Part I: The Design Preparation Phase

Part I: The Design Preparation Phase

Chapter List


	Chapter 2: Elements of a Technical Infrastructure


	Chapter 3: Running the Project


	Chapter 4: Project Planning


	Chapter 5: Business Principles


	Chapter 6: Design Principles


	Chapter 7: Developing Principles


	Chapter 8: Requirements Gathering

Overview

The chapters in Part I of the book concentrate on the Design Preparation Phase of the project. They cover:


	?	An introduction to a Windows NT based technical infrastructure and how to characterize it


	?	A project roadmap detailing the activities and tasks behind the project phases in the diagram below


	?	Identification of the scope of the project


	?	Introduction of the concept of a Business Principle as a means of capturing key business drivers for the project


	?	Introduction of the concept of the Design Principle as a means of capturing key design decisions


	?	The gathering of requirements for the project


	?	Project documentation

Figure I.1: Design Preparation Phase

Chapter 2: Elements of a Technical Infrastructure

Overview

The emergence of a technical infrastructure as a key component in the delivery of distributed applications has been boosted by the uptake of Windows NT. Understanding the technical infrastructure and its role is key to building a system for the business. This chapter introduces the elements of a technical infrastructure as services and provides a framework for describing their individual characteristics.

The basic proposition of this chapter is that all components of a...

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