Week Eighteen - Conclusion

Conclusion


I think its pretty fair to say that over the last few months, my project of first finding a business that required a small office network, then creating a proposed project plan and presenting it to the owner. Ordering or hardware and software equipment for the office, then implementing, testing and fixing any errors has been a huge success. Every goal that I had set my self was achieved, I'd found a company that needed my help and enjoyed working with them as this task tested my knowledge and ability of implementing a network, long with the planning which was new and unknown territory for myself.

So the problems I faced during this project, was first finding a company. Without Mrs. Carter coming to me and wanting a network implementing into her office then I would have struggled and may not of been able to even do a project like this. The next problem I faced didn't actually arrive until I was installing the hardware into the office space, I have made a slight miscalculation on the amount of space we had to work with and I had to alter the room layout slightly. A couple of the staff did not have a lot of experience working on computers, so where a tad unsure when I had made computing part of there everyday working life, with some help and support from myself, they felt much more confident working with the new system. The last issue I faced wasn't much of a issue at all, a few times after I had left and finished the project, the team were still getting in contact with me with a minor problems they faced with the printer not always talking to the WiFi. All issues were resolved by using team viewer and remoting into there computer and fixes the problems.

If it was to start at the beginning and completely take on this take again, I would build this network on a domain. The reason I would do this is because it would make managing and creating users more efficient, working with shared folders and user permissions extremely easy as I would have installed a Windows Server and from here Mrs. Carter could've managed all resources and user access writes all on the server and in Active Directory. The reason I didn't go down this option was because of Mrs. Carters IT background, when I mentioned this suggested option to her, she didn't like the idea of servers and felt she would be to confused using the system. Another change I would make would of been to order all of the hardware equipment from one supplier, although all the hardware equipment arrived on time, it would've been much easier to track all hardware if it was to come from the same supplier. Once last thing I would've added and could still be added would be instruction guides on how to user Microsoft office, how to print and any other small technical problems that the staff users are having with the system, just as a guide and to help them with their working day.

So after the work I have done, from the evidence I have provided, it is clear that I have achieved my goal and this project is a major achievement not only for myself but for the staff of Mrs. Carters Piano School. The key for me and the way I judged myself on the success of this task was all to do with the happiness of Mrs. Carter and her staff, from the feedback of the staff and Mrs. Carter, was enough for me to know that I had done a great job and I have made there working day life a little easier.

I'd like to finish by concluding this project with a with a thought that I would love to do a similar task this this again, the experience I have gained in project planning and working along side people from a totally different working industry to myself was a real joy. I had brought a problem solving fix to a company who asked for help, and would happily to it again.