What to expect

- Process - High-level technical details - Sample report

Figure 2: Process Summary

Process Summary (4 - 8 weeks)

Depending on the size of the engagement, common Network Readiness Assessments are rolled out differently:

Large: Includes an assessment of approximately ten sites (two data centers and approximately eight remote sites)

Medium: Includes an assessment of approximately seven sites (two data centers and approximately five remote sites)

Small: Includes an assessment of approximately five sites (two data centers and approximately three remote sites)

Lite: Includes an assessment of approximately three sites (two data centers and approximately one remote site)

Common stakeholders (customer network architecture, collaboration, and customer experience teams) should contribute about 40 percent of their time toward network discovery and conducting tests.

Employees should contribute roughly 40% of their time for network discovery and test conducting

High-level technical details

As part of the readiness assessment, five major areas of compliance, along with other critical network parameters, are studied, documented, and reported on with a 360-degree view. Further requirements will also be taken into consideration, which would lead to additional sections, if necessary.

Table 1: Cisco Network Readiness Assessment service report details

Table 2: Summary legend

Example test results

Following is a sample Network Readiness Assessment summary for a fictional company, ACME, which is testing its network's capacity and reliability to support new video (Medianet) collaboration tools.The top section provides a snapshot summary and the bottom goes into further details and recommendations before deployment.Click on Figure 3 to the right to read the document clearly

Figure 3: Sample Report - Media Network Readiness Assessment