Feature Team Guidance

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03/05/2008

The BDD 2007 solution includes guidance (feature team guides) and planning templates for the various teams that participate in a desktop deployment project. Table 4 describes the feature team guides and planning templates that each participating team uses during the project. The sections “The Feature Team Guides” and “The Templates” in this guide describe each document and template.

Table 4. Feature Teams, Guidance, and Templates

Team	Guidance	Templates
Core	Enterprise Learning Framework User Guide Plan, Build, and Deploy Guide Woodgrove Enterprise IT Archetype	Functional Specification Migration Plan Pilot Plan Risk Template Tool Site Deployment Project Plan Training Plan Vision Scope
Application Compatibility	Application Compatibility Feature Team Guide	Application Knowledge Sheet Client Build Requirements
Application Management	Application Management Feature Team Guide Office Deployment Guide	Office Assessment Template Office Budget Plan Office Communications Plan Office Configuration Plan Office Current State Assessment Template Office Distribution Plan Office File Migration Plan Office Functional Specification Office Hardware Upgrades List Office Inventory Template Office Management Plan Office Pilot Plan Office Project Plan Office Risk Template Tool Office Test Plan Office Training Plan Office Vision Scope
Computer Imaging System	Computer Imaging System Feature Team Guide
Deployment	Deployment Configuration Guide Deployment Configuration Samples Guide Deployment Feature Team Guide Lite Touch Installation Guide Volume Activation Guide Zero Touch Installation Guide Zero Touch Installation Management Pack
Desired Configuration Monitoring	Desired Configuration Monitoring Feature Team Guide	Sample manifests
Infrastructure Remediation	Infrastructure Remediation Feature Team Guide	Assessment Template Communications Plan Current State Assessment Template Inventory Template Network and Workstation Hardware Upgrades
Operations Readiness	Operations Readiness Feature Team Guide
Security	Security Feature Team Guide
Test	Test Feature Team Guide	Test Cases Workbook Test Plan Test Specification
User State Migration	User State Migration Feature Team Guide

The Feature Team Guides

The BDD 2007 solution includes the following feature team guides:

Application Compatibility Feature Team Guide. This guide focuses on inventorying the current computers and testing the compatibility of applications with Windows. This guide is technical in nature.
Application Management Feature Team Guide. This guide targets the team responsible for assisting in the planning, deployment, and migration of applications. This guide is semi-technical in nature. It includes one sub-guide, the Office Deployment Guide.
Computer Imaging System Feature Team Guide. This guide focuses on creating computer images of Windows. It includes comprehensive guidance on how to implement, customize, and operate the automated imaging process that is included in the BDD 2007 solution. This guide is technical in nature.
Deployment Feature Team Guide. This guide targets the people responsible for executing computer deployments. It provides information on server placement and capacity planning as well as specific information on deployment tools and processes. This guide is technical in nature. It includes six sub-guides: Deployment Configuration Guide, Deployment Configuration Samples Guide, Lite Touch Installation Guide, Volume Activation Guide, Zero Touch Installation Guide, and Zero Touch Installation Management Pack.
Desired Configuration Monitoring Feature Team Guide. This guide describes how to monitor desktop computer settings after deployment and report differences. This guide is technical in nature.
Infrastructure Remediation Feature Team Guide. This guide describes how to assess the current computer hardware to determine hardware upgrade requirements and how to analyze the network for any limitations or constraints that may affect the deployment. This guide is semi-technical in nature.
Operations Readiness Feature Team Guide. This guide targets the people who manage the IT operations environment. It provides guidance for integrating the IT operations requirements into the overall deployment process. This guide is technical in nature.
Plan, Build, and Deploy Guide. This guide provides the framework for managing and monitoring the solution as it progresses through its life cycle. Managers and the technical leads on the project are this document’s principal readers. They should review it before reading any other solution documentation. Members of all feature teams are encouraged to read this guide, however, because it provides an overview of the deployment process.
Security Feature Team Guide. This guide focuses on how to assess computer security requirements. It provides guidance for integrating security requirements into the imaging and deployment process. This guide is technical in nature.
Test Feature Team Guide. This guide describes how to test the solution as well as how to test best practices for the solution and set up a test lab for it.
User ** State Migration Feature Team Guide. This guide describes how to identify users’ data files on their current desktops, save them, and restore them to the new computer image. This guide is technical in nature.

Ideally, all project members will start by reading the Plan, Build, and Deploy Guide so that they will be aware of all the project’s components and how they interact. When this has been done, the next step is for members to review the specific feature team guides that are appropriate for their roles on the project.

Most of these guides contain four major sections: “Planning,” “Developing,” “Stabilizing,” and “Deploying.” The “Planning” section describes how to prepare to use the guidance. The “Developing” section provides guidance for building a particular component of the solution. The “Stabilizing” section provides information about testing and verifying the component, and the “Deploying” section describes how to release the component as part of the larger solution.

The Templates

The solution includes several templates that help teams manage the project. Table 4, earlier in this guide, associates each template with the feature team and guidance that uses it:

Application Knowledge Sheet. Provides a template for recording application information
Assessment Template. Provides a template for recording infrastructure information
Client Build Requirements. Provides a template for recording the required client configuration, including operating system and core applications configurations
Communications Plan. Describes how to communicate project status and information to the organization and outside the organization
Current ** State Assessment Template. Describes and assesses the current infrastructure
Functional Specification. Provides an overview of the project’s requirements
Inventory Template. Provides a template for recording software and hardware inventory
Migration Plan. Describes what will be migrated during the deployment
Network and Workstation Hardware Upgrades List. Provides a template for recording the necessary network and computer hardware upgrades
Pilot Plan. Describes how to pilot-test the project in the organization
Risk Template Tool. Describes and assesses the top risks to the project
Site Deployment Project Plan. Provides a scheduling template for Microsoft Office Project
Test Cases Workbook. Provides a template for recording the results of test cases
Test Plan. Explains how and when the project team communicates to users and management
Test Specification. Describes how to test the project
Training Plan. Tells how, when, and what types of training will be provided
Vision Scope. Outlines the overall project objectives and responsibilities

Note This solution provides a comparable set of templates for Microsoft Office upgrades. The file names of these templates begin with Office.

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