Assignment 1: Request for Proposal Response This assignment is due for online students by midnight on Sunday of Week 2 and

d for on-ground students before Week 3s class meeting. Submit your assignment to the course shell. You are a $10 million consulting company responding to a Request for Proposal for a prospective client. The client seeks an analysis of its existing network in anticipation of a large merger. This engagement would be worth over $5 million in revenue to your $10 million company. The client seeks to ensure that your small organization has the technical acumen to prepare, guide, and assess merging the two company networks. Write a two to three (2-3) page paper in which you: Prepare an opening statement that specifies your organizations capabilities to manage a deployment of this size. Graphically depict and effectively promote your companys structured development and services. Explain what the client can expect from your services. The format of the paper is to be as follows: Typed, double-spaced, Times New Roman font (size 12), one-inch margins on all sides, APA format. Type the question followed by your answer to the question. In addition to the two to three (2-3) pages required, a title page is to be included. The title page is to contain the title of the assignment, your name, the instructors name, the course title, and the date. Note: You will be graded on the quality of your answers, the logic/organization of the report, your language skills, and your writing skills. The assignment will be graded using the following rubric: Design a systematic network architecture plan in accordance with network design steps. Summarize among scalability, availability, performance security, manageability, usability, adaptability, and affordability as they relate to Outcomes internetworking product selection. Assessed Use technology and information resources to research issues in network architecture and analysis. Write clearly and concisely about issues in network architecture and analysis using proper writing mechanics. Grading Rubric for Assignment 1 Request for Proposal Response Criteria Unacceptable Developing Competent Exemplary 1. Prepare an Did not complete Partially prepared Sufficiently Fully prepared an opening the assignment or an opening prepared an opening statement that did not prepare statement that opening statement that specifies your an opening specifies your statement that specifies your organizations statement that organizations specifies your organizations capabilities to specifies your capabilities to organizations capabilities to manage a organizations manage a capabilities to manage a deployment of capabilities to deployment of manage a deployment of this size. manage a this size; omitted deployment of this size.

deployment of some key this size; omitted information. key information and/or included irrelevant 11 points information. 0-9 points 2. Graphically Did not complete Partially depict and the assignment or graphically effectively did not graphically depicted and promote your depict and effectively companys effectively promoted your structured promote your companys development and companys structured services. structured development and development and services; omitted services; omitted some key key information information. and/or included irrelevant information. 11 points 0-9 points 3. Explain what Did not complete Partially the client can the assignment or explained what expect from your did not explain the client can services. what the client expect from your can expect from services; omitted your services; some key omitted key information. information and/or included 7 points irrelevant information. 0-5 points 4. Clarity Did not complete Explanations the assignment, generally unclear or explanations and not well are unclear and organized. not organized, (Many issues) (Major issues) 3 points 0-2 points 5. Writing Did not complete Had 67 different Grammar, the assignment or errors in sentence had 8 or more grammar, structure, different errors in sentence paragraph grammar, structure, structure, sentence paragraph spelling, structure, structure,

this size. 15 points 13 points

Sufficiently graphically depicted and effectively promoted your companys structured development and services.

Fully graphically depicted and effectively promoted your companys structured development and services.

13 points

15 points

Sufficiently explained what the client can expect from your services.

Fully explained what the client can expect from your services.

8 points

10 points

Explanations generally clear and/or organized. (Minor issues) 4 points Had 45 different errors in grammar, sentence structure, paragraph structure,

Explanations very clear and well organized. (Added helpful details) 5 points Had 03 different errors in grammar, sentence structure, paragraph structure,

punctuation, APA paragraph usage. structure, spelling, punctuation, or APA usage. (Major issues) 0-2 points

spelling, punctuation, or APA usage. (Many issues) 3 points

spelling, punctuation, or APA usage. (Minor issues) 4 points

spelling, punctuation, or APA usage. 5 points