The Planning Stage

In the Microsoft sample project plan, the planning stage is broken into 19 subplans, with each subplan containing multiple steps. These 19 subplans include the following:

  • Assemble project teams and define roles

  • Review technical requirements

  • Review preliminary end-user and business requirements

  • Determine preliminary design objectives

  • Identify coexistence strategies

  • Establish test lab environment

  • Perform risk analysis

  • Define communication strategy

  • Define education strategy

  • Review client hardware and software

  • Create governance plan with mission, vision, and strategy

  • Plan server configuration

  • Plan security

  • Plan for performance

  • Plan failover and disaster recovery

  • Plan for localization

  • Plan integration

  • Plan maintenance

  • Plan content and navigation structure ...

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