Assignment Prompt & Instructions
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Determine Data Network Architectures Supporting Local to Global Needs Including Security, Reliability, and Capacity
**Instructions**
### **Background**
Organizations face a tough challenge with more interconnected and complex networks: designing data network architectures that seamlessly support local requirements and global efficiency. As businesses expand across borders, they encounter diverse regulatory environments, varying customer behaviors, and geopolitical dynamics. These forces of fragmentation necessitate a fresh approach that strikes a delicate balance between standardization and differentiation.
### **Instructions**
In your PowerPoint presentation, analyze and explain the various data network architectures that cater to local and global requirements, focusing on aspects such as security, reliability, and capacity. Clearly illustrate the strengths and weaknesses of these architectures in addressing diverse network demands, ensuring that your slides provide a comprehensive understanding of their capabilities and limitations. The audience for your presentation comprises CIO and CSO of the organization.
– By illustrating the strengths and weaknesses, capabilities and limitations, your presentation should lead a leadership audience to draw conclusions and decide to either approve, invest, not invest, or consider your recommendations.
– Use supporting information (materials, examples, graphics, statistics, references, etc.) that is credible, relevant, and aligned with the communication goal of helping leaders make decisions.
Instructions
In your PowerPoint presentation:
1. Analyze and explain the various data network architectures that cater to local and global requirements
– Emphasize aspects such as security, reliability, and capacity.
2. Clearly illustrate the strengths and weaknesses of these architectures in addressing diverse network demands, ensuring a comprehensive understanding of their capabilities and limitations.
– Illustrating the strengths and weaknesses, capabilities and limitations, for a leadership audience to draw conclusions and decide to either approve, invest, not invest, or consider your recommendations.
3. Use supporting information (materials, examples, graphics, statistics, references, etc.) that is credible, relevant, and aligned with the communication goal of helping leaders make decisions.
Length: This assignment must be 10 slides (excluding the title and reference pages). Add no less than 225 words of explanatary text in the “Notes” area below your slides.
References: Include 3 scholarly resources.
Grading
Refer to the rubric for more specifics on how this will be graded.
#### **Learning Objectives:**
Recommend local, regional, and global network solutions and related components enabling dependability, security, and adequate capacity.
Oral Communication.
## **Rubric Name: Assignment 7 Grading Rubric**
Criteria **Exceeds Expectations (90%-100%) A. A-Meets Expectations (80%-89%) B+, B, B-Needs Improvement (73%-79%) C+, CDeficient (40%-72%) C-. FNot Evident (0%-39%) FCriterion Score** Proposed data network architectures supporting global needs. Supporting info (materials, examples, graphics, statistics, references, etc.) is credible, relevant, and aligned with communication goals. (30%)3 points
The presentation compellingly determines data network architectures supporting global needs, including security, reliability, and capacity, and aligns well with communication goals and audience information needs.
2.6 points
The presentation effectively determines data network architectures supporting global needs, including security, reliability, and capacity.
Communication goals and audience information needs are alignment.
2.3 points
The presentation somewhat determines data network architectures supporting global needs and only addresses two of the following criteria: security, reliability, and capacity.
Communication goals and audience information needs lack alignment.
1.2 points
The presentation does not adequately determine data network architectures supporting global needs but does not completely address security, reliability, and capacity.
Communication goals and audience information needs lack alignment.
0 points
Not attempted or needs major improvement overall.
Score of Proposed data network architectures supporting global needs. Supporting info (materials, examples, graphics, statistics, references, etc.) is credible, relevant, and aligned with communication goals. (30%),/ 3Assignment Instructions (20%)2 points
Correctly completed all the assignment instructions.
1.7 points
Correctly completed most of the assignment instructions.
1.5 points
Incorrectly completed some parts of the assignment.
0.8 points
Incorrectly completed most parts of the assignment.
0 points
Not attempted or needs major substantial improvement overall.
Score of Assignment Instructions (20%),/ 2Content and Critical Thinking (20%)2 points
Strong evidence of content knowledge.
Responses were thoughtful, thorough, and well-reasoned.
1.7 points
Good evidence of content knowledge.
In general, improvement in responses to demonstrate critical thinking is needed.
1.5 points
Some evidence of content knowledge.
Some improvement is needed to show adequate understanding of content and the use of critical thinking.
0.8 points
Little evidence of content knowledge.
Significant improvement is needed to show adequate understanding of content and the use of critical thinking.
0 points
Not attempted or needs major substantial improvement overall.
Score of Content and Critical Thinking (20%),/ 2Audience-Tailored Communication (10%)1 point
Spoken language choices greatly enhance the effectiveness of the presentation and are clearly appropriate for the audience. Written slide content and format is optimally tailored to the audience information needs.
0.85 points
Spoken language choices mostly enhance the effectiveness of the presentation and are generally appropriate for the audience. Written slide content and format is mostly tailored to the audience information needs.
0.85 points
Spoken language choices somewhat enhance the effectiveness of the presentation but not necessarily appropriate for the audience. Written slide content and format is somewhat tailored to the audience information needs.
0.4 points
Spoken language choices detract from the effectiveness of the presentation and are minimally appropriate for the audience. Written slide content and format is minimally tailored to the audience information needs.
0 points
Not attempted or needs major substantial improvement overall.
Score of Audience-Tailored Communication (10%),/ 1Cohesion & Organization (20%)1 point
Effectively communicates a central idea or point that is present throughout the entirety of the assignment, in a coherent and logical manner.
0.85 points
Communicates a central idea or point that is present through most of the assignment in a coherent manner.
0.75 points
Communicates a central idea or point in the assignment, but may incorporate other unrelated topics. Coherence and organization are somewhat evident.
0.4 points
Communicates several unconnected ideas or points, with no apparent pattern or coherence.
0 points
Does not display a sense of organization or coherence. Non-existent, or lacks clear expression of relevant ideas or points.
Score of Cohesion & Organization (20%),/ 1Grammar, Mechanics, Formatting, APA, Integration of Resources (10%)1 point
No misspelled words, grammatical errors, formatting issues, or APA style errors. All resources are scholarly and appropriate for the assignment.
0.85 points
Some misspelled words, grammatical errors, formatting issues, or APA style errors. Most resources are scholarly and appropriate for the assignment
0.75 points
Many misspelled words, grammatical errors, formatting issues, or APA style errors. Some resources are not scholarly or appropriate for the assignment.
0.4 points
Significant number of misspelled words, grammatical errors, formatting issues, or APA style errors. Most resources are not scholarly or appropriate for the assignment.
0 points
Not attempted or needs major substantial improvement overall.
Score of Grammar, Mechanics, Formatting, APA, Integration of Resources (10%),/ 1TotalScore of Assignment 7 Grading Rubric,/ 10
### **Overall Score**
#### **Exceeds Expectation (90-100%) A, A-**
9 points minimum
#### **Meets Expectations (80%-89%) B+, B, B-**
8 points minimum
#### **Needs Improvement (73%-79%) C+, C**
7.3 points minimum
#### **Deficient (40%-72%) C-, F**
4 points minimum
#### **Not Evident (0%-39%) F**
0 points minimum