Realigning and Prioritizing the Goals

The business goals can be organized into the following priority levels.

Business-critical goals
Strategic goals
User-benefit goals
Wish-list goals

Business-critical Goals

Business-critical goals are goals that are required to do business. These goals must be accomplished as quickly as possible. Terra Flora identified the following business-critical goals, to be accomplished in no more than three months.

To physically connect the three networks
To migrate to the same network protocol
To recognize security credentials, for authenticating network logons
To allow users to share appropriate files and printers
To integrate existing systems, for improving business processes
To reduce training requirements
To do business on the Internet

Strategic Goals

Strategic goals provide a clear benefit to the business. These goals can be accomplished within three to six months without harm or loss to the business. Terra Flora has the following strategic goals.

To centralize user accounts
To centralized network administration and backup
To centralized application distribution
To extend the Terra Flora network to all employees
To create central information stores and applications
To allow dynamic IP addressing in the network
To give all employees electronic mail
To electronically distribute corporate-wide information

User-benefit Goals

User-benefit goals provide a clear benefit to the user by enhancing productivity or increasing efficiency. These goals can be accomplished within six to twelve months without harm or loss to the business. Terra Flora has identified the following user-benefit goals.

Internet access for Terra Flora employees
Dial-up, telecommuting capabilities

Wish-list Goals

Goals on the wish list are amenities, but are not required. These goals can be accomplished at any time. Terra Flora has one item on its wish list, to integrate the DNS name space, using fully qualified domain names, such as mariag.terraflora.com.