5. Step 1: Determine the Scope of the Print Services Project

The focus of this step is to understand and clearly define the goals of the project so that these can be applied to the design to ensure its applicability and success. This is the opportunity to align the business needs with the infrastructure design.

Following are some goals, or business drivers, that might result in a Print Services redesign:

  • New corporate security requirements. Changing security requirements can lead to a need to separate some print workloads from standard business printing.

  • New compliance requirements (Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA), Sarbanes–Oxley (SOX), and so on. Security and encryption will be paramount in a project to address privacy ...

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