, Day 7: Submit a design requirements list.Week 6, Day 2: Post the first draft of your network diagram to the Discussionforum.Week 6, Day 5: Provide your colleagues feedback on their network diagram.Week 6, Day 6: Submit the final draft of your network diagram.Week 8, Day 5: Submit your presentation.There are no deliverables in Week 7; however, you should be working during this weekto develop your needs analysis, network diagram, and presentation.