Laudon and Laudon (1999)

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The plan

A telecommunications plan needs to be integrated into the strategic goals of the company. There are 8 steps to implementing a plan:

1. Distance - if communication will be local then LAN will be better than WAN
2. Range of services - such as email, EDI, teleconferencing etc
3. Security
4. Multiple access - whether access is required throughout the firm, or at just one or two points (for example, one videoconference room, or one on every work phone)
5. Utilisation - frequency and volume of communications needs to be known so as to estimate the impact on the system
6. Cost
7. Installation issues
8. Connectivity - how much is required to make all the components in the network communicate with each other