The document outlines a project initiated in 1993 aimed at supporting at-risk youth, with a mission that includes academic excellence, job skills, and community service. It details the implementation plan to set up 60 donated computers, addressing various operational challenges and lessons learned during the process. Key considerations included inventory management, communication issues, and technical difficulties encountered while installing the workstations.

1. Lincoln’s Challe NG e LIS 451 Final Project Randy Kuehn Joshua Lupkin Cassandra Malik Logan Moore Mark Moss Natalie Sapkarov Erin Silva

2. History Started in 1993 as a pilot project for at-risk youth Overseen by the National Gaurd Program in 29 states Illinois with largest enrollment rate

3. Organization Mission Eight core objectives in "meeting the challenge": Academic excellence Job skills Physical fitness Leadership/followership Health, sex, education, and nutrition Life coping skills Responsible citizenship Community service

4. Our Goal Configure and set up 60 newly donated computers Deadline: First week of November

5. Implementation Plan Considerations… Large number of work stations Time frame for completion Presence of team members onsite at different days and times Unpredictable conditions at the work site

6. Actual Implementation Assessed and documented computers Designed and built network Duped the hard drives

7. Inventory Hardware 60 new-ish HP workstations, connected through 5 hubs to a server

8. Inventory Software VCOM’s Partition Commander Meeting the Challenge GED 21st Century Read On!

9. Inventory Other Extension cords & spike bars Lots of cabling Raceway & pvc

10. Digest of Communications Group Communication The LOG Site Communication E-mail Face to face

11. Summary of Problems/Solutions General Contradictory instructions Specific Imaging After we left Hub to hub connections Workstation 59

12. Lessons Learned - Technical Electrical Cabling Hard drives

13. Lessons Learned - Vocational Working within a hierarchy Working under restrictions Communication

14. Final Product