On 3/5/2013 at 9:55 PM Mukom Akong T. wrote: |Dear experts, | |I've found myself thinking about what ground an engineer needs to cover in |order to convince the executives to approve and commit to an IPv6 |Deployment project. | |I think such a presentation (15 slides max in 45 minutes) should cover the |following aspects: | |a) Set the strategic context: how your organisation derives value from IP |networks and the Internet. | |b) Overview of the problem: IPv4 exhaustion | |c) Implications of IPv4 Exhaustion to your organization’s business model. | |d) Introduction of IPv6 as a solution to IPv4 exhaustion. | |e) Understanding the risks involved. | |f) How much will deploying IPv6 will cost. | |g) Call to action. | |[snip] ============= Instead of f) How much will deploying IPv6 will cost. I would lean towards f) Cost/benefit of deploying IPv6. If you only talk about how much it will cost, then you've created a major uphill battle for yourself. Also talk of how IPv6 will benefit the business.