Question

What is a network design document?

Answer 1

A design document describes your customer’s requirements and explains how your design meets those requirements.
Documents the existing network, the logical & physical design and the budget & expenses associated with the projects.
Plans for implementing the network, measuring the success of the implementation and evolving a new application requirements.
Network design & Implementation Cycle:-------

• Analyze requirements
• Develop logical design
• Develop physical design
• Test, Optimize and document design
• Implement and test network
• Monitor and optimize network performance

Contents of a network design document:-----------

• Executive Summary
• Project Goal
• Project Scope
• Design Requirements:
• Business Goals
• Technical Goals
• User communities and data stores
• Network applications