5.3. Step 3: Develop a high-level deployment plan

The high-level deployment plan should be a general mapping of products to projects and an assignment of ownership at the project level. The plan accomplishes the following tasks:

  • Defines a list of initial deployment projects

  • Identifies the sponsors and owners for known projects

  • Groups the deployment into logical chunks

  • Defines a deployment timeline

This plan should also include ownership of any core infrastructure projects that are prerequisites for the implementation and management of the specific business oriented projects. Some examples include License Management, Problem Management, Configuration Management, Performance and Availability Management, Security, and Storage Management.

These types ...

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