OpenView Network Node Manager: Designing and Implementing an Enterprise Solution

Setting the Scope and Conducting a Pilot Test

Before deploying NNM across the enterprise network it is important to build up confidence in the product’s implementation. A pilot test is an excellent and recommended way to build that confidence. Several sites should participate in the pilot test. The pilot users become effective evangelists, or champions, for the NNM tool. They also help bring good success stories and best practices to the table. A successful pilot test should be considered a prerequisite to an enterprise-wide NNM deployment.

The pilot test is a project in itself. The duration of the pilot should be fixed to, say, a few months. Rules for using the NNM systems should be agreed to and followed. For example, all participants in the ...